Hans Holbein (the younger) (b. 1497, Augsburg, d. 1543, London)
1533
Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve, the Ambassadors
National Gallery
Oil on oak 207*209.5 cm
At the left is Jean de Dinteville (150455), Seigneur de Polisy, Bailly de Troyes, who was French ambassador to England in 1533. To the right stands his friend Georges de Selve (1508/941), Bishop of Lavaur in 1526, who acted on several occasions as ambassador to the Emperor, the Venetian Republic and the Holy See.
In the foreground is a skull in distorted perspective (anamorphosis); when seen from the right or through a cylindrical piece of glass the distortion is corrected.
In the foreground is a skull in distorted perspective (anamorphosis); when seen from the right or through a cylindrical piece of glass the distortion is corrected.
167
Frans Hals (b. 1580, Antwerp, d. 1666, Haarlem)
1662-6
Portrait of Willem Croes
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Oil on wood, 47,1 x 34 cm
167
Diego Velazquez (b. 1599, Seville, d. 1660, Madrid)
1650
Portrait of Cardinal Camillo Astalli
Hispanic Society of America
Portrait of Cardinal Borgia (b/w) (Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt)
168
Giorgione (b. 1477, Castelfranco, d. 1510, Venice)
1510
Sleeping Venus
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Oil on canvas, 108.5*175 cm
168
Titian (b. 1490, Pieve di Cadore, d. 1576, Venice)
1538
The Venus of Urbino
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
119*165
168-70
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (b. 1577, Siegen, d. 1640, Antwerp)
1626
The Hermit and the Sleeping Angelica
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Oil on oakwood 43*66 cm
169
Diego Velazquez (b. 1599, Seville, d. 1660, Madrid)
1647-51
The Toilet of Venus
National Gallery
Oil on canvas 122.5*177 cm
169
Raphael (b. 1483, Urbino, d. 1520, Rome)
1518-19
Portrait of La Fornarina
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
Oil on wood 85*60 cm
169
Albrecht Durer (b. 1471, Nürnberg, d. 1528, Nürnberg)
1493
Female nude
Musée Bonnat, Bayonne
Pen and ink on paper 27.2*14.7 cm
169
Rembrandt (b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)
1654
Bathsheba at Her Bath
Louvre, Paris
Oil on canvas 142*142 cm
The Painter's Studio (Glasgow Art Gallery)
169
Rembrandt (b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)
c. 1626
Seated youth
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
Pen, ink and wash 22.2*18.4 cm
169