Sat Jun 29, 2019 08:56 PM

Morning Modelbuch (6/30/2019)

Hans Holbein’s Man in a Red Cap dated 1532 with its repeating small leaves. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436660 While fill patterns for blackwork are pretty popular, the books are more apt to either show an individual motif or patterns worked in borders. 1564 _I Frutti_ published by the Sessa brothers, however, has several including one that is a bit like the leaf in the Holbein portrait, but with a few extra flourishes.. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1518504h/f18.image