Hans Holbein the younger . ??.I/..II ,.I Vol. I., Plate 56 ERASMUS 1523Louvre, Paris. PORTRAIT OF ERASMUS IN THE LOUVRE 173 and healthy, and the eyebrows, unlike the hair, locks of which stragglebelow the cap, have not yet turned grey. This picture was once inthe possession of the Newton family. On the back of the pine panelon which it is painted is pasted a paper memorandum, now partlydestroyed, which runs : Of Holbein, this ... of Erasmus Rotter-damus was given to . . Prince by Jos. Adam Newton. In ad-dition there is a red seal with the Newton arms and their motto, Vivit post funera virtus,
Hans Holbein the younger . ??.I/..II ,.I Vol. I., Plate 56 ERASMUS 1523Louvre, Paris. PORTRAIT OF ERASMUS IN THE LOUVRE 173 and healthy, and the eyebrows, unlike the hair, locks of which stragglebelow the cap, have not yet turned grey. This picture was once inthe possession of the Newton family. On the back of the pine panelon which it is painted is pasted a paper memorandum, now partlydestroyed, which runs : Of Holbein, this ... of Erasmus Rotter-damus was given to . . Prince by Jos. Adam Newton. In ad-dition there is a red seal with the Newton arms and their motto, Vivit post funera virtus, as well as the brand of Charles I (C. by a crown), and of the French royal collection (M. R.— Musee Royal—also below a crown). King Charles afterwardsexchanged this picture and a Holy Family by Titian with LouisXIII for Leonardos St. John the Baptist, through the mediumof the French Ambassador, the Due de Liancourt. After Charlessexecution the Leonardo returned to the French royal collections,being purchased at the sale by the French banker Jabach for £140,
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