Mon Aug 30, 2021 09:20 AM

August 30, 2021

The beautifully intricate painting of the shirt collar on this terracotta portrait bust draws the eye. Dated between 1530-1540. Unknown artist and subject. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Inventory number Kunstkammer, 8919 https://www.khm.at/de/object/08b4edacfa/

Patterns from the Getty’s copy of Gaston Migeon’s 1908 facsimile of Francesco di Pellegrino’s 1530 “La fleur de la science de pourtraicture, patrons de broderie” https://archive.org/details/lafleurdelascien00pell