Elisabeth d´Autriche, Femme De Charles IX, d’après Gaignières, 1570.
Category: Ancien Régime
Ancien Régime. Early modernity all over Europe before the French Revolution of 1789, a term representative for absolutism.
Marguerite de Valois 1553–1615. Queen of France.
Marguerite de Valois, daughter of Henri II of France, and first wife of Henri IV.
French dancer Marie Sallé. Ballet Danseuse in 1730.
Marie Sallé was a French dancer, time companion and rival of Marie Camargo. Marie Sallé, Règne De Louis XV, d’après Lancret, 1730. Modes et Costumes Historiques 1864.
Modes Parisiennes, Règne De Louis XV, Pas de rigaudon, 1763.
Modes Parisiennes, Reign Of Louis XV, after A. De St Aubin, 1763. Marquis and Marquise dancing the Pas de rigaudon 1763.
Parisian Bourgeois in the Reign of Louis XII 1510.
Bourgeois, Règne de Louis XII d´après Willemin, 1510. Modes et Costumes Historiques
The Third Estate Takes Refuge in the Tennis Court.
Third Estate declared on 17 June 1789 to the National Assembly
A Dinner at the House of Molière at Auteuil.
A Dinner at the House of Molière at Auteuil. Molière 1622-1673 was a French actor, theater director and playwright. He is one of the great classics and made the comedy to… Read More
Lady of the French Court in Spanish fashion 1579.
Lady of the French Court in Spanish fashion. Reign of Charles IX 1579. “Modes et Costumes Historiques“. Drawing by Xavier Willemin. Edited and steel engraving by Hippolyte Louis Emile and Polidor… Read More
Dame de Paris. Reign of Louis XV, 1729.
Les Paniers, Règne de Louis XV, d’après les Modes de 1729. Rococo gown
Marquise, Reign of Louis XV, after Lancret, 1740.
Modes et Costumes Historiques. Drawing by Xavier Willemin.