16th century paintings

Saint Mary Magdalene reading, at a table with fruit and a golden tazza

Property from a European Private CollectionMilanese School, circa 1500, with sixteenth-century additionsPort

Auction Week October 2017 Old master paintings, 19th century paintings and antiques will return to Dorotheum from 17-19 October 2017. One of the most remarkable paintings in the selection in the old master paintings auction on 17 October is doubtless one by the Florentine artist Felice Ficherelli. The work depicts Saint Praxedis, a young Roman patrician…

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School of Antwerp, late 16th century. Saint Catherine in a landscape with an unsheathes sword and a broken wheel; Saint Barbara standing before a church, holding a peacock feather. Each 38 x 16 1/8 in.

A distinctive presumed self-portrait of this exceptional woman painter, cropped close, from an unusual viewpoint, using chiaroscuro, colour, and the most amazing fabric textures.

Pomander ball - detail of "Portrait de femme" Nicholas Neufchâtel, dit…

Attributed to Cornelius Engebrechtsz (circa 1465-1527, Holland) - Saint Barbara and Saint Catherine (pair) [oil on wood], 1533, 75.5 x 23.5 cm, private collection

“Thrust,” by the English art critic Michael Glover, examines the peculiar protuberances that drew eyes crotchward in the sixteenth century.

master of the female half lengths

I made this headband in April to go with my Italian gowns. It is meant to be worn with Italian style-hair; i.e. the rolled front swept back into a bun or hair taped or hidden in a caul. The band sits subtly behind and slightly under the rolled part of the hair. This band was a bit of an experiment, based on Italian sixteenth century female portraits. Unfortunately, I can''t find any extant examples (they were probably broken up and elements re-used when fashions changed.) I used velveteen…

King Charles IX of France wearing padded hosiery in 1566

Don Juan d'Austria, late 16th century, attributed to Juan Pantoja de la Cruz