Thursday, November 30, 2023

16C Women in Furs


1570s Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567-1597) alternately  attributed to El Greco (1541-1614)  Sofonisba Anguissola


1506 Giorgione (1466-1519) Portrait of a Young Woman (Laura)

1512 Sebastiano del Piombo (1485-1547) Portrait of a Woman

1525 Unknown Geman artist A Woman

1520 Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish painter, (fl 1507-1541) A Woman

1520 Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish painter, (fl 1507-1541) A Woman

1520-25 Vincenzo Catena Portrait of a Woman

1529 Louis Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) Catherine Bore

1530 Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish painter, (fl 1507-1541) Queen of France Elenore von Frankreich (1498-1558)

1530 Jan van Hemessen (1500-1579) Woman Weighing Gold

1530s Cristofano dell'Altissimo (1525-1605) Guilia Gonzaga Mourning In this painting, the lady has fur running down her coat & a gilded pelt head at her waist.

1535 Ambrosius Benson (1490-1550) Anne Stafford

1530s Mary Boleyn in the style of Holbein

1538 Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder (1493-1555) A Woman with sleeves lined with fur

1539 Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515-1586) Portrait of a Woman

1542 Willem Key (1516-1568) Portrait of a Woman

c 1545 Katherine Parr once identified as Lady Jane Grey

1555 c Detail Catherine de Medici possibly by Agnolo Bronzino

1543 Hans Holbein the Younger (1498-1543) Lady Margaret Butts

1528 Hans Holbein the Younger (1498-1543) Detail Darmstadt Madonna

1541 Master of the 1540s (Netherlandish artist, fl 1541-1551) Portrait of a Woman

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

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.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

16C Women attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Detail Darmstadt Madonna 

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Head of a Female Saint 

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Detail Darmstadt Madonna 

Workshop of or in the style of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Portrait of a Young Woman

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Portrait of Anne of Cleves 1515-1557

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Portrait of Dorothea Kannengiesser. 1516

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Portrait of Lady Guilford 1527

1543 Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Portrait of Lady Margaret Bacon Butts who died c 1545. 

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Anne Ashby (c 1497-1526) Portrait of Lady with a Squirrel 1526-28

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Portrait of Margaret Wyatt, Lady Lee 1540

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Portrait of Jane Seymour

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Portrait of Lais Corinthiaca. 1526.

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Portrait of Jane Small or Mrs Pemberton. c. 1535.

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). The Artist's Family

1530s In the style of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Anne Boleyn

1524 Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Venus and Cupid

1540 ca. Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Miniature thought to be Katherine Howard

1540-1560 In the style of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Young woman

Monday, November 27, 2023

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.

Sunday, November 26, 2023

16C European Women in White Winter Headwear

 1500 German School (Swabian) Barbara Wespach

1500 Margaret of Austria (1480-1530) as a widow by Bermaerd van Orley

1500  Spanish. Isabella of Castile. Juan de Flandes, c. 1496-1503.

1500s Margaret Beaufort Mother of Henry VII (1443-1509)
 1508 Girolamo Di Benvenuto, Portrait of a Young Woman

 1509 Margaret Beaufort Mother of Henry VII (1443-1509)

  1510 Portrait of a women by Wolf Traut

 1510 Young Woman by by Bartolomeo Veneto

 1515 Bernhard Strigel Portrait of Martha Thannstetter (née Werusin)
 1515 Swabian School, Portrait of a Patrician Lady

 1515 Bernhard Strigel Portrait of Martha Thannstetter (née Werusin)

1516 Circle of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) Portrait of Dorothea Meyer, wife of Jakob Meyer zum Hasen

 1519 Bildnis einer Frau in Landschaft

1520 Hans Holbein the Younger (1498-1543) A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (Anne Lovell)

1520 Quentin Matsys (Dutch artist, 1466–1529) Portrait of a Woman 

1520 Hans Holbein the Younger (1498-1543) Probably Elsbeth Binenstock, Artist's Wife

1520s Portrait of Anne Boleyn, by Lucas Horenbout Horenbolte 

1520 Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish painter, (fl 1507-1541) A Woman

1520 Lucas Cranach (Northern Renaissance Painter, 1472-1553) and his workshop Barbara Jagielion (1478-1534)

1522 Albrecht Altdorfer (c 1480-1538) A Woman 

 1523-25 Gertner, Peter (In Nuremberg, in 1500 - after 1541) Bürgersfrau (Portrait of Frau Mecher)

