The Ambassadors: Great Art Explained

In 1533, all eyes were on London. Henry VIII was about to break with the Catholic Church, marry Anne Boleyn, and change the course of English history forever. Spies gathered intelligence, diplomats traded secrets, and alliances shifted by the day. At the heart of this political storm, two French ambassadors were immortalised by Hans Holbein in what has become one of the most mysterious paintings of the Renaissance. But who were these men? Why was the painting commissioned?

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