Category:The Ambassadors (Holbein)

**The Ambassadors**
	painting by Hans Holbein the Younger
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Instance of	painting
Depicts	Jean de Dinteville, Georges de Selve, human skull, man and Holbein carpet
Material used	oil paint;
Genre	portrait;
Location	National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster, Greater London, London, England
Creator	Hans Holbein;
Collection	National Gallery (1890–);
Inventory number	NG1314 (National Gallery);
Inception	1533;
Width	209 cm;
Height	207 cm;
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	Q1212937; VIAF ID: 184003340; BabelNet ID: 01312961n; Google Arts & Culture asset ID: bQEWbLB26MG1LA
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Hans Holbein: The Ambassadors

Artist



Alternative names	Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein
Description	German painter and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	1497 or 1498 date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543 date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death	Augsburg	London
Work location	Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543)
Authority control	: Q48319 VIAF: 4945401 ISNI: 0000 0001 2098 7816 ULAN: 500005259 LCCN: n81117179 NLA: 36275979 WGA: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger Open Library: OL18360A DBNL: holb003 Oxford Dict.: 13478 GND: 118552953 SELIBR: 205966 SUDOC: 028473809 BNF: 12030224m NDL: 00443592 HDS: 018297 NKC: js20020116041 SBN: IT\ICCU\CFIV\087504 BNE: XX870074 SIKART: 4022819 KulturNav: c294fa97-ee48-4b25-911a-8d2ac2a07ed8 RKD: 39109 NLI: 000064295 Koninklijke: 070559074 WorldCat

Title

German: Die Gesandten
The Ambassadors
Alternative title(s):
Double Portrait of Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Date

1533

Medium

oil on oak wood

Dimensions

207 × 209 cm (81.4 × 82.2 in)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 31″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Web page	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority control	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000 0001 2342 2001 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Current location

room C

Accession number

NG1314 (National Gallery)

Inscriptions

ÆTATIS SUAE 25

Kom heiliger geyst herregot/erfüll mit deiner gnaden gut/deiner gleubgen hertz, mut und sin/ dein brünstig lib entzünd in ihn/ O herr durch deines liechtes glast/zu dem glauben versamlet hast/ das volck aller welt zungen/des sey dir Her zu lob gesungen.

References

described by source: 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die, pp. 167

Authority control

: Q1212937
VIAF: 184003340

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