18C Women Around the World

Costumes de Differents Pays, by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810) c 1797 Hand-Colored Engraving from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

By the end of the 18C, worldwide exploration & colonization by Europeans were fairly commonplace, enabling the late 18C & 19C public to catch a glimpse of the clothing & customs of other peoples.

16C Women of Substance attributed to Bernardino Licinio 1489-1565

1522 Bernardino Licinio (1498-1565) Portrait of a Woman

Bernardino Licinio (c. 1489–1565) was an Italian High Renaissance painter of Venice & Lombardy. Bernardino Licinio painted both secular portraits & religious works. He was born in Bergamo in Lombardy. Some speculate that he may have trained in the studio of Giovanni Bellini (1430 -1516). As his work changed over time, his paintings indicate that Licinio stayed close to the the most recent artistic developments of the Venetian school of painting. Bernardino Licinio was part of an artistic family, going on to train his nephew Giulio Licino (1527–1584). Bernardino’s brother, Arrigo (Giulio’s father) was also a painter, as was another brother, Fabio.

1524 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

1540s Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Helena Capella

1525 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Woman with book

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

1533 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Woman

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

1525 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) An Allegory

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Woman with Husband's Portrait

1520s Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

1540 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

1520-25 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) A Concert

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Lady with a Book

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady and a Lamb

1550 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

18C Women Around the World

Costumes de Differents Pays, by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810) c 1797 Hand-Colored Engraving from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

By the end of the 18C, worldwide exploration & colonization by Europeans were fairly commonplace, enabling the late 18C & 19C public to catch a glimpse of the clothing & customs of other peoples.

16C Women reach for their Gloves

1530 Bartolomeo Veneto (1470-1531) or Paolo Moranda Cavazzola (1486–1522) Ritratto Di Gentildonna with gloves which are rather simple compared to her headwear & gown

Some form of gloves to the hands by encasing each finger in fabric or leather, have been worn for protection and warmth for thousands of years. However, their use as a fashion accessory took hold during the 1500s when famous women, such as Elizabeth I (1533–1603) of England, began wearing elbow-length gloves as a part of their more formal clothing. In the early 1500s, gloves began to appear as a relatively common fashion accessory in illustrations of both men & women. Women sometimes wore gloves with the fingertips cut off. By the early decades, a broad range of decoration existed which transcended all classes. Embellishment could be simple slashing, tabs & ribbons, or the addition of elaborate cuffs, heavily embroidered with the costly threads, pearls, gems, & lace. Accounts of the wardrobe of King Henry VIII mention highly decorated pairs. Queen Elizabeth I apparently was particularly fond of gloves of all lengths, & her wardrobe accounts list many pairs, including knitted & perfumed.

1545-55 William Scrots (fl 1537-1554) Lady in Black with fur ziblellino with gloves with a gauntlet style cuff

1540s Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Woman with gloves and her Little Boy

1550s Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Portrait of a Woman Holding Gloves

1599 Lady Agnes Douglas with embroidered gloves by Adrian Vanson

1540s Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Florentine Noblewoman with gloves

1520s Bernardino Licinio (c 1489–1565) Portrait of a Lady with gloves with a simple slit at the cuff

Bernardino Licinio (c 1489–1565) Portrait of a Woman with gloves

1530s Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (1518-94). Portrait of a Lady with gloves

1552 Margaret, Duchess of Parma with gloves in hand by Anthonis Mor

1557 Alonso Sanchez Coello (1532-1588) Infanta Juana of Spain wearing 1 glove

1560 Elisabeth de Valois wearing 1 glove by Alonso Sánchez Coello (Spanish painter, 1532–1588)

1560s Unknown Lady, formerly identified as Mary Queen of Scots holding gloves by an Unknown Artist

after 1560 Workshop of Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo wearing only one glove in which she is carrying what appears to be a handkerchief

1595 Unknown Ladyholding gloves attr to William Segar

1596 Joan, 1st wife of Edward Alleyn with great embroidered gloves by an artist of the British School

18C Women Around the World

Costumes de Differents Pays, by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810) c 1797 Hand-Colored Engraving from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

By the end of the 18C, worldwide exploration & colonization by Europeans were fairly commonplace, enabling the late 18C & 19C public to catch a glimpse of the clothing & customs of other peoples.

