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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, [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 ...
Les Ambassadeurs est un double portrait de Jean de Dinteville ( 1504 - 1555 ou 1557 ), bailli de Troyes, seigneur de Polisy et ambassadeur français, et Georges de Selve ( 1509 - 1541 ), ecclésiastique, érudit et diplomate français, peint par Hans Holbein le Jeune en 1533, actuellement conservé à la National Gallery de Londres.
- Hans Holbein le Jeune
- 1533
- Jean de Dinteville
- peinture
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 ...
23 juin 2022 · The Ambassadors painting depicts two men standing at full length and leaning with their elbows against a table between them. They are both looking straight at us, the viewers. There are various paraphernalia on the table, ranging from artistic to scientific, which we will discuss further below. Behind the men is a large green curtain filling up the background and the floor is a tiled mosaic ...
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- Hans Holbein the Younger
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- 1533
27 avr. 2018 · 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 an...
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13 sept. 2013 · Holbein painted “The Ambassadors” during a particularly tense period marked by rivalries between the Kings of England and France, the Roman Emperor, and the Pope. Furthermore, the French church was split over the question of the Reformation. The religious and political strife was reflected symbolically in the details of the painting.
The Ambassadors was painted during Holbein's second stay in England (1532-43), which coincided with Henry VIII's break with Rome - over his decision to anull his marriage with Catherine of Aragon - and the formation of the English Protestant Church. As well as being painter to the king, Holbein also portrayed numerous noblemen and women, clergymen, landowners, and statesmen. A hundred years ...
