Women Across the Globe & the Centuries

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.

Attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569-1622)

Michiel Jansz van Miereveldt (died 1641) Portrait of a Woman, 1628

Cornelis de Vos (Flemish Baroque painter, 1584-1651)

Cornelis de Vos (Flemish Baroque painter, 1584-1651) Two sisters

Cornelis de Vos (Flemish Baroque painter, 1584-1651)

1632 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) Portrait of a Woman, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family

In style Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck (1606-1662) Lady with a Ruff

1642 Michael Conrad Hirt (1613–1671) Anna Rosina Tanck, Wife of the Mayor of Lübecker

Cornelius Johnson (Flemish-born English Baroque Era Painter, 1593-1661) Portrait of a Woman

Cornelius Johnson (Flemish-born English Baroque Era Painter, 1593-1661) Lady Hester Bowyer (d 1665)

1600s Cornelis de Vos (Flemish Baroque painter, 1584-1651) Antonia Canis

1603 Peter Paul Rubens (Belgian painter, 1577-1640) Lady with Rosary

1605 attr to Domenico Robusti, also known as Domenico Tintoretto, (Italian painter, 1560-1635 , Portrait of a Woman

1610 Unknown woman by Robert Peake the Elder (English painter, c 1551–1619)

1610 William Larkin (English painter, c 1580 – 1619) Mary Radcliffe m Sir John Gell of Hopton

1611 Agnes Fermor attr to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Flemish English painter, 1562–1635)

1634 Frans Hals (Netherlandish painter, 1580-1666) Malle Babbe

1640 Frans Hals (Netherlandish painter, 1580-1666) Woman with a Fan

1661 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) Margaretha de Geer

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

Francesco Montemezzano (Italian, Venetian, ca. 1540–after 1602). Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (1528–1588), Portrait of a Lady with a Heron 1550s

1525 Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536) with her monkey. by Lucas Horenbout (1495-1544)

Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (1490-91)

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)

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). A Lady with a Squirrel & a Starling, c 1526-8

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528-1588) St Agnes and Lamb (play on the name Agnes & the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei)

1560 Portrait of a Woman by Francesco Beccaruzzi with live squirrel on table

Sunday, December 3, 2023

18C Women Around the World

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.