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Oct 14, 2023 · Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533, National Gallery, London, UK. Detail. The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger is one of those paintings that we know so well we tend to forget to look closer. It’s like the Mona Lisa or The Sunflowers, a part of our universe of images. But there is so much to look at here, so many clues and ...
Apr 11, 2022 · The Ambassadors is one of the most famous images of the Tudor age. It was created by Hans Holbein the Younger, perhaps the most accomplished portraitist of the 16th century. He was born in Augsburg in southern Germany, but spent two periods of his life in England, during 1526-1528 and 1532-1543. During his second trip to England, he painted ...
Dec 4, 2018 · When the painting was acquired by the National Gallery in 1890, the identity of the two strident figures remained a mystery. It wasn’t until ten years later, with the publication of Mary F. S. Hervey’s book, Holbein's "Ambassadors": The Picture and the Men (1900) , that they were identified as Jean de Dinteville (left) and Georges de Selve ...
Jul 11, 2019 · 353. The Ambassadors by Holbein the younger. Google Art Project/public domain. This work by German master Hans Holbein the Younger is dated to 1533 and was commissioned by Jean de Dinteville ...
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 ...
Feb 22, 2022 · Hans Holbein the Younger’s The Ambassadors (1533) is a painting that simply begs to be decoded. The highly unusual Renaissance double portrait depicts two luxuriously clad Frenchmen standing on ...
Oct 25, 2012 · The painting is famous for including, in the foreground at the bottom, the anamorphosis of a human skull that becomes visible from a very shallow angle, from bottom right to bottom left. Español : Los embajadores (1533), cuadro de Hans Holbein el Joven (1497–1543) con los retratos de Jean de Dinteville, embajador de Francia en la corte de ...
