Category: 1530-1539
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1525 – 1530 Jan Jansz Mostaert, Portrait of An African Man
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.
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1535-40 – Attributed to Corneille de Lyon, Anne de Pisseleu (1508–1576)
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.
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