Black and coloured chalks, pen and Indian ink on pink-primed paper, <span style="white-space:nowrap">29.8 × 22.6 cm</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Collection" class="extiw" title="w:Royal Collection">Royal Collection</a>, Windsor Castle. The drawing has been rubbed and softened; a fingerprint can be seen on the outline of the shoulder on the left.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Hoby" class="extiw" title="w:Philip Hoby">Sir Philip Hoby</a> (1505–1558) was a diplomat. He served as ambassador to the court of Spain, 1535–36, and later became ambassador to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" class="extiw" title="w:Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V</a> in 1548. Hoby and Holbein travelled together on missions to Brussels and Lorraine to find Henry VIII a fourth wife. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lady_Hoby,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg" title="File:Lady Hoby, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg">A drawing inscribed "The Lady Hobbei"</a> may be a portrait of his wife, Elizabeth.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Hans_Holbein_the_Younger" class="extiw" title="w:en:Hans Holbein the Younger"><span title="German artist and printmaker (1497-1543)">Hans Holbein the Younger</span></a>
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circa 1532 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1532-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>-43
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