The Middle 1500s - 1550 to 1590

This covers the period between 1550 and 1590 outside of Spain, where a distinct style of dress developed.

1550 Francoise Brézé (1518 - 1574), Duchesse Bouillon, by François Clouet (private collection)

1550 Francoise Brézé (1518 - 1574), Duchesse Bouillon, by François Clouet (private collection)

1550 (after) Anna d'Este by ? of the French school (Versailles)

1550 (after) Anna d'Este by ? of the French school (Versailles)

ca. 1570 Anne d'Este or Catherine de Lorraine attributed to Léonard Limousin (British Museum - London UK)

ca. 1570 Anne d'Este or Catherine de Lorraine attributed to Léonard Limousin (British Museum - London UK)

ca. 1550 Lady by Peter de Kempeneer (Städel Museum - Frankfurt Germany)

ca. 1550 Lady by Peter de Kempeneer (Städel Museum - Frankfurt Germany)

1550s Bess of Hardwick by anonymous follower of Hans Eworth (Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire UK)

1550s Bess of Hardwick by anonymous follower of Hans Eworth (Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire UK)

1592 Bess Hardwicke,Countess of Shrewsbury by ? (National Portrait Gallery - London UK)

1592 Bess Hardwicke,Countess of Shrewsbury by ? (National Portrait Gallery - London UK)

1551 Maria de' Medici by Agnolo Bronzino (Uffizi)

1551 Maria de' Medici by Agnolo Bronzino (Uffizi)

1551 Countess Livia da Porto Thiene and her Daughter Deidamia by Paolo Caliari (Veronese) (Walters Art Museum - Baltimore, Maryland USA)

1551 Countess Livia da Porto Thiene and her Daughter Deidamia by Paolo Caliari (Veronese) (Walters Art Museum - Baltimore, Maryland USA)

1551 Jacquemyne Buuck by Pieter Pourbus (Groeningemuseum - Bruges Belgium)

1551 Jacquemyne Buuck by Pieter Pourbus (Groeningemuseum - Bruges Belgium)

1552 Margaret, Duchess of Parma by Anthonis Mor (Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin)

1552 Margaret, Duchess of Parma by Anthonis Mor (Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin)

ca. 1553 Anna von Palandt by ? (Schloß Horst in Gelsenkirchen, Regensburg Germany)

ca. 1553 Anna von Palandt by ? (Schloß Horst in Gelsenkirchen, Regensburg Germany)

1552-1553 Isotta Brembatti by Giovanni Battista Moroni (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Provincia di Bergamo Italy)

1552-1553 Isotta Brembatti by Giovanni Battista Moroni (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Provincia di Bergamo Italy)

1550-1555 Isotta Brembati Grumelli attributed to Giovanni Battista Moroni (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Provincia di Bergamo Italy)

1550-1555 Isotta Brembati Grumelli attributed to Giovanni Battista Moroni (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Provincia di Bergamo Italy)

SUBALBUM: Lady Jane Grey

SUBALBUM: Lady Jane Grey

Costumed Charlote Belgium (Carlota of Mexico) wearing mid-1500s costume

Costumed Charlote Belgium (Carlota of Mexico) wearing mid-1500s costume

SUBALBUM: Catherine de Medici

SUBALBUM: Catherine de Medici

SUBALBUM: Diane de Poitiers

SUBALBUM: Diane de Poitiers

Jeanne d'Halluin by Corneille de Lyon (Versailles)

Jeanne d'Halluin by Corneille de Lyon (Versailles)

Jeanne d'Halluin by François Clouet (Musée Condé, Chantilly)

Jeanne d'Halluin by François Clouet (Musée Condé, Chantilly)

1565 (or later based on date of marriage to the Duc de Retz) Claude Catherine de Clermont, duchesse de Retz by ? (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris France)

1565 (or later based on date of marriage to the Duc de Retz) Claude Catherine de Clermont, duchesse de Retz by ? (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris France)

1555ca. Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk, by Hans Eworth (private collection)

1555ca. Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk, by Hans Eworth (private collection)

1555 Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney (?) by Hans Eworth (Petworth House, West Sussex UK)

1555 Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney (?) by Hans Eworth (Petworth House, West Sussex UK)

Probably Jane Carlisle, Lady Dacre by ? (location unknown to gogm)

Probably Jane Carlisle, Lady Dacre by ? (location unknown to gogm)

