Image: Hans Holbein the Younger - The Ambassadors - Google Art Project

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Description: Jean de Dinteville, French Ambassador to the court of Henry VIII of England, and Georges de Selve, Bishop of Lavaur. The painting is famous for containing, in the foreground, at the bottom, a spectacular anamorphic, which, from an oblique point of view, is revealed to be a human skull. An Armenian vishapagorg rug is on the table.
Title: The Ambassadors
Credit: bQEWbLB26MG1LA at Google Cultural Institute, zoom level maximum
Author: Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498–1543)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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