1595 Anna of Pomerania, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Güstrow by Cornelius Krommeny (Doberaner Münster - Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (?))

Her genealogical sketch is here. She was Ulrich III’s second wife.

From pinterest.com/pawerychlik/renaissance-clothing/. Also posted to the Late Farthingale Era - 1590 to 1620 Album here.

1595 Anna of Pomerania, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Güstrow by Cornelius Krommeny (Doberaner Münster - Bad Doberan,  Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (?)) From pinterest.com/pawerychlik/renaissance-clothing/.jpg

Anna’s dress comes close to being a saya, but the hanging sleeves of a saya are reduced to a slit in the surcote through which her sleeves pass. The serpentine folds of her ruff are noteworthy.

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