A Young Englishwoman

A Young Englishwoman, by Hans Holbein, 1526–8 or about 1532–5. An older source dates it to 1540. Also known as the "English Burgher's Wife" or "An English Lady Walking". Lent by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Douce Bequest, 1834, Pen and black ink and watercolour on paper, 160 x 92 mm

I found the gossamer nature of the English hood of interest, as well as the white band, and the manner the woman has in holding up her skirts.

The color image on the left comes from Tait Britain's Holbein in England exhibit, A Young Englishwoman [Art] Retrieved November 20, 2006 from the World Wide Web: http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/holbein/rooms/room6.htm

The black and white image on the right comes from Some Preliminary Musings on the White Band: What Is It? by Hope Greenberg [Article] Retrieved November 20, 2006 from the World Wide Web: http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/whiteband.html. Please read her article on more thoughts on the mysterious white band.