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The Ambassadors is a 1533 painting by Hans Holbein the Younger. Also known as Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve, after the two people it portrays, it was created in the Tudor period, in the same year Elizabeth I was born.
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.
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.
19 de dic. de 2020 · El embajador francés en la Inglaterra de Enrique VIII (a la izquierda) le encargó un retrato a Holbein y este lo inmortalizó junto al también diplomático Georges de Selve (a la derecha). Además de la precisión y virtuosismo de Holbein, el cuadro llama la atención por varios motivos.
13 de sept. de 2013 · Learn about the symbolism, history, and details of Holbein’s famous painting of two French ambassadors and a skull. Explore the scientific instruments, religious references, and political tensions in the artwork via JSTOR and Artstor.
17 de ago. de 2018 · Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve (1533), also known as The Ambassadors, has been heavily scrutinized by centuries of historians. The double portrait, proudly displayed at London’s National Gallery, remains a fascinating enigma within which every detail seems to suggest multiple meanings.
One of the greatest portrait paintings painted by Holbein during his second visit to England, was The Ambassadors, a life-sized double-portrait of the wealthy landowner Jean de Dinteville (1504–55), ambassador of the King of France, and his friend Georges de Selve, Bishop of Lavaur (1508–41).
