Apparently we can thank Renaissance painters for making Burano lace famous! In the 1600's Burano lace gained such fame that it became a status symbol for European nobles. Portraits of nobles wearing outlandishly fancy lace collars—the kinds you see in the Renaissance paintings of Rembrandt and van Dyck—helped make Venetian lace a status symbol among aristocracy from Ghent to Paris. European nobles wore their Venetian lace finery to sit for portraits that would be handed down to future generations. Artists were challenged to capture the web-like intricacies of lace in paint.
I can totally understand the intrigue the artists must have felt to desire to paint the exquisite lace. I myself had to urge to rise to the challenge, and made the attempt.
Apparently we can thank Renaissance painters for making Burano lace famous! In the 1600's Burano lace gained such fame that it became a status symbol for European nobles. Portraits of nobles wearing outlandishly fancy lace collars—the kinds you see in the Renaissance paintings of Rembrandt and van Dyck—helped make Venetian lace a status symbol among aristocracy from Ghent to Paris. European nobles wore their Venetian lace finery to sit for portraits that would be handed down to future generations. Artists were challenged to capture the web-like intricacies of lace in paint.
I can totally understand the intrigue the artists must have felt to desire to paint the exquisite lace. I myself had to urge to rise to the challenge, and made the attempt.