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Letter
Holbein's 'Ambassadors'
03/1964 | 732 | 106
Pages: 135-136
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Author:
Samuel, Edgar R. (Samuel, Edgar R.)
Author:
Watson, F. J. B. (Watson, F. J. B.; Watson, Francis John Bagott; W., F. J. B.; Watson, Mr.; Watson, F.J.B.; Watson, Francis)
Subjects
artists:
Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543
dates:
1500-1549
places:
England / Germany
subjects:
German painting / Anamorphoses
works:
Ambassadors (National Gallery, London)
Article
Death in the Glass - A New View of Holbein's 'Ambassadors'
10/1963 | 727 | 105
Pages: 436-441
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Author:
Samuel, Edgar R. (Samuel, Edgar R.)
Subjects
artists:
Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543
dates:
1500-1549
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
England / Germany
subjects:
German painting / Portraits / Anamorphoses
subjects:
Dinteville, Jean de
subjects:
Optics
works:
Ambassadors (National Gallery, London)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. The Ambassadors, by Hans Holbein the Younger. Signed and Dated 1533. Panel. As Seen with a Glass Tube Mounted in Front of the Picture. (National Gallery, London.)
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16. Detail from Portrait of George Gisze, by Hans Holbein the Younger. Dated 1532. Panel. (Deutsches Muscum, Berlin.)
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17. Distorted Portrait of King Ferdinand of Aragon (d.1516), by Erhard Schön. Engraving.
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18. Vanité scientifique, by Vincenzo dalle Vacche. c.1520. Marquetry Panel. (Musée du Louvre.)
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19. Vanité des Puissances Terrestres Ecclésiastique et Laique, by Vincenzo dalle Vacche. c.1520. Marquetry Panel. (Musée du Louvre.)
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20. Coat of Arms with a Skull, by Albrecht Dürer. 1503. Engraving. By Permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.
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21. The Arms of Death, by Hans Holbein the Younger. 1538. Engraving. By Permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.
Attributed works:
A. The Technique of Anamorphic Draughtsmanship. Plate from Les Perspectives Curieuses, by J. B. Niceron, Paris, 1646.