16C - 17C Women in Modified Ruffs & Wings

 1620 unknown lady by Nathaniel Bacon (English painter, 1585–1627)

1595-1600 Mary Fitton

1600 attr to Domenico Robusti, also known as Domenico Tintoretto, (Italian painter, 1560-1635), Madonna delle Rose

1603 Princess Royal, daughter of James I, VI and Anne, 1603

1605 Francesco Montemezzano (Italian artist, c 1540-1602) Portrait of a Woman with Children

1605 Margaret of Savoy by Federico Zuccaro (Italian Mannerist Painter, ca.1542-1609)

1611 Princess Elizabeth of France by Frans Pourbus the younger (Flemish painter, 1569–1622)

1616 Lady Diana Cecil by William Larkin (English painter, c 1580–1619)

1619 Unknown Lady

1620 A lady in Red by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Flemish English painter, 1562–1635) Detail

1620 A lady in Red by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Flemish English painter, 1562–1635)

1620 Lady Bridget Croke by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Flemish English painter, 1562–1635)

1623 Elizabeth of Bohemia

1623 Unknown Spanish Lady by Follower of Bartolome Gonzalez

1623 Mary Bromley

1625 Dame Mary Wooley attr English school

1639 Sigrid Kurtzel Swedish School

1616 Robert Peake the Elder (1551–1619) Elizabeth Kenn Poulett (1593-1663)

Perhaps Elizabeth Sidney (1585-1614) Attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts (II)(1561–1636)

1619 Paul Van Somer, Lady Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent Elizabeth Talbot (1582-1651)

1615 William Larkin (English painter, c 1580–1619) Frances Howard Countess of Somerset (1593-1632)

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, Religion, & a little Music from Andrea Solario active 1495-1524

Andrea Solario (Italian Renaissance painter, active 1495-1524) Woman Playing the Viola

Andrea Solario (Italian Renaissance painter, active 1495-1524) A Woman c 1510

Mary Magdalene went to anoint Christ's dead body, only to discover that he was resurrected. She is shown here transferring the ointment from a maiolica pharmacy jar to a smaller vessel. c. 1524

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 Women & Children by Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) Elizabeth Jordaens 1638

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) The Wife of Johna Wierts 1635

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) The Artist's Daughter Elizabeth

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia as a Nun

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) The Artist's Daughter Anna Catharina

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) Catharina Behagel

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) A Bearded Man & a Woman with Parrot - Unrequited Love

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) A Lady Sitting

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) A Gentlewoman

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) A Lady

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) Magdalena De Cuyper 1636

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 attr to Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) 1528-1588

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1560s Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Portrait of a Woman

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

1570s Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Portrait of a Venetian Woman

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) 1560s Portrait of a Woman known as Countess Nani

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Lady or Saint Agnes

1580 Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Livia Colonna

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) A Venetian Woman

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Olivia da Porto Thiene and her daughter Porzia

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

1580s Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Portrait of a Lady

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

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Les Pelerins d'Emmaus

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Prison

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Lucretia

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) The Vision of St Helena 1580

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Juno Showering Gifts on Venetia

1574 Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Veronese Woman with Skull

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) ((Italian, 1528-1588) Figures behind the Parapet

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Diana

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) The Triumph of Virtue over Vice

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Venus with a Mirror (Venus at Her Toilette), mid 1580s

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Repentant Mary Madeleine 1560

1575 Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Portrait of Veronica Franco

1570s Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) Lavinia or Emilia Vecellio

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.