Hans Holbein the Younger
St. Andrew

1519-21
Pen and ink and brush over preliminary chalk drawing, grey wash, 21.9 x 14.6 in. (55.6 x 37.1 cm.)
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

This is a design for a stained glass window. It is unusual in having all four of the saint's attributes in one image: the wild hair, the bifurcated beard, the cross saltire, and the book.

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Source: Christian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; et al, Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532, Munich: Prestel, 2006, ISBN 9783791335803, via this page at Wikimedia Commons.