Did this as a Christmas present for a friend. It took a WHILE but I think it was worth it. I did a bunch of research and tried out some new techniques i... Dressing the Tudor Lady

Congratulations to Martin Luther and Katharina Von Bora, who celebrate their 425th wedding anniversary today!

The Master of the Female Half-Lengths, active ca.1530-1540, was a Dutch Northern Renaissance painter or likely a group of painters of a workshop. The name was given in the 19th century to identify the maker or makers of a body of work consisting of 67 paintings to which since 40 more have been added.

This painting is one of the most enigmatic sixteenth century portraits in the Royal Collection. It is a visually arresting image: painted full-length, nearly two metres tall, the man is silhouetted against an apparently imaginary landscape with the suggestion of buildings and ruins on the left and curious rock formations on the right. Sixteenth-century portraits showing a sitter dressed entirely in one bright colour (rather than all black) are rare at this date, as are full-length portraits…

For England, the ocean was their path to domination. An unusual woman’s ring here from 1592, made of gold and rock crystal, is called a “memorial poesy ring”; on its inner surface is inscribed, “Th…

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High carat man's gold ring ca 1580 with original carnelian intaglio of sixteenth century. Size of bezel 14 x 12 mm. Weight 5 grams.

As I am working on a 16th c Cranach gown (saxon), I need to create the appropriate accessories. I have started with headwear as I already have my first attempt at a dress. Many of the paintings by Cranach show women wearing what appear to be snoods –woven nets to keep hair bundled up and clean. So I created the snood below (Figure 1). Originally I was happy with the outcome of this project as this is the first time I’ve used precious stones and pearls on any of my medieval costumes. I felt…

Barthel Beham. 1502-1540. Munich. Portrait d'une dame de 31 ans. 1535. Nuremberg. Musée National Germanique. Barthel Beham. 1502-1540. Munich. Portrait of a lady of 31 years. 1535 Nuremberg. Germanic National Museum.

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Enamelled gold ring, oblong box bezel set with a table-cut pink sapphire, with shaped shoulders, Western Europe, 1550-1600

The sitter uses gold jewelry and a caul with goldwork and pearls to highlight her brocade dress.

It’s hard to know where to begin this story because there are many facets that reflect the many colliding cultures of the Renaissance. It’s also difficult for a modern person to get into the mindset…