Died on this day in 1636, in London, the very fine Flemish portrait painter Marcus Gheeraerts. Here Margaret Layton, marking her place in her book as she sits to be painted.
2/2 Margaret Layton was very proud of that embroidered jacket she wore in her portrait. She kept it. Then her family kept it. And now it's in the V&A! How great is that?
3/3 The embroiderer's brilliant artifice, remade by the painter's.
3/3 The embroiderer's brilliant artifice, remade by the painter's.
3/3 The embroiderer's brilliant artifice, remade by the painter's.
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