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Title: Holbein's "Ambassadors", the picture and the men

an historical study

Author: Mary F. S. Hervey

Artist: Hans Holbein

Release date: December 4, 2025 [eBook #77401]

Language: English

Original publication: London: George Bell & Sons, 1900

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HOLBEIN’S “AMBASSADORS”
THE PICTURE AND THE MEN

THE “AMBASSADORS.”

From the Picture by Holbein in the National Gallery, London.

Art Repro. Co.

HOLBEIN’S
“Ambassadors”

THE PICTURE AND THE MEN

AN HISTORICAL STUDY

BY
MARY F. S. HERVEY

“...
Tes esprits courageux ne furent pas contans
Sans doctement conjoindre avec la peinture
L’Art de mathématique et de l’architecture.”
Ronsard

WITH NINETEEN ILLUSTRATIONS AND TWO FACSIMILES

LONDON
GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET
COVENT GARDEN
1900

CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.