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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger: Portrait of Sir Richard Southwell

🖼 Portrait of Sir Richard Southwell, c. 1537
Black and coloured chalks, brush in black and metal pen
366 × 277 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Precise brushwork captures a dignified gentleman in three-quarter view, rendered with meticulous detail against a cool green background. Holbein's penetrating portrait style defined Tudor court painting, establishing the psychological intensity and technical mastery that made him Henry VIII's favored artist.

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