Dem Ersame(n) syriacus / Kalen yn Lu(n)den up Stulhof / sy desse breff Deme Ersammenn F(u)rssichtig Kallen te lunde(n) (up) Staelhuef sy desse ...
on the letters in his hands
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Cyriakus Kale is not documented as a merchant of the
Steelyard (Stahlhof) in London, but the letters he is holding are addressed to him there. Reference
Foister, Susan (2006). Holbein in England. London: Tate, 2006, ISBN1854376454, p. 66 (cat. 63).
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Portrait of Cyriakus Kale, 1533, Hans Holbein the Younger