22 Pics That Reveal Hidden Secrets in Famous Works of Art

“The Ambassadors” by Hans Holbein the Younger

Public Domain

Hans Holbein the Younger’s 1533 painting “The Ambassadors” has the distinction of being multiple types of painting in one. On the surface, it’s both a double portrait (of landowner Jean de Dinteville and Bishop of Lavaur Georges de Selve) and a still life.

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