Blackwork Embroidery Patterns from Hans Holbein the Younger's 16th Century Paintings

Darmstadt Madonna, circa 1526

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Elbow pattern

 

 

   Cuff pattern

 

 

 

 

 Double Portrait of Sir Thomas Godsalve and His Son, circa 1528

 

   The pattern on the son's collar.

 

 

 

 Portrait of a Noble Boy with a Marmoset, circa 1532-1535

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Cheseman, circa 1535

 

 

   Collar pattern

 

 

 

 

Margaret Roper, circa 1535-1536

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Jane Seymour, circa 1536-1537

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mrs. Jane Small, circa 1536

 

 

  Pattern on cuffs

 

 

 

 

 Elizabeth, Lady Audley, circa 1538

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portrait of a Young Woman, circa 1540-1545

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Works Cited

 

Cariad. “Darmstadt Madonna.” https://lanternheart.tumblr.com/post/189202335115/darmstadt-madonna-detail-by-hans-holbein-the.

D’Angelo, Isabella. “Blackwork.” https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/293437731941626074/.

“Hans Holbein, the Elder.” Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Holbein-the-Elder.

“Hans Holbein the Younger.” Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Holbein-the-Younger.

“Hans Holbein the Younger.” Uffizi Gallery. https://www.virtualuffizi.com/hans-holbein-the-younger.html.

“Hans Holbein the Younger and Blackwork.” Textile Research Centre. https://trc-leiden.nl/trc-needles/visual-archive/16th-century/hans-holbein-the-younger-and-blackwork.

Holbein, Hans. “Mrs Jane Small, formerly Mrs Pemberton.” V&A Museum. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16583/mrs-jane-small-formerly-mrs-portrait-miniature/.

Holbein, Hans. “Self-Portrait.” Uffizi Gallery. https://www.virtualuffizi.com/self-portrait.html.

Holbein d. J., Hans. “A Court Servant of King Henry VIII.” Kunst Historisches Museum Wien. https://www.khm.at/en/objectdb/detail/964/.

Holbein d. J., Hans. “Jane Seymour.” Kunst Historisches Museum Wien. https://www.khm.at/en/objectdb/detail/966/.

Holbein d. J., Hans. “Portrait of Anna Meyer.” KunstMuseum Basel. https://sammlungonline.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/ResultDetailView/result.inline.list.t1.collection_list.$TspTitleImageLink.link&sp=13&sp=Sartist&sp=SfilterDefinition&sp=0&sp=1&sp=1&sp=SdetailView&sp=142&sp=Sdetail&sp=0&sp=T&sp=0&sp=SdetailList&sp=225&sp=F&sp=Scollection&sp=l14607#litKlapptext.

Holbein d. J., Hans. “Portrait of a Noble Boy with a Marmoset.” KunstMuseum Basel. https://sammlungonline.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/ResultDetailView/result.inline.list.t1.collection_list.$TspTitleImageLink.link&sp=13&sp=Sartist&sp=SfilterDefinition&sp=0&sp=1&sp=1&sp=SdetailView&sp=142&sp=Sdetail&sp=0&sp=T&sp=0&sp=SdetailList&sp=275&sp=F&sp=Scollection&sp=l19344.

Holbein d. J., Hans. “Portrait of a Young Merchant.” Kunst Historisches Museum Wien. https://www.khm.at/en/objectdb/detail/968/.

Holbein le Jeune, Hans. “Portrait of Nicolas Kratzer.” Musée du Louvre. https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010062619.

Holbein, Hans the Younger. “Double Portrait of Sir Thomas Godsalve and His Son John.” Web Gallery of Art. https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/h/holbein/hans_y/1528/7godsal.html.

Holbein, Hans the Younger. “Portrait of Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey.” Web Gallery of Art. https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/h/holbein/hans_y/1543/10surrey.html.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Derich Born.” Royal Collection Trust. https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/6/collection/405681/derich-born-150910-after-1549.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Darmstadt Madonna.” https://useum.org/artwork/Darmstadt-Madonna-Hans-Holbein-1526.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Elizabeth, Lady Audley.” Royal Collection Trust. https://www.rct.uk/collection/422292/elizabeth-lady-audley-1564.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk.” Royal Collection Trust. https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/38/collection/912194/katherine-duchess-of-suffolk-1519-1580.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Lady Margaret (Bacon) Butts.” Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/collection/11867.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Margaret Roper (Margaret More).” The Met Museum. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436662.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Portrait of a Lady, Perhaps Katherine Howard.” Royal Collection Trust. https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/7/collection/422293/portrait-of-a-lady-perhaps-katherine-howard-1520-1542.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery.” The Met Museum. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436660.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Simon George of Cornwall.” Städel Museum. https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/portrait-of-simon-george-of-cornwall.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Portrait of Henry VIII of England.” Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/holbein-hans-joven/portrait-henry-viii-England.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Portrait of Robert Cheseman.” Mauritshuis. https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-collection/artworks/276-portrait-of-robert-cheseman-1485-1547/.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Thomas, 2nd Baron Vaux.” Royal Collection Trust. https://www.rct.uk/collection/912245/thomas-2nd-baron-vaux-1509-1556.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Thomas Howard, Third Duke of Norfolk.” Royal Collection Trust. https://www.rct.uk/collection/404439/thomas-howard-third-duke-of-norfolk-1473-1554.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “Unknown Woman.” National Portrait Gallery. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw01146/Unknown-woman-formerly-known-as-Catherine-Howard.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “An Unidentified Woman.” Royal Collection Trust. https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/55/collection/912254/an-unidentified-woman.

Holbein the Younger, Hans. “An Unidentified Woman 2.” Royal Collection Trust. https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/45/collection/912190/an-unidentified-woman.

Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger. “Portrait of a Young Woman.” The Met Museum. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436667.