Treasure Score!

[operafantomet]

I like the gown shown in your second photo down. The sleeves make me curious with the little tassles that tie up the over sleeve. Lovely. Does anyone know where that style of headwrap originates from? I'd look ghastly in that, unless it was much bigger, but it's a nicely different look.

It's a Florentine dress, by a painter who worked around the same time as Raphael. The painter, Andrea del Sarto, has actually depicted his wife Lucrezia. I think it's a beautiful portrait. Turban like head scarfs weren't unheard of per se, but it being stripy is a curious detail. It's usually considered a Hebraic hallmark. But the details with the tied sleeve, the chemise poking out at the shoulders, and the contrasting trim on bodice (and probably skirt) is typical Florentine.

You can see a bigger version of the portrait here:
http://irea.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/landrea-del-sarto-ucrezia.jpg

[Rani Zemirah]

It looks a bit like she might be pregnant, also.  Or is that just the way that type of skirt fit?

[operafantomet]

It looks a bit like she might be pregnant, also.  Or is that just the way that type of skirt fit?

Yeah, most ladies wearing that style have a rounded belly. Only one are believed to be pregnant (Raphael's "Donna gravida"), but you never know... Side lacing was common in dresses, and the waistline high, so you could wear your dresses well into the pregnancy. Here's more dresses in the same style:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/firenze1/raphael1506.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/firenze1/raphael1506b.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/firenze1/raphael1507.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/firenze2/bacchiacca1520s.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/firenze1/bugiardini1520s.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/firenze1/bugiardini1525nga.jpg

[Rani Zemirah]

Huh... it looks to me like all but two were pregnant!  LOL  Thank you for the links... those were beautiful!

[Anna Iram]

...and more turban style headwraps! I'd never really noticed it was so common before now.

I never tire of looking at portraits of the period. Thanks.

[Rosamundi]

Wow, I was just kidding about that scanner, but what a treat! :-) Thank you for sharing and we'll humbly hope for more!

[Lady Rosalind]

More pics (I took these with my camera, so please ignore any weirdness ) Again, just random interesting paintings.

This is from an altarpiece, and is just really intriguing.











I love the woman's bodice and the man's foresleeves!

[Rani Zemirah]

This is from an altarpiece, and is just really intriguing.

Ooooh, this bodice is fascinating!!!  I've never seen anything like that before!  The neckline almost reminds me of a cardigan, for some reason, and I just adore those sleeves!!! 

[Rosamundi]

I'm very grateful for the peasant woman picture - I'm not yet in the "able to sew noble garb" skill set, so I'm working my way up with peasant/low middle class outfits. (Also, those currently work better for toddler-chasing at faire.) This one is a treat!

[Lady Rosalind]

More fun stuff! (killing time while waiting for lab images to propagate)

Here are the fancy-pants - very weird tights!











More later!

[Lady Kett]

I am loving the pics, but have to say...that is a seriously large lotta forehead on that baby in pic #4 there!

[Rani Zemirah]

Yeah... and anyone else notice the heavily pregnant Mary Magdalene in pic #2?!? 

[LadyShadow]

Yeah... and anyone else notice the heavily pregnant Mary Magdalene in pic #2?!? 

Yep I noticed.

[Lady Rosalind]

I think it's just the style of dress that makes it look like that. If you look at the Arnolfini Wedding Portrait, you can see the same thing. It's just fabric bunched up.

[Rani Zemirah]

I dunno... to me she looks pregnant above the bunched fabric, also, and the way she's holding her hands around her abdomen reminds me very much of a woman cradling her unborn child... but then, I don't really know anything about any of these artists, either.  I do know there were some schools of thought that hinted at her being pregnant at the time of the crucifixion, and it's possible there were some artists who portrayed her that way, until the Catholic church put a stop to it.  I guess without artist documentation it would be impossible to know for sure, though...