画家也淘气：原来这些世界名画里还藏了这么多小秘密

The Ambassadors

《大使们》（1533）

小汉斯·荷尔拜因

The Ambassadors has been the subject of debate by art historians for years, who have pondered the symbolism of the items on the tables between the two men, and the identities of the figures themselves.

美术史学者已经为本画争论了好多年，争论的点在于两个人中间桌子上那些物品的象征意义，以及人物本身的身份。

Holbein added details such as a lute with a broken string, a symbol of disharmony, next to a copy of Martin Luther's translation of a hymnbook perhaps representing the religious strife seen at the time.

荷尔拜因把不和谐的象征——一把断弦的琵琶——放在了马丁路德翻译的赞美诗集旁边，这可能代表着当时的宗教冲突。

The Ambassadors clearly doesn't lack for details to consider, one startling addition is often overlooked at first glance: the stretched skull in the bottom-center of the image.

这幅画包含很多值得思考的细节，有个很容易被人初见时忽略的细节：画底中央部分有一个拉长的骷髅头。

Why Holbein stretched the skull out isn't known, but it's been suggested that the painting might have been intended to hang in a stairwell - where people approaching it from the left would have seen it in the correct perspective.
荷尔拜因为什么画这颗骷髅头还无法解释，但据说这幅画本来是要挂在楼梯边的墙上，而从这幅画左侧上楼梯的人刚好可以从正确的角度看到这个骷髅。

把这部分压缩一下，清晰可见是个头骨

The Arnolfini Portrait

《阿诺芬尼夫妇像》（1434）

扬·凡·艾克

There are many signs of the Arnolfinis' wealth in the image, such as the fur trim on the woman's dress and her gold necklace and rings - both of which appear to be small details but would have been extremely expensive.

画中有很多细节暗示阿诺芬尼夫妇的财富，比如女士连衣裙上的皮毛装饰，比如她佩戴的金项链和戒指，这些都是小细节，但可能极其昂贵。