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lated from the French of Marot, the Temple 

 of Cupid and other pieces. He had begun 

 the lives of the Flemifh painters in verfe. 

 Carl Vermander his fcholar, who has given 

 the lives of thofe mailers, learned many- 

 anecdotes of our Englilli painters from 

 Lucas. 



At what time the latter arrived in Eng- 

 land is not certain : nor were his works at 

 all known here, 'till the indefatigable in- 

 duftry of Mr. Vertue difcovered feveral of 

 them. 



1. The firft of thefe was a portrait of Sir 

 William Sidney, grandfather of Sir Philip ; 

 but as Sir William died in 1553 at the age 

 of 72, when Lucas de Heere w^as but nine- 

 teen, it is not probable that Sir William 

 was abroad after that young man was in re- 

 pute enough to draw his pi6ture ; and it 

 is lefs probable that he had been in France, 

 had married and arrived here by the age of 

 nineteen. This picture which Vertue found 

 at Penfhurft, was in all likelyhood a copy. 



2. The next was a portrait of Henry lord 

 Maltravers eldeft fon of Henry Fitzalan earl 

 of Arundel, dated 1557, the year before 

 the accefTion of queen Elizabeth 5 but as 



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