Category: 1530-1539

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1530-1539

1530-1539, 16th century, decade overview

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1525-30 – Jan Jansz Mostaert, Portrait of a Black Man

1520-1529, 1530-1539, 16th century, artwork analysis, BIPOC

Deciphering Jan Jansz Mostaert’s Portrait of an African Man reveals the presence of Black bodies within European court circles and hints at their position within them.

1535-40 – Attributed to Corneille de Lyon, Anne de Pisseleu (1508–1576)

1530-1539, 1540-1549, 16th century, artwork analysis

Anne de Pisseleu, Duchesse d’Étampes, exemplifies fashionable women’s dress in France c. 1535-1540 with her tight bodice with lowered square neckline, inverted “V” shaped skirt with visible underskirt, and French hood headdress.