10+ The Ambassadors Hans Holbein Skull Pics. The skull is believed to be a nod to 'memento mori.' the medieval latin theory focuses on man's inescapable mortality as a means of. Nother skull is hiding in the band of jean de dinteville's cap (see pictures to the left and right).

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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 painting has been the subject of much speculation, both for the anamorphic skull and the meaning of the various objects arrayed behind and in the hands. Also known as jean de dinteville and georges de selve,1 it was created in the tudor the anamorphic skull as restored in 1998. Amongst the most celebrated is a double portrait of jean de dinteville, french double portrait of jean de dinteville and georges de selve (the ambassadors), hans holbein the younger, 1533.

Holbein has very cleverly hidden the image of a skull on the front of his painting.

Holbein's the ambassadors, on view at the national gallery in london, is similar. This essay focuses on two details—the carpet and the globe—that speak about the globalized trade of the. Hans holbein's painting, the ambassadors, is one of the star attractions in london's national gallery and the writer, martyn wade, has taken a peek behind the painting to find an imaginative solution to the enigma that surrounds it. As well as being a double portrait, the painting contains a still life of several meticulously rendered objects, the meaning of which is the cause of much debate.