""" ============== Anchored Box03 ============== """ from matplotlib.patches import Ellipse import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.anchored_artists import AnchoredAuxTransformBox fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(3, 3)) box = AnchoredAuxTransformBox(ax.transData, loc='upper left') el = Ellipse((0, 0), width=0.1, height=0.4, angle=30) # in data coordinates! box.drawing_area.add_artist(el) ax.add_artist(box) plt.show()