S 2 Continuation of the State of 



their ftyli? was very like : A pidure of Ma- 

 buie now at St. James's is generally called 

 Albert's. The piece at Middleburgh was 

 deftrOyed by lightning. A great number of 

 Mabufe's works were preferved in the fame 

 city in the time of Carl Vermander. M. 

 Magnus at Delft had anodier defcent from 

 the crofs by this mafter. The * Sieur 

 Wyntgis at Amfterdam had a Lucretia by 

 him. But one of his mod ftr iking per- 

 formances was the decollation of St. John, 

 painted in the fhades of a fingle colour. 



The Marquis de Veren took him into his 

 own houfe, where he drew the Virgin and 

 Childj borrowL"jg the ideas of their heads 

 from the Marquis's lady and fon. This was 

 reckoned his capital piece. It afterwards 

 palled into the cabinet of M. Frofmont. 



While he was in this fervice, the Emperor 

 Charles V. was to lodge at the houfe of that 

 lord, who made magnificent preparations 

 for his reception, and among other ex- 

 pences ordered all his houfhold to be dref- 

 fed in white damafk. Mabufe, always 

 wanting money to waile in debauchery, 



* Mint-mafter of Z eland, 



when 



