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

Note 439 — Chapter I · General Description of the Picture—The Death’s-Head—The Dagger—The Order of St. Michael—The Celestial Globe—The Terrestrial Globe

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Alfonso I. died in 1534; the portrait cannot therefore have been substantially later in date than the “Ambassadors.” He was the father of Ercole d’Este, who in 1527 married Renée of France.

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