BRONZINO, Agnolo (1503-1572)

Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi

c. 1540
Oil on wood, 102 x 85 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BRONZINO, Agnolo (1503-1572)

Portrait of a Lady in Green

1530-32
Oil on panel, 76,7 x 65,4 cm
Royal Collection, Windsor

ANDREA DEL SARTO (1486-1530)

Portrait of the Artist’s Wife

1513-14
Oil on panel, 73 x 56 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

CORREGGIO (1490-1534)

Portrait of a Gentlewoman

1517-19
Oil on canvas, 103 x 87,5 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

CARPACCIO, Vittore (1472-1526)

Two Venetian Ladies

c. 1510
Oil on wood, 94 x 64 cm
Museo Correr, Venice

Carpaccio portrays two ladies relaxing in the cool atmosphere of a garden, surrounded by a marble balustrade. The women wearing robes with immodest décolleté are sitting on a terrace where Venetian women usually bleached their hair. Their coiffure was popular in Venice at the beginning of the 16th century: curls combed on the forehead and wig on top of the head.

CARPACCIO, Vittore (1472-1526)

Portrait of a Woman

1495-98
Oil on wood, 29 x 24 cm
Galleria Borghese, Rome

[…] the girl in the Borghese Gallery is wearing a triple string of silver links and one of pearls, which can be interpreted as a sign if chastity (the pearl was considered one of the Virgin Mary’s attributes) and, in the light of the Serenissama’s sumptuary laws, of wealth and nobility. She was probably a young bride-to-be or newly-wed.

RAFFAELLO Sanzio

Woman with a Veil (La Donna Velata)

1516
Oil on canvas, 82 x 60,5 cm
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

The regular oval of the young woman’s face stands out against the dark background and her eyes hold an intense and penetrating look. The silk of her sleeves contrasts with her ivory-like skin, and is closely associated with the thin pleating of the dress, held up by a corset with golden embroidery.

RAFFAELLO Sanzio

Portrait of a Woman (La Muta)

1507
Oil on wood, 64 x 48 cm
Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino

RAFFAELLO Sanzio

Portrait of Maddalena Doni

1506
Oil on panel, 63 x 45 cm
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

CAROTO, Giovanni Francesco (1488-1562)

Portrait of a Woman

1505-10
Oil on wood, 69 x 53 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

COSTA, Lorenzo the Elder (1460-1535)

Court of Isabella d’Este (detail)

c. 1506
Oil on canvas, 164 x 197 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

COSTA, Lorenzo the Elder (1460-1535)

Portrait of a Woman

1500-06
Oil and tempera on canvas, 57 x 44 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

damesalamode:

Gallery of Fashion, July 1795. 

A very lovely court dress!

damesalamode:

Fashions of London and Paris, Court Dress, January 1799. 

Would you EVER believe that this batshit crazy dress was accurate if you saw someone wearing it?  Proof positive that they wore some seriously bizarre gowns back then. 

damesalamode:

Gallery of Fashion, Court Dress, July 1797. 

You know, Court Dresses of the 1790s will never cease to make me laugh. They are just so hilarious and crazy