1555 Louise Halluin, Dame de Cipierre by Corneille de Lyon (Art Institute of Chicago)

1555 Louise Halluin, Dame de Cipierre by Corneille de Lyon (Art Institute of Chicago)

1555 Renée de Rieux by Clouet studio (Musée Condé, Chantilly)

1555 Renée de Rieux by Clouet studio (Musée Condé, Chantilly)

ca. 1555-1556 Mary Neville, Lady Dacre by Hans Eworth (National Gallery of Canada - Ottawa Canada)

ca. 1555-1556 Mary Neville, Lady Dacre by Hans Eworth (National Gallery of Canada - Ottawa Canada)

ca. 1557 Catherine of Austria by Monogrammist PF (Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg Germany)

ca. 1557 Catherine of Austria by Monogrammist PF (Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg Germany)

1559 Mary Nevill and Gregory Fiennes Baron Dacre by Hans Eworth

1559 Mary Nevill and Gregory Fiennes Baron Dacre by Hans Eworth

1560 Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln by Steven van der Meulen (location unknown to gogm)

1560 Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln by Steven van der Meulen (location unknown to gogm)

ca. 1575 Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln by ? (location unknown to gogm)

ca. 1575 Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln by ? (location unknown to gogm)

ca. 1560 Renée de Rieux, femme de Louis de Sainte-Maure, marquis de Nesle by French school (Musée Condé, Chantilly)

ca. 1560 Renée de Rieux, femme de Louis de Sainte-Maure, marquis de Nesle by French school (Musée Condé, Chantilly)

ca. 1560 Louise de Clermont, comtesse de Tonnerre, duchesse d’Uzès by François Clouet

ca. 1560 Louise de Clermont, comtesse de Tonnerre, duchesse d’Uzès by François Clouet

1553 Marriage of Diane de France to Orazio Farnese by Taddeo Zuccaro (location unknown to gogm)

1553 Marriage of Diane de France to Orazio Farnese by Taddeo Zuccaro (location unknown to gogm)

ca. 1556 (estimated) Diane de France, Duchesse d'Angoulême (1538 - 1619) by ? (Musée Carnavalet, Paris)

ca. 1556 (estimated) Diane de France, Duchesse d'Angoulême (1538 - 1619) by ? (Musée Carnavalet, Paris)

SUBALBUM: Bianca Capello de Medici

SUBALBUM: Bianca Capello de Medici

SUBALBUM: Marguerite de Valois ("La Reine Margot")

SUBALBUM: Marguerite de Valois ("La Reine Margot")

SUBALBUM: Queen Mary I of England

SUBALBUM: Queen Mary I of England

1560 unknown lady by ? (National Portrait Gallery, London UK)

1560 unknown lady by ? (National Portrait Gallery, London UK)

1560 Lucrezia di Cosimo de' Medici by Agnolo Bronzino (North Carolina Museum of Art - Raleigh, North Carolina USA)

1560 Lucrezia di Cosimo de' Medici by Agnolo Bronzino (North Carolina Museum of Art - Raleigh, North Carolina USA)

1560 Lucrezia di Cosimo de' Medici by Agnolo Bronzino (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze Italy)

1560 Lucrezia di Cosimo de' Medici by Agnolo Bronzino (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze Italy)

ca. 1560 La Bella Nani by Paolo Veronese (Louvre)

ca. 1560 La Bella Nani by Paolo Veronese (Louvre)

SUBALBUM: Mary, Queen of Scots

SUBALBUM: Mary, Queen of Scots

1562 Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk by Hans Eworth (Lord Baybrooke)

1562 Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk by Hans Eworth (Lord Baybrooke)

1562 Lady, thought to be Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys by Steven van der Meulen (location unknown to gogm)

1562 Lady, thought to be Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys by Steven van der Meulen (location unknown to gogm)

1563 Elizabeth Roydon, Lady Golding by Hans Eworth (Tate Collection)

1563 Elizabeth Roydon, Lady Golding by Hans Eworth (Tate Collection)

1563 Claude de Chateaubrun by François Clouet (Musee Conde, Chantilly)

1563 Claude de Chateaubrun by François Clouet (Musee Conde, Chantilly)

1563 Lady of the Wentworth Family, probably Jane Cheyne by Hans Eworth (Arts Institute of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois USA)

1563 Lady of the Wentworth Family, probably Jane Cheyne by Hans Eworth (Arts Institute of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois USA)

