Saturday, March 19, 2011


Miniatures by Holbein for inspiration. (Like this one of an unidentified woman.)
Paintings as objects.... Portrait miniatures such as this one were kept as keepsake artifacts by ordinary people in the 1500s and 1600s, and even worn as pendants. The delicate molding of shadows in the face is something I always look for and learn from when looking at Holbeins work.

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