Note 432 — Chapter I · General Description of the Picture—The Death’s-Head—The Dagger—The Order of St. Michael—The Celestial Globe—The Terrestrial Globe

Dr. Daniel Burckhardt, director of the Museum, has no doubt that this drawing, though not an original, is copied from one by Holbein, of whose style it indeed bears every mark. The writer is indebted to Dr. Burckhardt’s kindness for all the facts connected with this design. It is not the original of the dagger in the “Ambassadors,” as a glance at the illustration on the opposite page will show; but it furnishes an interesting point of comparison with the one in question.