1564 Countess Dorothy, née Latimer, wife of Thomas Cecil by? (auctioned by Sotheby's)

1564 Countess Dorothy, née Latimer, wife of Thomas Cecil by? (auctioned by Sotheby's)

1564 The Sisters Ermengard and Walburg von Rietberg by Hermann tom Ring (Westfalisches Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Münster)

1564 The Sisters Ermengard and Walburg von Rietberg by Hermann tom Ring (Westfalisches Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Münster)

1565 Claude de Beaune by François Clouet (Louvre)

1565 Claude de Beaune by François Clouet (Louvre)

1565 Claude de Beaune by François Clouet (Louvre) close up

1565 Claude de Beaune by François Clouet (Louvre) close up

Isabeau, Baronne de Florat by ? (Musee des Arts et de l'Enfance, Fecamp)

Isabeau, Baronne de Florat by ? (Musee des Arts et de l'Enfance, Fecamp)

Noblewoman by Alessandro Allori (private collection)

Noblewoman by Alessandro Allori (private collection)

Lady by follower of Francesco Salviati del Rossi (auctioned by Christie's)

Lady by follower of Francesco Salviati del Rossi (auctioned by Christie's)

Archduchess Magdalena by Jakob Seisenegger (Kunsthistorisches Museum)

Archduchess Magdalena by Jakob Seisenegger (Kunsthistorisches Museum)

1563 Archduchess Magdalena by Giuseppe Arcimboldi (Kunshistorisches Museum, Wien)

1563 Archduchess Magdalena by Giuseppe Arcimboldi (Kunshistorisches Museum, Wien)

1563 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II of Austria and his wife Infanta Maria of Spain with their children by Giuseppe Arcimboldi (Schloß Ambras - Innsbruck Austria)

1563 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II of Austria and his wife Infanta Maria of Spain with their children by Giuseppe Arcimboldi (Schloß Ambras - Innsbruck Austria)

Françoise de Longwy by Cornille de Lyon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Massachusetts)

Françoise de Longwy by Cornille de Lyon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Massachusetts)

SUBALBUM: Joanna of Austria - Grand Duchess of Tuscany

SUBALBUM: Joanna of Austria - Grand Duchess of Tuscany

1565 Barbara of Austria by Francesco Terzio (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien Austria)

1565 Barbara of Austria by Francesco Terzio (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien Austria)

1565 Diane d'Andouins (possibly), mistress of French King Henry IV, with her daughter Catherine by Sofonobisa Anguissola (Musée Basque et de l'Histoire de Bayonne, Bayonne France)

1565 Diane d'Andouins (possibly), mistress of French King Henry IV, with her daughter Catherine by Sofonobisa Anguissola (Musée Basque et de l'Histoire de Bayonne, Bayonne France)

1565 Eleanor Benlowes (?) attributed to Steven van der Meulen (St. John's College, University of Cambridge - Cambridge UK)

1565 Eleanor Benlowes (?) attributed to Steven van der Meulen (St. John's College, University of Cambridge - Cambridge UK)

Princess Sophia of Sweden by ? (location unknown to gogm)

Princess Sophia of Sweden by ? (location unknown to gogm)

Eleanor Benlowes Gown by Sarah Lorraine

Eleanor Benlowes Gown by Sarah Lorraine

1567 Mary Hill, Mrs MacWilliam by Master of the Countess of Warwick

1567 Mary Hill, Mrs MacWilliam by Master of the Countess of Warwick

ca. 1565-1568 Margaret Clifford, Countess of Derby, or a Lady of the Wentworth Family, by Hans Eworth

ca. 1565-1568 Margaret Clifford, Countess of Derby, or a Lady of the Wentworth Family, by Hans Eworth

ca. 1569 Countess of Warwick by the Master of the Countess of Warwick (Marquess of Tavistock)

ca. 1569 Countess of Warwick by the Master of the Countess of Warwick (Marquess of Tavistock)

1569 Thought to be Lady Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton by ? of British School (Tate Collection, London)

1569 Thought to be Lady Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton by ? of British School (Tate Collection, London)

1568-1572 Christine of Denmark, Dowager-Duchess of Milan and Lorraine by The Monogrammist of G. E. C. (Weiss)

1568-1572 Christine of Denmark, Dowager-Duchess of Milan and Lorraine by The Monogrammist of G. E. C. (Weiss)

