Fri Mar 20, 2020 06:52 PM

Morning Modelbuch (3/21/2020)

The orientation of the lace in this painting is unusual, being large and vertical. I really like it, but am unsure of it since the style isn’t seen in other portraits. “Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a black dress with an embroidered bodice and a lace collar, with a pearl choker and head-dress,” Venetian School. Sold at Christies South Kensington May 25, 2000, European and Continental Pictures Auction Lot #509

Pattern from _Lucidario di Recami_ by Iseppo Foresto, published by Jeronimo Calepino, dated 1564. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/349914