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To: lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Rembrandt's mother-lacemaker?
I have heard people say that it is thought that Rembrandt's mother was a
lacemaker and as a result his paintings of lace are suitably detailed. Does
anyone have a source identifying Rembrandt's mo
Dear Ilske,
These things are very hard to track down, as your experience with the
Goethe museum indicates. I don't know that there would even be any point to
asking the Rembrandt house in Amsterdam. I was wondering if perhaps some lace
maker, reading widely with a lace intensive focus might
Dear Devon,
this is a story being in the world but difficult to find out the truth. Also
the claim that in the museum in Frankfurt a/Main a lace pillow would be on
display.Visiting this museum some years ago I was eager to see this but there
wasn't one. Than I asked the people working there nobo
I have heard people say that it is thought that Rembrandt's mother was a
lacemaker and as a result his paintings of lace are suitably detailed. Does
anyone have a source identifying Rembrandt's mother as a lacemaker?
Devon
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