The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger

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Mark Cartwright
by Google Cultural Institute
published on 04 November 2020
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The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1533 CE. The skull in the foreground is an example of anamorphosis - distorting an image so that it can only be seen clearly from one angle. (National Gallery, London)

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