 1525 Markgräfin Elisabeth von Baden, by Hans Wertinger.

 1525 Unknown German artist A Woman

 1526  Wolf Huber,  Portrait of Margaret Hundertpfundt

1520s Lucas Cranach (Northern Renaissance Painter, 1472-1553) and his workshop Margaret of Austria 

Lucas Cranach (Northern Renaissance Painter, 1472-1553) and his workshop Portrait of a Donatrix


1525 Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish painter, (fl 1507-1541) A Woman

1525 Master of the Legend of Mary Magdalene (Netherlandish painter, fl between 1480-1537) Magdalen Weeping

Ambrosius Benson (Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, c 1495-1550) Young Woman in Orison Reading Book of Hours 

1527 Lucas Cranach (Northern Renaissance Painter, 1472-1553) and his workshop Martha Luther wife of Hans

1528 Hans Holbein the Younger (1498-1543) Detail Darmstadt Madonna

 1528  Portrait Of Ursula Rudolph Barthel Beham

1528 Portrait of Anna Scheit, nee Mem(m)inger by Beham, Barthel

1529 Maarten van Heemskerck (1488-1574) Possible Anna Codde b 1504

1530 Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish painter, (fl 1507-1541) Lady

Christoph Amberger (German artist, c 1505–1562) The wife of Jorg Zorer

1534 Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder (1493-1555) Cologne. Portrait de la Dame à l'oeillet.

Margaret Roper 1505-1544 detail by Hans Holbein the Younger (1498-1543) 

1535 Ambrosius Benson (1490-1550) Anne Stafford

 1530s Attributed to Conrad Faber von Kreuznach (circa 1490–1552-53) Portrait of a Woman.

1538 Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder (1493-1555) A Woman

1538 Cimmerian Sibyl by Ludger tom Ring the Elder afterCampin, Robert (Master of Flémalle) (Dutch 1375-1444)

1538 Hans Schopfer Portrait of a Lady

1539 Hans Muelich A Lady at age 57

Follower of Pieter Jansz Pourbus (Flemish artist, 1510-1584) Portrait of a Lady

1540 Maria Jacobäa of Baden, Duchess of Bavaria 1505-1569 by Hans Schöpfer

 1540-45 Maarten van Heemskerck Portrait of Machtelt Suijs

 1541 - Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder (German, 1493–1555) Portrait of a Woman

1541 Anna tom Ring by Ludger tom Ring

1540 Hans Muelich (1516-1573) Young Lady

1541 Hans Muelich (1516-1573) Young Lady Aged 27

1541 Master of the 1540s (Netherlandish artist, fl 1541-1551) Portrait of a Woman

1542 Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder (c 1493-1555) Woman with Rosary

1542 Willem Key (1516-1568) Portrait of a Woman

1543 Christoph Amberger (1505-1562) Margarethe Peutinger

Attr to Ambrosius Benson (1519-1550) Portrait of a Woman with Cat (stylistically in between Ambrosius Benson & Adriaen Isenbrandt)

1544, Magdalena Kappler

1544 Portrait of an unknown woman

1551 Hans Muelich (1516-1573) Frau Tucher

  1553 Anna von Palandt 

Before 1555 Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder (1493-1555) Portrait of a Lady

 1555 Anne Van Buren (1533–1558) by Antonis Mor 

1555 Queen Bona Sforza d'Aragona (1494-1557) Lucas Cranach the Younger or a follower 

1560 Anne Fernely (d 1560) by Antonis Mor (Netherlandish artist, c 1516-c 1575)

1560 Anne Furnley (d 1560) by Antonis Mor (Netherlandish artist, c 1516-c 1575)

1560 Titian Tiziano Vercelli (Italian painter, 1488-1576) Mary of Hungary Regent of the Netherlands 

Before 1562 Christoph Amberger (1505-1562) Bildnis ener Frau mit weisser Haube, possibly Magdalena Wittich

 1560 Woman with a Prayerbook,  Barthel Bruyn the Younger, Cologne

 1560-70 Portrait of a woman by Bartholomaus Bruyn the Younger

1570s Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567-1597) alternately  attributed to El Greco (1541-1614) & Sofonisba Anguissola

Before 1573 Hans Mielich (German, 1516-1573) Portrait of Maria Kitscher, Frau von Freyberg

 1575 Anna Barth from the Lamberger Portrait Book

1595 Anna Jagiellonka as a Widow