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HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497/8-1543)

Elizabeth, Lady Audley (? - 1564)

circa 1538

RCIN 422292

The existence in the Royal Collection of a drawing related to this miniature suggests that Holbein made detailed preparatory sketches of his sitters from which he would then work up a finished miniature. This process was at odds with the standard practice which was to complete a miniature from life in three sittings of up to four hours each.


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