Hello Leonard and everyone Excellent background information, Leonard. Portraits tend to be what the subject would like the viewer to see. As well there is the factor of the skills of the artist/atelier. Where the subject is perhaps more homely than is polite to paint, features could be softened, to flatter. The artist will sign on behalf of his technicians (someone might be assigned the task of lace detail, for instance).
A point about the lace cuffs and piano-playing...if indeed the pianist wore lace cuffs (and as Leonard points out with the lace sewn to the jacket sleeve, the player can remove jacket), the lifted wrists would have come first as an advantage to technique at the keyboard, not the lace. On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Leonard Bazar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Again, the Queen's Gallery exhibition threw some light on this, certainly > on > expensive the laundry skills a lace wearer would need to buy. However, > there > were also some thought-provoking comment on how accurately the clothes in > the > portraits mirrored what the subjects would have worn. Clearly, in a > picture > you can wear the biggest pearls the artist can paint, and "Robe" magazine > points out that several of Mr Lely's ladies wear the same scarf, and > suggests > he buys a new one! > > -- 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]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
