I have long been fascinated by Holbein’s double portrait of Jean de Dinteville, French ambassador to the court of Henry VIII and George de Selve, bishop of Latour (some sources state ‘Lavaur’) but I was unaware that this very famous portrait might in fact be linked to Anne Boleyn.
The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger
Eric Ives believes that there are several reasons to suggest such a connection, with the first being the date.
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