Picasso-Museum: Home. Dortmunder U – Zentrum für Kunst und Kreativität. Das Museum Folkwang in Essen - Museum Folkwang. Vermeer Centrum Delft. Hajek Museum. Prado. National Galery. This picture memorialises two wealthy, educated and powerful young men.
On the left is Jean de Dinteville, aged 29, French ambassador to England in 1533. To the right stands his friend, Georges de Selve, aged 25, bishop of Lavaur, who acted on several occasions as ambassador to the Emperor, the Venetian Republic and the Holy See. The picture is in a tradition showing learned men with books and instruments. Museum Folkwang. Willi Baumeister.