Medium
Black and coloured chalks, white bodycolour, pen and ink, and brush and ink on pale pink prepared paper
Size
30.3 × 21.1 cm
Inventory
RCIN 912227
Period
London, 1532–1543
Attribution
Hans Holbein the Younger

The sitter is probably Mary Shelton, second wife of Sir Anthony Heveningham, though the later inscription is not wholly reliable.

1039 × 1500 px. Photograph: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Chalk drawing of Mary, Lady Heveningham, turned to the right in a gable hood with a black veil, wearing a square-necked gown with a pendant necklace, on cream paper.