Virginie Ancelot, origin. Marguerite-Louise Ancelot was a French writer and painter. Ancelot came from an old established family in Dijon, her father was the deputy N. Chardon.
Virginie Ancelot 1792-1875. French writer and painter.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
Marguerite Victoire Babois, French writer 1760-1839
Marguerite Victoire Babois was a French writer, author of elegies and other poems which have placed her name at the forefront of French elegiac poets.
Women from around Paris, reign of Charles VII., 1443.
Femmes des Environs de Paris, Règne De Charles VII, d’après Gaignières, 1443.
Medieval nobilty fashion in 1450, 15th century.
Florentine nobility, noble ladies, nobles, German noblewomen, French noblemen
Woman of the Environs of Terni by Bartolomeo Pinelli
Woman of the Environs of Terni by Bartolomeo Pinelli Roman Costumes. Drawing by Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835). Engraving by C. Hullmandel. Published by Rodwell & Martin, London.
XV century clothing in Italy.
XV century clothing in Italy. Early renaissance fashion. Upper left half of the image: Fashion 1450. Pharmacist clothing in 1430. Right: Italian Podestà, church warden and soldier. Lower half of… Read More
Roman Costumes. Women of Frascati by Bartolomeo Pinelli
Roman Costumes. Women of Frascati by Bartolomeo Pinelli. Frascati is a municipality in the province of Rome in the Italian region Lazio and is located in the Alban Hills and is one… Read More
Dancing the Tarantella by Bartolomeo Pinelli
The Tarantella is a folk dance from southern Italy. It is a term of several dances.
Sbirri of the Kingdom of Naples 19th century.
Sbirri of the Kingdom of Naples. SBIRRI, from Ital. sbirri, an archer, a name given to a class of armed police in Italy, resembling the French gens’d’armes in every thing… Read More
Costumes of State, Reign of Charles V, after Willemin, 1364.
“Modes and Costumes in History”. Drawing by Xavier Willemin.