Amazing illusion painting in 4K, The Ambassadors (1533), by Hans Holbein the Younger

Music available on Bandcamp by clicking on this link: “The Ambassadors” is a painting from 1533 made by Hans #Holbein the Younger that features an anamorphic skull illusion. In this brief video we see how the illusion works when walking from face-on of the painting to the ideal spot for viewing the effect. With the unaided eye it is only properly visible from one angle. As far as I know, this video is the world’s first ever to correctly document the tran
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