of Holbein, were in his collection, besides many we have mentioned, such as Holbein's 'Erasmus,' Raphael's cartoons, and Mantegna's 'Triumph of Caesar.' Before Charles came to the throne he had gone to Spain to woo the daughter of Philip III.

The magnificent Titians in the palace at Madrid extorted such admiration from the Prince that Philip felt it incumbent upon him as a host and a Spaniard to offer some of them to Charles.

Charles sent his own painter to copy the rest.

He kept agents all over Europe to buy for him, and spent thousands of pounds in salaries and presents to the artists at his Court.

As in the time of Henry VIII., there were still no first-rate English painters.