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Mar 15, 2024 · The Ambassadors, oil painting on oak panel created in 1533 by German artist Hans Holbein the Younger. One of the most staggeringly impressive portraits in Renaissance art, this famous painting is full of hidden meanings and fascinating contradictions. The meticulous realism of Holbein’s immaculate technique is breathtaking in itself, but ...
The Ambassadors is a 1533 painting by Hans Holbein the Younger . Also known as Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve, [1] after the two people it portrays, it was created in the Tudor period, in the same year Elizabeth I was born. Franny Moyle speculates that Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn, then Queen of England, might have commissioned it ...
- 207 cm × 209.5 cm (81 in × 82.5 in)
- Hans Holbein the Younger
- 1533
Who were the French ambassadors so elegantly depicted in Holbein's masterpiece and how did King Henry VIII's astronomer become involved? Find out all this and more with Susan Foister, our Deputy Director and Director of Public Engagement. Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in ...
Jun 23, 2022 · The Ambassadors (1533) by Hans Holbein the Younger in Context. The Ambassadors painting by Hans Holbein the Younger also goes by the title of Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve, who are the sitters in the composition. This may appear as a simple portrait painting of two men, but upon closer inspection, there is a wealth of symbols in the ...
- Alicia du Plessis
- Hans Holbein the Younger
- ( Author And Art History Expert )
- 1533
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Sep 13, 2013 · Hans Holbein the Younger’s “The Ambassadors” of 1533 is well known for its anamorphic image of a skull in the foreground, but upon close perusal, the objects on the table between the two subjects prove just as fascinating. To start with, the painting memorializes Jean de Dinteville, French ambassador to England, and his friend, Georges de ...
The Ambassadors (1533) by Hans Holbein the Younger The National Gallery, London. Hanging in the National Gallery, London, 'The Ambassadors' is a painting full of clues, symbols, and mystery. At first glance, the picture celebrates two wealthy, educated and powerful young men. On the left is Jean de Dinteville, aged 29, the French ambassador to ...
Dec 6, 2023 · The Ambassadors. reframed. by Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank. Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533, oil on oak, 207 x 209.5 cm (The National Gallery, London) One of the most famous portraits of the Renaissance is without question Hans Holbein the Younger’s The Ambassadors from 1533. Even today, it is a favored portrait to parody, mimic ...
