German and Swiss Renaissance

Hans Holbein the Elder (German, c. 1465 - 1524), Portrait of a Woman, c. 1508, silverpoint with brush and ink, over charoal and leadpoint, heightened with white on prepared paper, 5 11/16 × 4 1/16 (14.4 × 10.3), National Gallery of Art, Woodner Collection, 1991.182.18.a.

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471 - 1528), Head of a Boy, Inclined to Left, c. 1505/1507, silverpoint with touches of pen and ink, heightened with white on prepared paper, 10 11/16 × 8 7/16 (27.2 × 21.4), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, Sloane 5218-41.

Circle of the Wierix Brothers, Two Studies of a Standing Nude Woman in Profile to the Left, Holding a Mirror, c. 1580, silverpoint over blind stylus, strengthened with pen and ink, on prepared paper, On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1895,0915.979.

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471 - 1528), A Dog Resting (recto); Studies of Two Women (verso), 1520, silverpoint over traces of carbon black on pale pink prepared paper (recto); silverpoint on pale pink prepared paper (verso), 5 1/16 × 7 1/16 (12.8 × 18), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1848,1125.3.

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471 - 1528), A Table and Jugs with a Sketch of a Horse in Trappings (recto); A Chest and Firedog (verso), 1520/1521, silverpoint on pale pink prepared paper, 4 1/2 × 6 9/16 (11.5 × 16.7), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1921,0714.2.

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471 - 1528), Head of a Woman, c. 1505/1507, silverpoint with brush and gray wash (or traces of black chalk?), heightened with white over blind stylus underdrawing on pink prepared paper, 8 9/16 × 7 1/8 (21.8 × 18.1), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1895,0915.978.

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471 - 1528), The Cathedral at Aachen, 1520, silverpoint on pale pink prepared paper, 4 15/16 × 6 7/8 (12.6 × 17.4), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1895,0915.982.

Hans Holbein the Elder (German, c. 1465 - 1524), Head of a Laughing Man Turned to the Left (recto); Study for a Statuette of Saint Sebastian (verso), c. 1497/1500, silverpoint on white prepared paper, 5 3/16 × 3 3/4 (13.1 × 9.6), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1885,0509.1612.

Hans Holbein the Elder (German, c. 1465 - 1524), Portrait of the Artist’s Brother, Sigmund Holbein, 1512, silverpoint with black and red chalk, heightened with white on white prepared paper, 5 1/16 × 3 3/4 (12.9 × 9.6), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1895,0915.987.

Workshop of Hans Holbein the Elder, attributed to Hans Burgkmair the Elder, Portrait of the Wife of Jörg Fischer, c. 1512/1515, silverpoint with touches of copperpoint on white prepared paper, 5 3/8 × 4 (13.6 × 10.2), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1854,0628.113.