“Le petit Menteur” (The Little Liar) by Jean Augustin Patour.
The Gypsy Fortune Teller by Jean Augustin Patour.
Category: Baroque
French baroque and rococo wigs. Diderot`s Encyclopaedia
Wigs of men and woman. Baroque, rococo. 18th century. Diderot`s Encyclopaedia
The Purse of Rob Roy, Toadstone Amulet. Purse of Rob Roy.
Toadstone Amulet protecting new-born children and their mothers from the power of the fairies. Purse of Rob Roy, Helen Macgregor`s Brooch. Abbotsford, the personal relics and antiquarian treasures of Sir Walter Scott.
Marie Madeleine de la Vieuville, comtesse de Parabère.
Official mistress (maîtresse en titre) of Philippe II de Bourbon, duc d’Orléans (1674-1723), regent for the minor king Louis XV, and thus one of the most important persons in the Régence period.
France. Hairstyle of the 17th century. Coiffure Louis XIV.
Hair fashion in the time of Louis XIV. 17th century.
German mercenaries. Baroque. Thirty Years’ War.
German mercenaries. Historical clothing around 1620. Baroque 17th century, Thirty Years’ War. German mercenaries with sword and shield, drummer.The cut of the costume is still influenced by the Spanish fashion.… Read More
Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, duchesse de Bourgogne 1685-1712.
Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie was the mother of King Louis XV.
Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon 1635-1719.
Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, briefly called Madame de Maintenon was the last mistress and in morganatic marriage, the second wife of Louis XIV of France.
Ninon de Lenclos. The Celebrated Beauty of the 17th Century.
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.
Hairstyle of Elisabeth de France. Coiffure Henry IV.
Album de coiffures histories by E. Nissy.