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

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'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.

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Photo credit: © Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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