Female European Fashion in Portraits 1600s Photos

Fashion & dress styles of European women revealed in painted portraits of 17thC.

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Marguerite of France daughter of Henry II & first wife of Henry IV portrait after François Clouet at Blois Chateau. Blois, France.Louise de Lorraine portrait at Chenonceau Chateau. Chenonceau, France.Marie de' Medici, 2nd wife of Henry IV & son Dauphin Louis portrait by Charles Martin at Blois Chateau. Blois, France.Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria portrait by Peter Paul Rubens at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Marguerite of France (aka Queen Margot) daughter of Henry II & first wife of Henry IV portrait after François Clouet at Blois Chateau. Blois, France.Louise de Lorraine portrait (16thC) at Chenonceau Chateau. Chenonceau, France.Marie de' Medici, 2nd wife of Henry IV & son Dauphin Louis portrait (1603) by Charles Martin at Blois Chateau. Blois, France.Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria portrait (1606) by Peter Paul Rubens at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Anne d'Autriche portrait after Peter Paul Rubens at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Portrait prob. Isabelle Juvénal of Ursaline Nuns by circle of François Quesnel le Vieux at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Portrait of woman in Warmond family attrib. Joris van Schooten at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Portrait of Sara Breyll, wife of Rogier Clarisse by Peter Paul Rubens at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.
Anne d'Autriche (Queen of France, Wife of Louis XIII) portrait after Peter Paul Rubens at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Portrait prob. Isabelle Juvénal of Ursaline Nuns (c1606) by circle of François Quesnel le Vieux at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Portrait of woman in Warmond family (c1610) attrib. Joris van Schooten at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Portrait of Sara Breyll, wife of Rogier Clarisse (c1611) by Peter Paul Rubens at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.
Portrait of Gaston D'Orleans as child attrib. Frans Pourbus at Blois Chateau. Blois, France.Portrait of a Flemish Lady by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Portrait of a Lady by Anthony van Dyck at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.Portrait of lady & her daughter by Anthony van Dyck at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
Portrait of Gaston D'Orleans as child (c1611) attrib. Frans Pourbus at Blois Chateau. Blois, France.Portrait of a Flemish Lady (c1618) by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Portrait of a Lady (c1620) by Anthony van Dyck at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.Portrait of lady & her daughter by Anthony van Dyck at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
Helen Fourment with Stagecoach symbol of married harmony by Peter Paul Rubens of Antwerp at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Lady Alicia Talbot, Countess of Arundel portrait by Peter Paul Rubens at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.Portrait of a Woman by Peter Paul Rubens of Antwerp at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Portrait of Isabella Brandt by Peter Paul Rubens at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH.
Helen Fourment (second wife of Rubens) with Stagecoach symbol of married harmony by Peter Paul Rubens of Antwerp at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Lady Alicia Talbot, Countess of Arundel portrait (1620) by Peter Paul Rubens at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.Portrait of a Woman (1620-5) by Peter Paul Rubens of Antwerp at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Portrait of Isabella Brandt (c1620-5) by Peter Paul Rubens at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH.
Marchesa Durazzo portrait by Anthony van Dyck at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Marchesa Elena Grimaldi-Cattaneo portrait by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Marchesa Elena Grimaldi-Cattaneo portrait by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The Lomellini Family, Doge of Genoa painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Marchesa Durazzo portrait (c1621-7) by Anthony van Dyck at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Marchesa Elena Grimaldi-Cattaneo portrait (c1622-3) by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Marchesa Elena Grimaldi-Cattaneo portrait (1623) by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The Lomellini Family, Doge of Genoa painting (c1625-7) by Sir Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Genoese Noblewoman & Her Son portrait by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Old woman painting by Georges de La Tour at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.The Bohemian painting by Frans Hals of Haarlem at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Fortune teller painting by Jan Steen at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.
Genoese Noblewoman & Her Son portrait (c1626) by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Old woman painting (c1618-9) by Georges de La Tour at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.The Bohemian painting (c1626) by Frans Hals of Haarlem at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Fortune teller painting by Jan Steen at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.
Young Girl with Basket of Eggs painting by Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.The Cheater painting by Georges de la Tour at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs painting by Georges de la Tour at Kimbell Art Museum. Fort Worth, TX.Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson portrait by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Young Girl with Basket of Eggs painting (first half 17thC) by Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.The Cheater painting (c1630-4) by Georges de la Tour at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs painting (c1630-4) by Georges de la Tour at Kimbell Art Museum. Fort Worth, TX.Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson portrait (1633) by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Portrait of Marie Claire de Croÿ, Duchess d'Havre & Child by Anthony van Dyck at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.Sebilla Vanden Berghe portrait by Anthony van Dyck at Alte Pinakothek. Munich, Germany.Young country woman painting by Salomon de Bray at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Katherine, Countess of Chesterfield & Lucy, Countess of Huntingdon painting by Anthony van Dyck & studio at Yale Center for British Art. New Haven, CT.
