Fashion and costume illustrations of the Renaissance. Restored from various, rare sources. Renaissance (French for “rebirth”) describes a European cultural epoch mainly 15th and 16th century. The end of the era takes place in the early 17th century in Italy by the newly prominent baroque style.
Élégantes. Diane de Poitiers, La Reine Claude, Catherine de Médicis, Mme Elisabeth, La Belle Ferronnière. L’Histoire du Costume Féminin Français. Les Modes de la Renaissance de l’an 1461 à l’an 1574.
Noblewoman from Liege to the Walloon region of Belgium, in the 15th Century. Renaissance period costume.
Dame Française de la suite de Marie Stuart. Costumes historiques de ville ou de théatre et travestissements.
Tudor costume from the time of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign (1558–1603). Source: Costumes historiques de ville ou de théatre et travestissements. Author: Achille Devéria and José Domínguez Bécquer. Publisher Paris:… Read More
Dame du temps de François I. de Clèves, duc de Nevers (1516-1562). Costumes historiques par Achille Devéria.
Joan of Austria was an Archduchess of Austria and by marriage Duchess of Tuscany. Wife of Francesco I de ‘Medici, mother of Maria de’ Medici.
German knights, men-at-arms with lances, 16th century. Renaissance era, 16th century soldiers. Heavy cavalry.
Knights riding to the tournament. De arte athletica. Augsburg mid-16th Century.
Fight Scene during a duel. German Heavy cavalry of the 16th century.
German knights in full armor riding to the tournament. German Renaissance period, 16th century. Heavy Cavalry. Since the 15th Century, the joust was no longer relevant as a military training and… Read More
