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.

17-8C Women, Children, & Sheep & Lambs

Sheep began appearing in Western religious paintings early.  By the 17th century, lambs were showing up in non-religious portraits as well. These are a few of my favorites.

Anthonie Palamedesz. (Stevaerts, Stevens) (1601-1673) Child and Sheep, 1655

Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) Lady Belasyse

William Henesy (English artist 18th Century)  Baptist Noel 4th Earl of Gainsborough and His Wife Elizabeth with their Children

Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) Girl with a Lamb

Elisabeth Sophie Cheron (1648-1711) Self Portrait

Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1743) Portrait of a Woman as St Agnes (Perhaps Catherine Voss)

James Francis Maubert (1666-1746) Portrait of Henrietta Duchess 
of Bolton

Joseph Wright Of Derby (1734-1797) Miss Frances Warren

Sir George Chalmers (1720-1791) Elizabeth and Mary Chalmers

Joseph Wright Of Derby (1734-1797) Miss Frances Warren

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.

17-18C Women at Markets by Flemish artist Pieter Angillis 1685-1734

Pieter Angillis (Flemish, 1685-1734) At the Marketplace

Pieter Angillis (Flemish, 1685-1734) Eine elegante Gesellschaft bei einem Gemüseverkäufer 

Pieter Angillis (Flemish, 1685-1734) The Vegetable Seller detail 1725

Pieter Angillis (Flemish, 1685-1734) Elegant Figures in a Market Square

Pieter Angillis (Flemish, 1685-1734) Fruit and Vegetable Market

Pieter Angillis (Flemish, 1685-1734) or his circle, Poultry Vendors

Pieter Angillis (Flemish, 1685-1734) The Vegetable Seller

Pieter Angillis (Flemish, 1685-1734) Vegetable Seller c 1726

Pieter Angliss Market at Coven Garden

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 attributed to Agnolo Bronzino 1503-1572

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Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Portrait of a Lady c 1550

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572)   Portrait of Maria de Medici 1551

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572)  Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatchi c 1540

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572)   Portrait of a Florentine Noblewoman 1540's

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572)   Laura Battiferri 1560

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572)   Portrait of di Constanza 1540

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572)   Isabella Medici 1565

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572)  Portrait of a Florentine Noblewoman with Son, 1540-1550

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572)   Portrait of Bianca Bia de' Medici, c. 1542

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572)  Portrait of a Lady in Green c 1528

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Lady with a Puppy 1532-36

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Eleanora of Toledo with her son Giovanni de Medici 1544-45

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo (1553–1576) wife of Don Pietro de' Medici

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo (1553–1576) & Don Pietro de' Medici daughter Lucrezia de Medici 1545-1561

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo with her son Francesco

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Portrait of a Young Girl 1541-45

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Portrait of Eleanora di Toledo 1560

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Eleanora of Toledo

Angnolo Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo, (Italian Mannerist artist, 1503-1572) Portrait of a Lady with Dog

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.

17C Ladies get Equal Time with The 9 Male Worthies

 George Glover c 1630 The Nine Woman Worthies  Margaret wife to Henry the sixt

The Nine Worthies are 9 historical, scriptural, & legendary males who personify the ideals of chivalry as were established in the Middle Ages. They usually included 3 good pagans: Hector, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar; 3 good Jews: Joshua, David and Judas Maccabeus; and 3 good Christians: King Arthur, Charlemagne and Godfrey of Bouillon.  They were 1st described in the early 14C, by Jacques de Longuyon in his Voeux du Paon (1312).  Here George Glover seems to concoct his own version of Lady Worthies.  By the late 14C, Lady Worthies began to accompany the Nine Worthies, although their identities often changed.

 George Glover c 1630 The Nine Woman Worthies  Artimetia

 George Glover c 1630 The Nine Woman Worthies  Bonditia

 George Glover c 1630 The Nine Woman Worthies  Debora

 George Glover c 1630 The Nine Woman Worthies  Hester

 George Glover c 1630 The Nine Woman Worthies  Judeth

 George Glover c 1630 The Nine Woman Worthies  Penthisilaea
 George Glover c 1630 The Nine Woman Worthies  Queen Elizabeth

George Glover c 1630 The Nine Woman Worthies  Zenobia