Portrait of Marie Claire de Croÿ, Duchess d'Havre & Child (1634) by Anthony van Dyck at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.Sebilla Vanden Berghe portrait by Anthony van Dyck at Alte Pinakothek. Munich, Germany.Young country woman painting (c1635) by Salomon de Bray at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Katherine, Countess of Chesterfield & Lucy, Countess of Huntingdon painting (1636-40) by Anthony van Dyck & studio at Yale Center for British Art. New Haven, CT.
Catherine Howard, Lady d'Aubigny portrait by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.William II, Prince of Orange, & his Bride Mary Stuart painting by Anthony van Dyck at Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam, NL.The sweeper painting by Pieter Janssens Elinga of Netherlands at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Know Yourself, Young Woman between vice & virtue painting by Jacob Jordaens at Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes. Rennes, France.
Catherine Howard, Lady d'Aubigny portrait (c1638) by Anthony van Dyck at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.William II, Prince of Orange, & his Bride Mary Stuart painting (1641) by Anthony van Dyck at Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam, NL.The sweeper painting (1650) by Pieter Janssens Elinga of Netherlands at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Know Yourself, Young Woman between vice & virtue painting (1650) by Jacob Jordaens at Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes. Rennes, France.
Allegory of Simulation painting by Lorenzo Lippi at Angers Fine Arts Museum. Angers, France.Portrait of Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans attrib. Charles Beaubrun at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels with velvet beret by Rembrandt at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Portrait of a Woman painting by Ludolf Leendertsz de Jongh at Angers Fine Arts Museum. Angers, France.
Allegory of Simulation painting (c1650) by Lorenzo Lippi at Angers Fine Arts Museum. Angers, France.Portrait of Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans (c1652) attrib. Charles Beaubrun at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels with velvet beret (c1654) by Rembrandt at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Portrait of a Woman painting (1655) by Ludolf Leendertsz de Jongh at Angers Fine Arts Museum. Angers, France.
Portrait of a family attrib. Cornelis Bisschop at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Portrait of young woman by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen at Caen Museum of Fine Arts. Caen, France.Portrait of woman by Abraham van den Tempel of Amsterdam at Caen Museum of Fine Arts. Caen, France.Portrait of a woman by Nicolas Maes at Arras Fine Art Museum. Arras, France.
Portrait of a family (c1660) attrib. Cornelis Bisschop at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Portrait of young woman (17thC) by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen at Caen Museum of Fine Arts. Caen, France.Portrait of woman (17thC) by Abraham van den Tempel of Amsterdam at Caen Museum of Fine Arts. Caen, France.Portrait of a woman (1667) by Nicolas Maes at Arras Fine Art Museum. Arras, France.
The Lace Maker painting by Jan Vermeer at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Portrait of a Lady by a Fountain by Nicolaes Maes at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA.Portrait of Anna Maria Veiel wife of Elias by Joseph Arnold at Ulmer Museum. Ulm, Germany.Portrait of Woman by Jacob Ferdinand Voet of Paris at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.
The Lace Maker painting (1669-70) by Jan Vermeer at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Portrait of a Lady by a Fountain (c1665) by Nicolaes Maes at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA.Portrait of Anna Maria Veiel wife of Elias (1672) by Joseph Arnold at Ulmer Museum. Ulm, Germany.Portrait of Woman (c1672-5) by Jacob Ferdinand Voet of Paris at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.
Portrait of a Lady by Nicolaes Maes at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA.Mary Stuart II painting by Nicolaes Maes of Amsterdam at Blanton Museum of Art. Austin, TX.Portrait of Charlotte de Lorraine by Nicolas Fouché at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Young Girl painting attributed to Jan van Rossem at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France.
Portrait of a Lady (1675) by Nicolaes Maes at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA.Mary Stuart II painting (after 1677) by Nicolaes Maes of Amsterdam at Blanton Museum of Art. Austin, TX.Portrait of Charlotte de Lorraine (c1695) by Nicolas Fouché at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Young Girl painting (17thC) attributed to Jan van Rossem at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France.
Portrait presumed to be Marie d'Orléans painting by anonymous French artist at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France.Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland & France painting after François Clouet at Blois Chateau. Blois, France.Society dinner painting by Christoffel Jacobsz van der Lamen at Rouen Museum of Fine Arts. Rouen, France.
Portrait presumed to be Marie d'Orléans (17thC) painting by anonymous French artist at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France.Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland & France painting (early 17thC) after François Clouet at Blois Chateau. Blois, France.Society dinner painting (17thC) by Christoffel Jacobsz van der Lamen at Rouen Museum of Fine Arts. Rouen, France.
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