THIS costume is taken from a picture of Pinturicchio (Bernardino di Betto di Biagio), and represents a nobleman in the suite of the Emperor Frederic (Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, 1415 – 1493), at the interview when he plighted his faith to the Princess of Portugal (Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress 1434 – 1467).
He wears a red hat, held in its place by a greenish ribbon, passing under the chin. The collar and the hood are yellow, bordered in part with gold. The coat is white, changing to a bluish tint, and is terminated by a border of gold. The stockings are red; the boots of a yellowish color, and the spurs are silver. The sword-belt is red, with gold buttons. The case of the sword is white, with gilded ornaments.
The Italian costumes furnish few examples of the use of boots; but the monuments of the northern nations prove that the French, the Germans, and the English very generally availed themselves of this mode of protecting the feet and legs; compelled, doubtless, by the necessities of a cold and moist climate.
Related:
Renaissance, Baroque, Ancien Régime, Tudor fashion era.
Reigns of John and of Charles V. 1350 to 1380. (Medieval, Byzantine, Gothic)
Reigns’ of Charles VI. and Charles VII. 1380 to 1461. (Medieval, Gothic, Burgundy)
Reigns of Louis XI, Charles VIII, and Louis XII. 1461 to 1515 (Late Medieval, Burgundy, early Renaissance)
Reign of Francis I. 1515 to 1545. (Renaissance, Tudor)
Reign of Henry II. 1547 to 1558. (Tudor, Renaissance)
Reign of Francis II. 1559 to 1560. (Tudor, Renaissance)
Reign of Charles IX. 1560 to 1574. (Tudor, Renaissance, Spanish court dress)
Reign of Henri III. 1574 to 1589. (Renaissance, early Baroque, Spanish court dress, Tudor)
Reigns of Henri IV. and Louis XIII. 1589 to 1643. (Renaissance, Baroque)
