51 HANS HOLBEIN Holbein moved permanently from Basel to London in 1532, and in 1536 he became THE YOUNGER court painter to King Henry VIII. When Holbein died in 1543, his many drawings of Swiss, 1497-1543 members of the court seem to have passed into the ownership of Henry VIII and were Portrait of a Cleric or Scholar gathered into the so-called great booke, first documented in 1590. The renowned Black and red chalk, pen and brush Holbein drawings in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, are from the great book, and it and black ink, on pink prepared paper 21.9 x 18.5 cm (8 x 7¼ in.) is possible that the portrait of an unknown sitter in the Getty Museum is as well. Cat. I, no. 138; 84.GG.93 Holbein sketched the figure broadly in black chalk and subsequently added the ink. He drew the outline of the hat with a pen, laid in the hair and collar with a brush, and used a quite fine nib to delineate the contour lines of the face and various facial details, such as the small dots suggesting the stubble of an incipient beard. The face is modeled with the utmost subtlety using light applications of red chalk over the pink ground of the paper. The figure's stasis and detachment coupled with the marvelous precision with which Holbein captures his features enhance the portrait's aura of timelessness and authority. GERMAN AND SWISS SCHOOLS 65