Elizabeth, Lady Hoby by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1536–40

Portrait of lady hoby, inscribed "the lady hobbei". Black and coloured chalks, pen and indian ink on pink-primed paper, 27. 8 × 20. 3 cm, royal collection, windsor castle. The drawing has been so rubbed and reinforced by later hands that it is disfigured, obliterating holbein's original work. If the inscription—added later and not necessarily reliable—is correct, the sitter is most likely elizabeth hoby, wife of the diplomat sir philip hoby (1505–1558), whose portrait holbein also drew. Reference k. T. Parker, the drawings of hans holbein at windsor castle, oxford: phaidon, 1945, oclc 822974, p. 50. Date: c. 1536–40.