Costumes in Paintings Through History
1500-1603

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Historical Paintings for Costume Reference

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Painting Credits:
Top Row (left to right):
Holbein, Hans the Younger. Portrait of Anne of Cleaves. c.1539; Holbein, Hans the Younger. Sir Thomas More. 1527; Raffaello, Sanzio. Woman with a Veil. 1516; Bronzino, Agnolo. Eleonora of Toledo with her son Giovanni de' Medici. 1544-45; Cleve, Joos van, Portrait of Eleonora, Queen of France. c.1530; Unknown. Portrait of Catherine Parr. c.1545; Raffaello, Sanzio. Lady with a Unicorn. c.1505; Cranach, Lucas the Elder. Portraits of Henry the Pious, Duke of Saxony and his wife Katharina von Mecklenburg. 1514; Holbein, Hans the Younger. Henry VIII. after 1537; Holbein, Hans the Younger. Jane Seymour, Queen of England. 1536; Beccafumi, Domenico. Tanaquil. 1519; Clouet, Francois. Portrait of King Charles IX of France. 1561; Bronzino, Agnolo. Portrait of Stefano IV Colonna. 1546; Clouet, Francois. Elizabeth of Austria, Queen of France. c.1571; Clouet, Jean. Portrait of Francois I, King of France. 1525-30; Tiziano, Vecellio. Empress Isabel of Portugal. 1548; Caravaggio. The Calling of Saint Matthew. 1599-1600; Borgona, Juan de. Lady with a Hare. Unknown; Amberger, Christoph. Goldsmith Jorg Zurer of Augsburg. 1531; Bartolomeo. Portrait of a Gentleman. c.1512; Bordone, Paris. The Venetian Lovers. Unknown; Hilliard, Nicholas. Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England. 1575-76; Amberger, Christoph. Portrait of Felicitas Seiler. 1537; Andrea del Sarto, Portrait of a Woman with a Basket of Spindles. c.1517; Foschi, Pierfrancesco di Jacopo. Portrait of a Lady. 1530-35; Gheeraerts, Marcus the Younger. Portrait of Queen Elisabeth I. 1592; Carpaccio, Vittore. The Virgin Reading. 1505-10; Aertsen, Pieter. Market Scene. Unknown; Mor Van Dashorst, Anthonis. Portrait of Philip II in Armour. 1556; Calcar, Jan Steven van. Portrait of a Young Bearded Gentleman. Unknown; Correggio. Portrait of a Gentlewoman. 1517-19; Bacchiacca. The Preaching of Saint John of the Baptist. c.1520; Palma Vecchio. A Sibyl. c.1520.

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