Category: 1640

16th and 17th century costumes.

16th, 17th, century, costumes, Baroque, Renaissance, fashion,

16th and 17th century costumes. Dutch, Bohemia, Spain, England, France, Poland. Top row left: Clothing of a sailor woman from Holland in 1640. Clothing of a woman from Amsterdam. Dutch woman… Read More

Ninon de Lenclos. The Celebrated Beauty of the 17th Century.

Ninon, Lenclos, Lanclos, French author, courtesan, patron, arts,

Ninon de L’Enclos was a French liberal and educated intellectual, feminist, writer (La coquette vengée “The Flirt Avenged”) and lover of many also famous contemporaries. She was one of the outstanding women of the ancien regime, the participation in their Jours was a great society honor.