Study of the Right Hand of Erasmus, with a Portrait Sketch

Medium

Silverpoint, black chalk and red chalk on grey prepared paper

Size

20 × 28 cm

Collection

Louvre, Paris

Period

Basel, 1515–1525

Sitter

Erasmus

Attribution

Hans Holbein the Younger

The hand dates from about 1523; the faint face sketch may have been added around 1532.

2360 × 1690 px. Photograph: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.