4o3 Painting under Edward VI. and Mary. 



Archite6lure preferved in this reign the 

 footing it had acquired under the laft king, 

 Sonaerfet-houfe is a compound of Grecian 

 and Gothic. It was built on the fcite of 

 Chefler inn, where the ancient poet Occleve 

 formerly lived. As the penfion to John of 

 Padua was renewed in the third of this 

 king, one may fuppofe that he owed it to 

 the protedor, and was the architedl of this 

 palace. In the fame flyle and dating it's 

 origine from the fame power, as Somerfet- 

 houfe, is Longleat, though not begun 'till 

 1567. It was built by Sir John Thynne, 

 a principal officer to the protedlor. 



1553- 



The reign of Mary, though fhortef even 



than that of her brother, makes a much 

 more considerable figure in the annals of 

 painting. It was diflinguifhed by more good 

 painters than one , the principal was 



Sir A N T O N I O MORE. 



He was a native of Utrecht, and fcholar of 

 John Schorel, * but feems to have ftudied 



* Schorel was fcholar of Mabufe, and was a poet, 

 *iuficiaiL-and orator. See an account of him in San- 

 drart, p. 235. ^' 



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