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| detail of shoe |
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| St. Veronica, attributed to the workshop of Roger Campin, circa 1428-30 |
Recently I went on vacation to the Canal du Midi in the south of France, finishing up with a weekend in Germany. As it turned out I was there for Frankfurt's "Night at the Museum", a celebration of all the wonderful museums that are within walking distance of each other in Frankfurt. Admission was only 12 Euro for all of the museums, less that the 14 Euro for the State museum alone, home of some lovely Medieval and Renaissance artwork. My boyfriend and his friend were very patient with me and my long gazing at some of these fabulous paintings. There really is nothing to replace seeing something in person.
For example, I had pored over the above image many times and never really took notice of the lovely little shoe St. Veronica is wearing. The painting is nearly life size, so there was a lot of detail to take in.
Since the museum trip was a surprise I hadn't done any research and didn't know what to expect. I was so happy to be able to take close up pictures of some embroidery details:
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| Portrait of Simon George of Cornwall by Hans Holbein circa 1535-40 |
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| blackwork embroidery detail |
And another Holbein, this time the Portrait of a Member of the Weiss Family of Augsburg, circa 1522. It looks to me like an embroidered band was stitched on to a smocked or gathered neckline with matching woven ties:
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I've always liked the Simon George portrait because if you look closely, although both sides of the embroidered collar are shown, they are different. This isn't two-sided work, or even two passes of the same work, turned wrong side in and seamed together. Two sides, two patterns. Very cool. -kbsalazar
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