Monday, December 11, 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, December 10, 2023
19C Sisters & Sisterhood - It's Good to have Family in December
The Ainslie Sisters (Agnes and Margaret), 1808, by Thomas Stewardson (British, 1781–1859)
Jacob Eichholtz (American Painter, 1776-1842) The Ragan Sisters, 1818
1823 Laura May Elton (1811–1848), and Julia Elizabeth Elton (1807–1881) by Thomas Barker
Saturday, December 9, 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.
Friday, December 8, 2023
18C Sisters & Sisterhood - It's Good to have Family in December
Portrait of the daughters of Johann Julius von Vieth und Golssenau, c. 1775, by Anton Graff.
Thursday, December 7, 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.
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
17C Women with Conservative White Ruffs on Black Gowns
1602 Catalina de la Cerda, Duquesa de Lerma Fundacion Casa Ducal de Medinaceli, Spain
Ceremonial paintings of women often retained the conservative black & white depictions including the ruff in the 1600s. The ruff usually evolved into a more relaxed form as time passed. Northern European women gave up their traditional black & white dress including ruffs more slowly. The standing ruff survived into the 1620's, but from 1615 to 1640 the falling ruff was more popular.
Giovanna Garzoni (Italian artist, 1600-1670) Marie Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy, wife of Duke Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, daughter of King Henry IV of France and Maria de' Medici
The ruff remained as a component of the ceremonial dress of city councillors in North German cities; of certain Lutheran clergy in Denmark, Norway, on the Faeroe Islands, in Iceland, & in Greenland.
1632 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) Portrait of a Woman, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family
1600s Cornelis de Vos (Flemish Baroque painter, 1584-1651) Antonia Canis
1605 attr to Domenico Robusti, also known as Domenico Tintoretto, (Italian painter, 1560-1635 , Portrait of a Woman
Tuesday, December 5, 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.
Monday, December 4, 2023
16C Women with Unusual Pets
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566–1633) by Alonso Sanchez Coello (Spanish painter, c 1531-1588) with her pet monkey
c 1530 Jean Clouet (French artist, 1475–1540) Marguerite de Navarre (also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre) the wife of Henry II with her parrot
1505-6 Some attribute this painting to Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483–1520), Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn (Unsure about the authenticity of the attribution or the animal)
1564 Hermann tom Ring (German artist, 1521–1597) Sisters Ermengard and Walburg von Rietberg Detail from Rietberg Family Portrait 1564 (with pet bird & monkey)
Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) St Agnes and Lamb (play on the name Agnes & the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei)
c 1530 Jean Clouet (French artist, 1475–1540) Marguerite de Navarre (also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre) the wife of Henry II with her parrot
1505-6 Some attribute this painting to Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483–1520), Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn (Unsure about the authenticity of the attribution or the animal)
1564 Hermann tom Ring (German artist, 1521–1597) Sisters Ermengard and Walburg von Rietberg Detail from Rietberg Family Portrait 1564 (with pet bird & monkey)
Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) St Agnes and Lamb (play on the name Agnes & the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei)
Sunday, December 3, 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.
Saturday, December 2, 2023
16C Women attributed to François Clouet 1510-1572
François Clouet (French artist, 1510-1572) Catherine de' Medici
François Clouet, son of royal artist Jean Clouet, was a French Renaissance miniaturist & painter, particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French ruling family. Like his father, he held the office of groom of the chamber & painter in ordinary to the king. He seems to have taken up where his father left off. Many paintings & drawings are attributed to this artist, often without much certainty.
François Clouet (French artist, 1510-1572) Jacqueline de Rohan, Duchesse de Longueville (c. 1520-1587)
François Clouet (French artist, 1510-1572) Mary Stuart at marriage to Francis of Valois, later King Francis II
François Clouet, son of royal artist Jean Clouet, was a French Renaissance miniaturist & painter, particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French ruling family. Like his father, he held the office of groom of the chamber & painter in ordinary to the king. He seems to have taken up where his father left off. Many paintings & drawings are attributed to this artist, often without much certainty.
François Clouet (French artist, 1510-1572) Jacqueline de Rohan, Duchesse de Longueville (c. 1520-1587)
François Clouet (French artist, 1510-1572) Mary Stuart at marriage to Francis of Valois, later King Francis II
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