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Hans Holbein the Younger: English: Lady Elyot (

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Artist



Alternative names	Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein
Description	-German painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	1497 or 1498 date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543 date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death	Augsburg	London
Work location	Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543)
Authority file	: Q48319 VIAF: 4945401 ISNI: 0000000120987816 ULAN: 500005259 LCCN: n81117179 NLA: 36275979 WorldCat

Title

English: Lady Elyot

Date

between 1532 and 1533

Medium

Chalk, pen and brush on paper

Dimensions

height: 28 cm (11 in); width: 20.9 cm (8.2 in)

Collection

Windsor Castle

	Native name	Royal Collection at Windsor Castle
	Parent institution	Royal Collection
	Location	Berkshire
	Coordinates	51° 29′ 01.68″ N, 0° 36′ 17.39″ W
	Established	1070s date QS:P,+1070-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
	Website	www.royalcollection.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q42646 VIAF: 121660310 ISNI: 0000000121495119 LCCN: n50067807 NLA: 35613743 Historic England: 1117776 WorldCat

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger

(b. 1497, Augsburg, d. 1543, London)

Lady Elyot 1532-33 Chalk, pen and brush on paper, 28 x 20,9 cm Royal Collection, Windsor

Although contemporaneous with such portraits as that of Gisze, this pair of portrait drawings (with Sir Thomas Elyot) nevertheless had a different goal. The examination of intellectual or ideological stance or status was not much sought after by the subjects of most of the English court and society portrayals Holbein undertook. That was more the domain of his German merchants and scientists. The pragmatic accuracy of `warts and all' delineation was what fascinated the English clients most, and such interest in detail can be traced back to the national traits in medieval manuscript illumination, where natural forms rather than abstract or geometrical patterns abound. Sometimes, the sitters were happy enough with Holbein's preparatory chalk drawing, and finished paintings did not ensue. There are no known paintings connected with either this drawing or that of Sir Thomas Elyot. The native perplexity over perspective and foreshortening, which partly explains why the miniature became so favoured in later Tudor times (since it precludes much of either), must have made Holbein's mastery of both appear astounding.

The starchy headdress Lady Eliot wears seems to have been of a design baffling even to Holbein (he had had trouble depicting Lady Guildford's in 1527), probably because of the way in which it prevents that definition of the back of the head which allows the face to jut into the picture space convincingly.

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Author: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Title: Lady Elyot Time-line: 1501-1550 School: German Form: graphics

Type: portrait