# Portrait of Jakob Meyer zum Hasen [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Silverpoint, red chalk, and traces of black pencil on white coated paper, 281 x 190 mm ## Commentary Holbein used this silverpoint drawing as a preparatory study for his portrait of Jakob Meyer. The close connection with the painted panel picture is emphasized by the colour notes in the top left corner, which refer, for example, to Meyer's black eyes and red cap. As is typical of Holbein's economical graphical style, the face is studied in great detail, whereas the clothing is indicated with just a few well-defined strokes, and the architectural setting is omitted altogether. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve]() - [Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus]() - [Charitas]() - [Charles Brandon]() - [Christ as the True Light]() - [Christina of Denmark, Ducchess of Milan \(detail\)]() - [Christina of Denmark, Ducchess of Milan]() - [Courtier of Henry VIII and his Wife]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()