Hans Holbein's painting has been the subject of boisterous debate for decades. ... Dinteville is 29, as marked on his dagger; and Selvee, 25, as written on the book next to him.

Here’s our brief guide to some of the rich layers of Holbein’s most famous piece. Hans Holbein the Younger, Double Portrait of Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve, known as The Ambassadors (1533) ...

The book signifies Selve's contemplative nature, while the dagger declares Dinteville a man of action. 5. THE POSH FLOOR COMES FROM WESTMINSTER ABBEY. ... Two years later, Holbein completed ...

The unprecedented exhibition of Renaissance portraits by Hans Holbein the Younger at the J. Paul Getty Museum opens with a bang. His staggeringly beautiful painting of a young woman, wife of a ...

A portrait, by definition, is personal, and Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98-1543) is celebrated as a master of them. So a wander through “Holbein: Capturing Character in the Renaissance,” at ...

Hans Holbein the Younger was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, probably in 1497. His father, Hans the Elder, was a painter of Catholic religious art in the Late Gothic style.

A trip to the Morgan Library & Museum for "Holbein: Capturing Character." An exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum highlighting the work of Hans Holbein, one of the most inventive artists of ...

He might technically be “the younger,” but he still died 500 years ago. He’s also responsible for the best painting show in New York right now. I’m speaking, of course, of Hans Holbein the ...

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543) - Sir Henry Guildford (1489-1532), dated 1527 Left / Oil on oak panel | Read more at Royal Collection Trust's website Right / Black and coloured chalks, and ...