“ONE OF THE BEST PORTRAIT-PAINTERS IN THE WORLD”
(HOLBEIN, Hans) CHAMBERLAINE, John. Imitations of Original Drawings. London, 1792-1800.
First edition of Chamberlaine’s magnificent volume of 84 color stipple-engraved plates, rarely found complete, an impressive collection of full-page engravings after Holbein’s legendary portraits of Jane Seymour, Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More, a young Edward VI, Anne of Cleves, and other court figures, with color frontispiece portraits of Holbein and his wife, with all but four portraits engraved by the great Bartolozzi. With the very rare extra suite of eight Holbein portraits of the court of Francis II, only included with some copies. Beautifully bound. $38,000.
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