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Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery

Hans Holbein the Younger · 1532–35

Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery — Hans Holbein the Younger
Face & Portrait ★★☆ Intermediate

What you practise here

Holbein: linear portrait, precision of essential strokes

Start from the skull as a ball, place the brow line and the centre line, then check the thirds of the face before any detail. Compare angles, not features.

Draw this — free, no account Museum source

Public-domain artwork from a museum collection, reproduced for study. 100% real art — 0% AI.

Other artworks to study

Study of right hand of Erasmus, with sketch of face, by Hans Holbein the Younger Study of right hand of Erasmus, with sketch of face, by Hans Holbein the Younger Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Erasmus of Rotterdam Erasmus of Rotterdam Benedikt von Hertenstein (born about 1495, died 1522) Benedikt von Hertenstein (born about 1495, died 1522) Lady Audley, drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger Lady Audley, drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger