'The Ambassadors', 1533. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger.

'The Ambassadors', 1533. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger.

1-147-875 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

'The Ambassadors', 1533. Double portrait by Hans Holbein (1497-1543) of Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve. In the foreground is a distorted skull, representing mortality. When seen from the right, the distortion is foreshortened, and the skull thus appears correctly. From the collection of the National Gallery, London.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Hans Holbein the Younger: German: Artist, painter, printmaker, draughtsman
Subject
  1. Georges de Selve: French: Bishop of Lavaur, ambassador
  2. Jean de Dinteville: French: Ambassador

Medium
  1. Oil

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

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Society & Culture Death & Burial


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4357x4007
File Size : 51,148kb


Aliases

  1. M000173
  1. 0390005604
  1. 1-147-875
  1. 1147875
  1. 5604
  1. M000173

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