EARLY 17THC SPANISH COSTUME


After the golden years of Spanish fashion, court attire seems to have become stuck in the past. Indeed tailor's pattern books from the frst half of the 17thC show very little change from the now famous Alcega Tailor's book. It does become more exaggerated, and fashion does change however slowly it may seem in some places and times. It can help to look at portraits of this era if you bear in mind the changes that occured. Comparing in bulk as I do here can help in showing the major differences, eg larger ruff, taller hair etc.
PORTRAIT OF A LADY, BUST LENGTH, WEARING A WHITE EMBROIDERED COSTUME WITH WHITE RUFF, AND AN ELABORATE JEWELED HEADDRESS SANCHEZ COELLO ALONSO PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEWOMAN, SMALL BUST LENGTH, IN AN EMBROIDERED DRESS AND RUFF COELLO CLAUDIO PORTRAIT OF A SPANISH NOBLEWOMAN, SMALL BUST LENGTH, WEARING A HIGH RUFF COLLAR AND A GOLD EMBROIDERED AND JEWEL ENCRUSTED DRESS SANCHEZ COELLO ALONSO PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, PURPORTEDLY MARGARITA OF AUSTRIA GONZALEZ BARTOLOME PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL OF NOBLE BIRTH PANTOJA DE LA CRUZ JUAN - JUAN DE LA CRUZ PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY, STANDING FULL LENGTH WEARING AN ELABORATE COSTUME, HOLDING A LACE HANDKERCHIEF, BESIDE A CHAIR WITH A DOG AT HER FEET PANTOJA DE LA CRUZ JUAN - JUAN DE LA CRUZ PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ISABELLA DE BOURBON, BUST LENGTH, WEARING A BROWN DRESS AND WITH PEARLS IN HER HAIR VELASQUEZ Y DIEGO RODRIGUEZ DE SILVA PORTRAIT PRESUME DE L'ARCHIDUCHESSE ISABELLE COELLO CLAUDIO RITRATTO DI DAMA A FIGURA INTERA SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A LADY, WEARING A WHITE AND GOLD EMBROIDERED DRESS, WITH HER DOG TITO, DI SANTO PORTRAIT OF A LADY, HALF LENGTH, IN A BLACK DRESS WITH A GOLD EMBROIDERED BODICE AND A LACE RUFF SANCHEZ COELLO ALONSO PORTRAIT OF A LADY SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A LADY SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY A PORTRAIT OF A LADY GONZALEZ BARTOLOME BILDNIS DER MARGARETHE VON OESTERREICH, KOENIGIN VON SPANIEN UND PORTUGAL GONZALEZ BARTOLOME Margarite of Austria, Juan Pantoja de la Cruz Spanish Lady, Sanchez Coello Justus Sustermans, Doņa Leonor Gonzaga Isabel II (Pantoja de la Cruz) TIBERIO TITI,PORTRAIT OF A MOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN A Portrait of a noble Lady, Juan Pantoja de la Cruz Doņa Maria de Austria, Queen of Hungary 1630, Valasques Queen Isabel, Standing. 1631/32, Velazquez Portrait of a Lady. c. 1630-33, Velazquez Luisa de Villahermosa, Pantoja de la Cruz Dona Juana? Spanish school, portrait of a lady FOLLOWER OF PETER PAUL RUBENS, PORTRAITS OF PHILLIP III OF SPAIN AND HIS WIFE MARGARET OF AUSTRIA SCIPIONE PULZONE, A TROMPE L'OEIL PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEWOMAN


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