SUBALBUM: Camilla Martelli

SUBALBUM: Camilla Martelli

1570-1575 Frances Audley, Countess of Sussex by ? (Sidney Sussex College, Canbridge UK)

1570-1575 Frances Audley, Countess of Sussex by ? (Sidney Sussex College, Canbridge UK)

SUBALBUM: Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France

SUBALBUM: Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France

1570 Madeleine le Clerc du Tremblay by François Clouet (Weiss Gallery, sold - current location unknown to gogm)

1570 Madeleine le Clerc du Tremblay by François Clouet (Weiss Gallery, sold - current location unknown to gogm)

1570 Madeleine le Clerc du Tremblay by François Clouet (Weiss Gallery, sold - current location unknown to gogm) necklaces

1570 Madeleine le Clerc du Tremblay by François Clouet (Weiss Gallery, sold - current location unknown to gogm) necklaces

1570 Madeleine le Clerc du Tremblay by François Clouet (Weiss Gallery, sold - current location unknown to gogm) headdress and ruff

1570 Madeleine le Clerc du Tremblay by François Clouet (Weiss Gallery, sold - current location unknown to gogm) headdress and ruff

1570s Clelia Farnese by Jacopo Zucchi (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome)

1570s Clelia Farnese by Jacopo Zucchi (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome)

ca. 1570 Venetian Noblewoman at Age 18 by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (Serlachius Museum - Mänttä, Pirkanmaa region Finland) entire

ca. 1570 Venetian Noblewoman at Age 18 by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (Serlachius Museum - Mänttä, Pirkanmaa region Finland) entire

ca. 1570 Venetian Noblewoman at Age 18 by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (Serlachius Museum - Mänttä, Pirkanmaa region Finland) ruff and upper bodice

ca. 1570 Venetian Noblewoman at Age 18 by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (Serlachius Museum - Mänttä, Pirkanmaa region Finland) ruff and upper bodice

ca. 1570 Venetian Noblewoman at Age 18 by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (Serlachius Museum - Mänttä, Pirkanmaa region Finland) girdle and lower bodice

ca. 1570 Venetian Noblewoman at Age 18 by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (Serlachius Museum - Mänttä, Pirkanmaa region Finland) girdle and lower bodice

ca. 1570 Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont by François Clouet France (Museum of Fine Art, Houston - Houston Texas)

ca. 1570 Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont by François Clouet France (Museum of Fine Art, Houston - Houston Texas)

ca. 1575 Louise de Lorraine by Jean Rabel (Bibliothèque nationale de France)

ca. 1575 Louise de Lorraine by Jean Rabel (Bibliothèque nationale de France)

SUBALBUM: Jeanne d'Albret

SUBALBUM: Jeanne d'Albret

SUBALBUM: Marie of Cleves

SUBALBUM: Marie of Cleves

Maria of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria-Estyria by ? (location unknown to gogm)

Maria of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria-Estyria by ? (location unknown to gogm)

1572 Livia Colonna by Paolo Caliari (Veronese) (Museo Nacional del Prado - Madrid Spain)

1572 Livia Colonna by Paolo Caliari (Veronese) (Museo Nacional del Prado - Madrid Spain)

1573 Mary Denton attributed to George Gower (York City Art Gallery, UK)

1573 Mary Denton attributed to George Gower (York City Art Gallery, UK)

ca. 1573 Louise de La Béraudière by Clouet(?) (location unknown to gogm)

ca. 1573 Louise de La Béraudière by Clouet(?) (location unknown to gogm)

Louise de la Béraudière after Clouet, mistress of Henri III by Ronert after Clouet (location unknown to gogm)

Louise de la Béraudière after Clouet, mistress of Henri III by Ronert after Clouet (location unknown to gogm)

ca.1574 Gabrielle de Rochechouart by Corneille de Lyon (Musée Condé, Chantilly)

ca.1574 Gabrielle de Rochechouart by Corneille de Lyon (Musée Condé, Chantilly)

ca. 1575 Mary Cornwallis by George Gower (location unknown to gogm)

ca. 1575 Mary Cornwallis by George Gower (location unknown to gogm)

Laura Gonzaga in Green by Lavinia Fontana (Galerie Canesso - Paris France)

Laura Gonzaga in Green by Lavinia Fontana (Galerie Canesso - Paris France)

