View The Ambassadors Holbein High Resolution Background. Hans holbein the younger, the ambassadors, 1533, oil on oak, 207 x 209.5 cm (the national gallery, london). Who were the french ambassadors so elegantly depicted in holbein's masterpiece and how did king henry viii's astronomer become involved?
He was a german artist and printmaker who worked in a northern renaissance style and is known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century.
A painting made by hans holbein the younger at 1533. Hans holbein the younger's the ambassadors not only fits that distinction, but stands out as one of the most enigmatic and unusual paintings in the as i pointed out in my recent post on holbein, the ambassadors, the full title of which is actually allegorical portrait of jean de dinteville and georges. Clothes of high fashion, make him look bulky, wearing ermine fur. 'christina of denmark' is a portrait of a potential wife for the king.
