[4] One of the founders of the Roman School.

[5] This painting is in the gallery of the Accademia delle Belle Arti,
Florence. At its base on one side one may read: OPVS: GENTILIS, DE:
FABRIANO; and on the other side: MCCCC.X.X.III: MENSIS: MAII.

[6] In a predella below this picture may be seen _The Adoration of the
Shepherds_ and _The Flight into Egypt_. Gentile da Fabriano also painted
an _Adoration of the Magi_ at San-Domenico, Perugia. This second picture
is of less value than the one at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in
Florence.




PORTRAIT OF GEORG GISZE

(_HOLBEIN_)

ANTONY VALABRÈGUE


When Holbein returned to London towards the end of 1531, leaving Basle,
where he had worked for nearly three years, he found himself immediately
occupied with several portraits of the merchants of the Hanseatic
League. During his first sojourn in England, he had painted the
chancellor, Sir Thomas More, his protector and friend, and he had traced
the features of several members of the aristocracy. On his return,
circumstances for his gaining access to the court were less favourable.