# Holbein's "Ambassadors", the picture and the men

Author: Hervey, Mary F. S. (Mary Frederica Sophia), 1853-1920; Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543 [Artist]

Genre: Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77401

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Holbein%27s+%22Ambassadors%22%2C+the+picture+and+the+men+Hervey&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Few pictures have attracted more attention than Holbein’s double-portrait of two Ambassadors, since its migration in 1890 from Longford Castle to the National Gallery. The great qualities which distinguish it as a work of art are too well known to need recapitulation here. In conception, scale, and elaboration, in all the elements characteristic of Holbein’s genius, the picture stands in the foremost rank of that painter’s achievement. Moreover, up to 1890, Holbein was unrepresented in the National Gallery, though much of his best work was executed in England, and for English patrons.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II. The Lutheran Hymn-Book—The Book of Arithmetic—The](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I. General Description of the Picture—The Death’s-Head—The](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/3/index.md)
- [PART IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/holbein-s-ambassadors-the-picture-and-the-men-77401/chapters/17/index.md)