More Blackwork Embroidery Examples in Paintings

Here is a painting called Portrait of Antea circa 1535 in the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples. Look at her cuffs and apron!

 

https://www.wga.hu/html_m/p/parmigia/1/antea.html




Here is another painting with blackwork embroidery visible:





Portrait of a lady (1520-25) by Bernardino Luini. National Gallery of Art, Washington.

 https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.44.html









Portait of a Lady, probably a Member of the Cromwell Family, by Hans Holbein the Younger (circa 1535-1540) located at the Toledo Museum of Art

http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55183/portrait-of-a-lady-probably-a-member-of-the-cromwell-family?ctx=18d67b3a-7002-432f-ae7c-aa315296d6b9&idx=81






Panel of Blackwork at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (circa 1580-1620)

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/223032