Editing Lace (section)

== Lace in art ==
[[File:Frans Hals - Nicolaes Hasselaer - WGA11104.jpg|alt=Man seated sideways on a chair, facing viewer, whose garment has an intricately patterned lace collar.|right|thumb|Portrait of Nicolaes Hasselaer by Frans Hals, c. 1627. Rijksmuseum.]]
The earliest portraits showing lace are those of the early [[Florentine painting|Florentine School]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Jackson|first=Emily|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14718956|title=Old handmade lace : with a dictionary of lace|date=1987|publisher=Dover|others=Emily Jackson|isbn=0-486-25309-0|location=New York|oclc=14718956}}</ref>{{Rp|13}} Later, in the 17th century, lace was very popular and painting styles were at the time realistic.  This allows viewers to see the finery of lace.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-09-29|title=The 10 Best Lace Paintings|url=https://www.sophieploeg.com/blog/the-10-best-lace-paintings/|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Sophie Ploeg|language=en-US}}</ref> Painted portraits, primarily those of the wealthy or the nobility, depicted costly laces. This presented a challenge to the painters, who needed to represent not only their sitters accurately, but their intricate lace as well.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|414}}

The portrait of Nicolaes Hasselaer seen here was painted by Frans Hals in about 1627. It depicts a man dressed in a black garment with a lace collar. The collar is detailed enough that those who are expert in lace identification can tell what pattern it is. Hals created the lace effect  with dabs of grey and white, using black paint to indicate the spaces between the threads.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Van Guldener|first=Hermine|title=Rijksmuseum Amsterdam|publisher=Knorr & Hirth Verlag|year=1969|location=Munich|pages=27}}</ref>

An image of an anonymous female artisan appears in ''[[The Lacemaker (Vermeer)|The Lacemaker]]'', a painting by the [[Dutch Golden Age painting|Dutch artist]] [[Johannes Vermeer]] (1632–1675), completed around 1669–1670.