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Jean de Dinteville (1504–1555) was a French diplomat. He is the left-hand figure in
Jean de Dinteville (1504–1555) was a French diplomat. He is the left-hand figure in Holbein Hans Holbein may refer to:
* Hans Holbein the Elder
Hans Holbein the Elder ( , ; german: Hans Holbein der Ältere; – 1524) was a German painter.
Life
Holbein was born in free imperial city of Augsburg (Germany), and died in Issenheim, Alsa ...
's 1533 painting ''The Ambassadors
''The Ambassadors'' is a 1903 novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in the ''North American Review'' (NAR). The novel is a dark comedy which follows the trip of protagonist Lewis Lambert Strether to Europe to bring the son o ...
'', painted whilst he was French ambassador to London, and which he presumably commissioned. Dinteville's motto was ''Memento mori
''Memento mori'' (Latin for 'remember that you ave todie'
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References
External links
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See also
*François de Dinteville
François de Dinteville (1477–1530) was a French Catholic bishop.
After a legal training in Pavia as doctor of both laws, he became bishop of Sisteron in 1506. He was bishop of Auxerre from 1513 to his death. The Hours of François de Dinteville ...
(1498-1530), his brother
1504 births
1555 deaths
Ambassadors of France to the Kingdom of England
16th-century French diplomats
People of the Tudor period
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