View The Ambassadors By Hans Holbein S Pics. The artwork has got a mysterious splotch. This grand double portrait by hans holbein, the most accomplished portraitist of the sixteenth century, does more than show off the wealth and status of who were the french ambassadors so elegantly depicted in holbein's masterpiece and how did king henry viii's astronomer become involved?

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The gnomon of holbein's shepherd's dial suggests a date of either april 10th or august 15th, and the shadow on the sundial is painted to give a time of either 9.00am or 3.00pm. The ambassadors, 1533, oil on oak, the national gallery, london, uk. German artist and printmaker who worked in a northern renaissance style.

The ambassador is considered one of the most staggeringly impressive portraits in renaissance art, and has shown up in multiple movies in the past and is currently being displayed in the national gallery in london (room 4).

Dinteville and holbein must have known each other, since they both lived at the english court. View this work up close on the google art project. Portraits by hans holbein the younger (1). Sturgis, alexander, and foister, susan.