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This painting is more than just iconic instruments in a room. the skull symbolizes death and no matter how young or where yo are death is always with you in any room.

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He went on to produce portraits combining psychological insight with dazzling illusionistic skill

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Hans Holbein the younger (The Ambassadors)

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Hans Holbein the younger (The Ambassadors)

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Holbein was born in Augsburg in southern Germany in the winter of 1497-8. He was taught by his father, Hans Holbein the Elder. He became a member of the Basel artists' guild in 1519. He travelled a great deal, and is recorded in Lucerne, northern Italy and France. Holbein was a highly versatile and technically accomplished artist who worked in different media. He also designed jewellery and metalwork.

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1) The Ambassadors - Hans Holbein the Younger - Google Arts & Culture. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-ambassadors/bQEWbLB26MG1LA
2) Gallery, L. T. (n.d.). Hans Holbein the Younger. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/hans-holbein-the-younger

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This picture memorialises two wealthy, educated and powerful young men. Certain details could be interpreted as references to contemporary religious divisions. The broken lute string, for example, may signify religious discord, while the Lutheran hymn book may be a plea for Christian harmony. In the foreground is the distorted image of a skull, a symbol of mortality. When seen from a point to the right of the picture the distortion is corrected.