Hans Holbein the younger . THE OLD TESTAMENT ALPHABET 231 Holbein also went to the Old Testament for the subjects of anAlphabet of twenty-four letters, engraved on metal, and of consider-able They begin with the Creation of Eve, and conclude withJacobs journey into Egypt. The letters N to Y are occupied withthe story of Joseph, which is thus given in considerable detail. Inthe letter O, representing Joseph and Potiphars wife, the bed onwhich the latter sits has curtains ornamented with the French lilies. 1 Woltmann, CHAPTER XI THE MEYER MADONNA AND THE DEPARTURE FOR ENGLAND Commis
Hans Holbein the younger . THE OLD TESTAMENT ALPHABET 231 Holbein also went to the Old Testament for the subjects of anAlphabet of twenty-four letters, engraved on metal, and of consider-able They begin with the Creation of Eve, and conclude withJacobs journey into Egypt. The letters N to Y are occupied withthe story of Joseph, which is thus given in considerable detail. Inthe letter O, representing Joseph and Potiphars wife, the bed onwhich the latter sits has curtains ornamented with the French lilies. 1 Woltmann, CHAPTER XI THE MEYER MADONNA AND THE DEPARTURE FOR ENGLAND Commission from Jakob Meyer for the Meyer Madonna—Description of the picture atDarmstadt—Preliminary studies for the heads—The copy at Dresden—History of the twopictures—Magdalena Offenburg and the Lais Corinthiaca and Venus—Lack of workin Basel owing to the disturbed state of the city—Holbeins departure for England. HE year 1526 was by no means a favourable one for themembers of the Basel guild of painters, although, inall probability, it was in this very year that Holbeinreceived one of his most important commissions, thefamous altar-piece known as the Meyer Madonna,now in the Grand-ducal palace of Darmstadt, in thepossession of the Grand Duke of Hesse. At this period ecclesiasticaldissension had reached its acutest pitch, and party feeling ran so highthat there was little time or inclination among the leading citizens forthe patronage or even the consideration of the fine arts. The Reformers,then in the ascend
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