Note 223 — Chapter XIX · “SERVANT OF THE KING’S MAJESTY”
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Described by Mr. S. Arthur Strong as “one of the best of the royal effigies that are all probably based in common upon the Hardwick cartoon. The artist, whoever he was, had a manner of his own, and was more than a mere copyist. The cold grey scheme of colour is a contrast to the depth and richness at which Holbein aimed, and is more akin to what we afterwards appreciate as characteristic in Honthorst and Mytens.”—Critical Studies and Fragments, p. 91. The figure is evidently copied directly from the wall-painting. The position and the details of the dress agree exactly with the Hardwick cartoon. It is reproduced by Dr. Ganz, Holbein, p. 181.