Afterwards he painted the head from the drawing, but had the actual clothes and jewels sent him to work from.
In the Royal Collection at Windsor there are a number of these portrait drawings of great interest to us, since many of the portraits painted from them have been lost.

As a record of remarkable people of that day they are invaluable, for in a few powerful strokes Holbein could set down the likeness of any face.

But when he came to paint the portrait he was not satisfied with a mere likeness.

He painted too 'his habit as he lived.' Erasmus is shown reading in his study, the merchant in his office surrounded by the tokens of his business, and Henry VIII.
standing firmly with his legs wide apart as if bestriding a hemisphere.
But I think that you will like this fine portrait of the infant prince best of all, and that is why I have chosen it in preference to a likeness of any of the statesmen, scholars, queens, and courtiers who played a great part in their world, but are not half so charming to look upon as little Prince Edward..