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| Keywords: The Ambassadors, detail of globe, lute, and books, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg Double Portrait of Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve called The Ambassadors technique oil tempera oak National Gallery London This lower shelf between the two ambassadors shows a terrestrial globe a lute a Lutheran hymn book an arithmetic book dividers and a bag of wooden flutes A theme of disharmony is suggested perhaps referring to the religious context of the ambassadors' mission the lute has a broken string the arithmetic book lies open on a division page and one of the flutes juts out from the rest Buck 98 Stephanie Buck Hans Holbein Cologne Könemann 1999 ISBN 3829025831 Creator Hans Holbein d J 1533 Museum National Gallery London 80px80px PD-old-100 Lutes in art Renaissance lutes Still-life paintings of musical instruments Details of The Ambassadors Holbein lute Broken Strings | ||||
