missfolly:

Portrait of a Woman, 1525, by an unknown German master 

Striking…

centuriespast:

HEMESSEN, Caterina van

(b. 1528, Antwerpen, d. ca. 1587, Antwerpen)

Self-Portrait
1548
Oil on panel, 32 x 25 cm
ffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle

centuriespast:

DAVID, Gerard

(b. ca. 1460, Oudewater, d. 1523, Bruges)

Virgin and Child with the Milk Soup
c. 1515
Oil on oak, 33 x 28 cm
Aurora Trust, New York

Look how delicate her cap is!  Exquisite!

lostsplendor:

Burgonet with Falling Buffe, France c. 1550 (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

(via lostsplendor)

Queen Anne of Hungary and Bohemia by Hans Maler zu Schwaz, 1519

Amazing portrait.  She is just lovely!

omgthatdress:

Helmet ca. 1520-1525 via The Metropolitan Museum of Art

MOUSTACHE!

oldrags:

A drawing by Albrecht Duerer of a woman in dancing (!) dress, 1500 Germany

I LOVE Duerer!  His stuff seems so current, so real. 

(via mysteryoftheuniverse)

centuriespast:

Mary, Lady Guildford
1527

Hans Holbein the Younger  the Younger
German, 1497/98–1543

Saint Louis Art Museum

centuriespast:

Reliquary Bust of a Female Saint, ca. 1520–30 
Oak, paint, gilt Overall: 16 11/16 x 12 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (42.4 x 32.4 x 15.9 cm)The Cloisters CollectionThe Met

This is very, very cool.  What a nice reference for her hairstyle!

centuriespast:

LOTTO, Lorenzo
Lucretia
1528-30
Oil on canvas, 95 x 110 cm
National Gallery, London

What a fascinating thing on her head!  I know NOTHING about the fashions of this time period!  Can any of my lovely readers tell me more? 

carmelitecathare:

Germany, tornament helmet, 1500

Metropolitan museum

Badass!

(via alwaysstylish)

Anne of Cleaves, 1539.  By Hans Holbein the Younger.

I’m pretty indifferent to 16th century fashion in general, but how can you be indifferent to the glorious work of Hans Holbein and that exquisite headdress?

Lady Kytson, by George Gower, 1573.

I’m not a huge fan of the clothes of the Elizabethan era, but I do love the headwear!