1577 Herzogin Dorothea Ursula von Wuerttemberg attributed to Eberhard von Backe (location unknown to gogm)

1577 Herzogin Dorothea Ursula von Wuerttemberg attributed to Eberhard von Backe (location unknown to gogm)

1577 Julich, Princess of Cleve and Berg by Master of the AC Monogram (Alte Pinakothek, München)

1577 Julich, Princess of Cleve and Berg by Master of the AC Monogram (Alte Pinakothek, München)

1577 Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton, attributed to George Gower (Montacute House - Yeovil, Somerset UK)

1577 Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton, attributed to George Gower (Montacute House - Yeovil, Somerset UK)

1578 Lady Philippa Coningsby by George Gower (Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA)

1578 Lady Philippa Coningsby by George Gower (Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA)

1578 Alice Brandon by Nicholas Hilliard (Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK)

1578 Alice Brandon by Nicholas Hilliard (Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK)

1578 Marie Élisabeth of Valois by François Clouet (location unknown to gogm)

1578 Marie Élisabeth of Valois by François Clouet (location unknown to gogm)

1579 Margarethe-Elisabeth von Ansbach-Bayreuth in Munich by Lucas Cranach the Younger (Alte Pinakothek, München Germany)

1579 Margarethe-Elisabeth von Ansbach-Bayreuth in Munich by Lucas Cranach the Younger (Alte Pinakothek, München Germany)

1579 Lady thought to be Dorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos by John Bettes the Younger (Yale Center for British Art, Yale University - New Haven, Connecticut USA)

1579 Lady thought to be Dorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos by John Bettes the Younger (Yale Center for British Art, Yale University - New Haven, Connecticut USA)

1580 Noblewoman by Lavinia Fontana (National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington)

1580 Noblewoman by Lavinia Fontana (National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington)

1581 Marguerite, Duchesse of Joyeuse 1870 print

1581 Marguerite, Duchesse of Joyeuse 1870 print

ca. 1581-1582 - A Ball at the Court of Henri III by French school (Versailles)

ca. 1581-1582 - A Ball at the Court of Henri III by French school (Versailles)

1581-1582 ca. - A Ball at the Court of Henri III by French school (Versailles) excerpt

1581-1582 ca. - A Ball at the Court of Henri III by French school (Versailles) excerpt

1582 Anne Knollys by Robert Peake the Elder (Denver Art Museum, Denver USA)

1582 Anne Knollys by Robert Peake the Elder (Denver Art Museum, Denver USA)

1585 Dresses at a picnic

1585 Dresses at a picnic

1585 Margaret Russell, Countess of Cumberland by ? (Skipton Castle?)

1585 Margaret Russell, Countess of Cumberland by ? (Skipton Castle?)

Margaret Russell, Countess of Cumberland, wife of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland by ? (location unknown to gogm)

Margaret Russell, Countess of Cumberland, wife of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland by ? (location unknown to gogm)

ca. 1585 Lettice Knollys attributed to George Gower (Longleat House - Horningsham, Somerset UK)

ca. 1585 Lettice Knollys attributed to George Gower (Longleat House - Horningsham, Somerset UK)

ca. 1590 Lettice Knollys, great-niece of Anne Boleyn, Granddaughter of Mary Boleyn by ? (location unknown to gogm)

ca. 1590 Lettice Knollys, great-niece of Anne Boleyn, Granddaughter of Mary Boleyn by ? (location unknown to gogm)

ca. 1585 Elizabeth Sydenham, Lady Drake by George Gower (Buckland Abbey - Plymouth, Devon UK)

ca. 1585 Elizabeth Sydenham, Lady Drake by George Gower (Buckland Abbey - Plymouth, Devon UK)

Lady, traditionally identified as Elizabeth Sydenham, Lady Drake by ?

Lady, traditionally identified as Elizabeth Sydenham, Lady Drake by ?

1589 Lady Elizabeth Walshe by ? (York Museum - York UK)

1589 Lady Elizabeth Walshe by ? (York Museum - York UK)

1589 Frances Clinton, Lady Chandos by Hieronymus Custodis (Woburn Abbey - Woburn, Bedfordshire, UK)

1589 Frances Clinton, Lady Chandos by Hieronymus Custodis (Woburn Abbey - Woburn, Bedfordshire, UK)

1589 Elizabeth Brydges, maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth by Hieronimo Custodis (Woburn Abbey - Woburn, Bedfordshire, UK)

1589 Elizabeth Brydges, maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth by Hieronimo Custodis (Woburn Abbey - Woburn, Bedfordshire, UK)

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