16-17C Women & their Pets

Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) Portrait of a Noblewoman with Dog

Flemish School — Portrait of a Girl with a King Charles Spaniel, 1628

Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) Portrait of a Lady of the Court with Dog 1590

1590s Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) Lady with a Lapdog

1514 Katharina von Mecklenburg, wife of Henry the Pious by Lucas Cranach the Elder

1551 Caterina van Hemessen ( c 1528- 1560) Portrait of a Woman with a Dog

Lorenzo Costa (1460-1535) Portrait of a Woman with a Dog

1551 Pieter Pourbus ( c 1524-1584) Portrait of Jacquemyne Buuck with a dog & a ruff

Titian Tiziano Vercelli (1488-1576) Portrait of Elenora Gonzaga della Rovere with Small Dog

1554 Anthonis Mor ((1519-1575) Metgen, the Artist's Wife

Girolamo Forabosco (1605-1679) Lady with a Dog

1554 Anthonis Mor ((1519-1575) Metgen, the Artist's Wife dog with amazing collar

Painting Associated with the Artist or the Worshop of Alessandro Allori (1535-1607) Portrait of a Woman with Dog 1560-1580

Painting Associated with the Artist or the Worshop of Alessandro Allori (1535-1607) Woman with Dog 1560-70

Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carrucci) (Italian Mannerist painter, 1494-1557)or Agnolo Bronzino, Portrait of a Lady in Red (with a Puppy) 1532

Anna Medici (1628-1662) m Ferdinand Karl Archduke of Austria 1646

Alessandro Allori (1535-1607) Isabella de Medici

1589 Elizabeth Brydges, later Lady Kennedy, daughter of Lord Chandos and maid of honour to Elizabeth I of England, aged 14 by Hieronimo

Domenico Riccio (also known as commonly known as Domenico Brusasorci (1516–1567) Portrait of a Lady

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (1528–1588), 1560-70 Portrait of a Lady with a Dog

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (1528–1588), 1580 Livia Colonna

Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625) Mother and Son

Steven van der Meulen (Dutch-born active in London 1543-1568) Frances Sidney Countess of Sussex 1565

Remigius van Leemput (Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1607-1675) after Hans Holbein circa 1536-37 Jane Seymour, Whitehall Dynasty. From a mural of Henry VIII

Steven van der Meulen (Dutch-born active in London 1543-1568)Probably Catherine Carey Lady Knollys (1523/4-1569)

Steven van der Meulen (Dutch-born active in London 1543-1568) Elizabeth I

1560s Giovanni Antonio Fasolo, Paola Gualdo and Daughters

1590 Countess of Southampton Elizabeth Vernon 1573-1655

  Fredrico Zuccari, or Federigo Zuccaro (c 1541-1609) Margaret of Savoy c 1605

1570s Francesco Montemezzano (Italian, Venetian, c 1540-1602), Portrait of a Woman (possibly Picabella Pagliarani, wife of Giacomo Ragazzoni) Montemezzano was probably an apprentice in the workshop of Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (1528–1588).

Hans Asper (1499-1571) Cleophea Holzhalb 1538

John Bettes the Younger (d 1616) alleged to be Dorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos 1524-1605 1578

Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556) Husband and Wife 1523

Reine de Navarre (French artist, 1492-1549) Marguerite d'Angoulême

Unknown Artist,  Margaret of Austria

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Isabella Guerrieri Gonzaga Canossa 1547

Francesco d'Ubertino Verdi, called Bachiacca [also known as Francesco Ubertini, il Bacchiacca] (1494 – 1557) Portrait of a Woman with a Cat

c 1605 Lady Arabella Stuart by Robert Peake

Francesco d'Ubertino Verdi, called Bachiacca [also known as Francesco Ubertini, il Bacchiacca] (1494–1557) Woman with a Cat

Unknown Spanish Lady by an Unknown artist of the French School

Marcus Gheeraerts the younger (Flemish artist, 1561-1635) Lady Anne Cotton (nee Hoghton) with her son John

Unknown 1500s Italian painter, Lady with a Dog. This work is probably North Italian, and was formerly attributed to Sofonisba Anguisciola (1527 - 1625).

Unknown Spanish artist, A Lady with her dog c 1600