Looking at my copy of Holbein in England from the Tate, which has a decent
but still too small image of this one, it looks like there's just not enough
detail in the sketch itself to say for sure. There's definitely something
there, but it's just a sort of a v-shape where the lines meet, with shadow
around it suggesting something that sticks out a bit. It could be a lump
where they meet, though that's not the shape that 4-finished-seams-meeting
makes when I do it; it could be a button, though the sketch suggests a
diamond-shaped ...whatever... and a self-fabric diamond-shaped button seems
a bit odd. It could be a covering patch, but in the sketch the ...thingy...
is pretty 3D, and seems to stick out further than a patch would.
Sicne the British Museum (the sketch's home) makes it really difficult to
link to database records:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/advanced_search.aspx
then search for <Holbein "two views"> and it'll be your only result. Click
on the small & then the medium image, and it'll take you to a pretty decent
enlargement.
-E House
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