Either Italian or English? or Flemish? The painted face seems oddly elongate, bone structure not quite right. I copied the image and played with it in a paint program to squash the height and widen the face to get a more natural appearance. Interesting. The portraitist could have been several people, one would be expert at drafting the lace part. Someone else would do the features.
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:14 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 3/11/2009 11:07:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > _ > http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2009/0310/1224242572504_1.html_ > (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2009/0310/1224242572504_1.html > ) > > So, do we think it is Italian lace or English lace? > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
