Dr Kat and The Ambassadors

In this video, I’m reading Hans Holbein the Younger’s double portrait of the French ambassadors, Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve, as I would a text. “The Ambassadors” was painted on the orders of Dinteville, during his time in England, and is dated to 1533 – a complex time in English and European history.

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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]

Also, check out this talk by Susan Foister (National Gallery) for more information on Holbein’s techniques and the provenance of the work - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paA8hqqQ-_w

Images:

Hans Holbein the Younger, “The Ambassadors” (1533). Held in the National Gallery, displayed in Room 4.

Images of the Cosmati pavement at Westminster Abbey, from the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and from above. Originally shared on Westminster Abbey’s website - https://www.westminster-abbey.org/

Quoted texts:

Julia Wolkoff article: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-decoding-symbolism-hans-holbeins-ambassadors

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