Category: 1540-1549
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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.
Read More1540 – Attributed to Hans Brosamer, Katharina Merian
The half-length portrait of Katharina Merian, attributed to the German artist Hans Brosamer, is an exemplary painting of German women’s fashion of the early 16th century.
Read More1540s – Unidentified artist, Sir William Butts
Sir William Butts of Thornage is dressed in a subdued palette that quietly showcases the intricate details and treatments applied to his garments which were trending in his time during the Tudor reign.
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