<i>Portrait of Sir Richard Southwell.</i> Black and coloured chalks, pen and brush and Indian ink, metalpoint, on pink-primed paper, <span style="white-space:nowrap">37 × 28.1 cm</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Collection" class="extiw" title="w:Royal Collection">Royal Collection</a>, Windsor Castle.
<p>Holbein's note on the right says <i>Die augen ein wenig gelblatt</i> (the eyes a little yellowish). The eyes are coloured with a mix of black, red, and yellow chalks.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Southwell" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Southwell">Sir Richard Southwell</a> <span style="white-space:nowrap">(1504–1563/4)</span> was a courtier and official. He was an agent of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="extiw" title="w:Dissolution of the Monasteries">Dissolution of the Monasteries</a> and later played a part in the downfall of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Howard,_Earl_of_Surrey" class="extiw" title="w:Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey">Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey</a>, whom Holbein had also drawn. Working from this drawing, Holbein painted a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Holbein_d._J._060.jpg" class="extiw" title="w:File:Hans Holbein d. J. 060.jpg">portrait of Southwell</a>, now in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffizi" class="extiw" title="w:Uffizi">Uffizi Gallery</a>, Florence. A copy by another hand is in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre" class="extiw" title="w:Louvre">Louvre</a>.
<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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1536<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1536-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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