Possible portrait of edward, prince of wales. Black and coloured chalks, pen and indian ink on pink-primed paper, 27. 5 × 22. 9 cm, royal collection, windsor castle. The drawing is in bad condition, with a long diagonal tear on the left, touching the hair, and has been rubbed and retouched. According to art historian k. T. Parker, traces of holbein's left-handed shading may be seen in the hat and coat, but the penwork and hair are low quality, probably reworked at a later date. Not all scholars accept the attribution to holbein (roy strong, tudor and jacobean portraits, london: hmso, 1969, p. 92). It is also not certain that the sitter is prince edward, the future edward vi (the inscription was added at a later date). If it is him, he would be five or six years old (parker, pp. 55–56). Date: circa 1540-43.
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