Sat Aug 21, 2021 09:39 AM

August 21, 2021

If you are going to look at embroidery in paintings, there really isn’t any painter better to look at than Hans Holbein (although I’d argue Bronzino and Allori are right there with him.) Portrait of Simon George dated 1535-40. Inventory number 1065 at the Staedel Museum. The portrait is well worth a look at the museum’s site, with a gigantic downloadable image and a short video. There are loads of other beautiful details including rich black on black embroidery in the doublet. https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/portrait-of-simon-george-of-cornwall

No exact matches I can locate in a book this morning, so Im just enjoying the painting.