Georges de Selve

Infobox Painting

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title=The Ambassadors
artist=Hans Holbein the Younger
year=1533
type=Oil on oak
height=207
width=209.5
city=London
museum=National Gallery

Georges de Selve (1508 - 12 February 1541) was a French scholar, diplomat and ecclesiastic.

He was Bishop of Lavaur from 1526 (at age 20) to 1540. He was sent by François I of France as ambassador to Venice, Austria (in April 1540), to the Pope in Rome, to England, Germany and Spain.

He is one of two figures in a celebrated picture by Hans Holbein, The Ambassadors, which hangs in the National Gallery, London [ [http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG1314 Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors') ] ] . De Selve is on the right, with Jean de Dinteville.

cholar

He wrote on theology, studied with and was a patron of Eli Levita from 1534 [ [http://www.glaird.com/Levita.htm Eli Levita, Sebastian Munster, Paul Fagius, David Kimhi ] ] , and was commissioned by the king to make translations.

Family

He was the son of Jean de Selve, a jurist and Parlement president, and brother of Odet de Selve. Three other brothers served as diplomats [ [http://www.safarix.com/0130967726/app01 SafariX Textbooks Online - SafariX is now CourseSmart ] ]

References

*Robert J. Kalas, "The Selve Family of Limousin: Members of a New Elite in Early Modern France," The Sixteenth Century Journal, 18 (1987), 147-172

Notes

External links

* [http://phs.prs.k12.nj.us/ewood/virtualmuseum/Ambassadors/deselve.html]
*fr icon [http://www.louis-feuillade.com/lunelart/holbein/tableau/tab_selv.htm Picture details]