Two views of a lady wearing an english hood, costume study. Pen and ink and brush, black, grey, and pink washes, 15. 9 × 11 cm, british museum. Scholars are not certain whether holbein drew this study during his first visit to england or during his second. Similarities have been noted between the costume worn here and in holbein's portrait of lady guildford, 1527. Although women continued to wear this type of gable or english hood into the later 1530s, most of holbein's portraits in his second english period, from 1532, show the sides and tails of the hoods turned up, as was the fashion, or the french hood popularised by anne boleyn. References
susan foister, holbein in england, london: tate, 2006, isbn 1854376454, p. 110. Christian müller; stephan kemperdick; maryan ainsworth; et al, hans holbein the younger: the basel years, 1515–1532, munich: prestel, 2006, isbn 9783791335803, p. 420. John rowlands, the age of dürer and holbein: german drawings, 1400–1550, london: british museum, 1988, isbn 0714116394, p. 230. Date: 1526–28 or c.1532–35. Collection: British Museum.
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