Hans Holbein the Younger’s The Ambassadors 1533

The creation of Hans Holbein the Younger’s double portrait The Ambassadors was directly motivated by a crisis of statecraft and intense personal anxiety. Jean de Dinteville, the French ambassador to the court of Henry VIII, commissioned Hans Holbein the Younger to paint the piece during a period of agonizing diplomatic isolation. Dinteville was tasked with a nearly […]

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Hans Holbein the Younger’s The Ambassadors 1533


















Hans Holbein the Younger’s The Ambassadors 1533The creation of Hans Holbein the Younger’s double portrait The Ambassadors was directly motivated by a crisis of statecraft and intense personal anxiety. Jean de Dinteville, the French ambassador to the court of Henry VIII, commissioned Hans Holbein the Younger to paint the piece during a period of agonizing diplomatic isolation. Dinteville was tasked with a nearly […]
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