See the lady in the green dress to the left and the lady in the red dress in the middle with the Cavalier King Charles Pup? I gasped the second I saw they were right next to each other.
But first....The Holy Family by Garofalo painted between 1515 and 1520.
I love this for many reasons. First, Saint Joseph, half asleep is wearing a pink garment with a red cloak. There is no way to deny that that is anything other than bright pink. Second, Mary's underdress looks lovely. But third...that firebox.
Here is a close up of the firebox. It looks almost exactly like the little pull wagon for alphabet blocks, but, clearly, not made of wood. I think I need one for camping.
Next, the Lady in Red by Agnolo Bronzino painted in 1533.
The full painting. I have seen this SO MANY TIMES in books and on the internet. However, I never realized her sleeves are a rather nice green and not black. Seriously they are a lovely green satin when you look at the painting in person. And lets look at her Balzo more closely.
I thought she just had braids but it's pretty clearly a balzo instead. Mostly, it looks like a hairnet with a metal headband. It looks like the hairnet is two-toned as well.
The white work on the camica is only around the neck. Also, there is a lovely band of trim around the neckline of the dress.
Close up of the sleeve. Really, it's more green in person. It's rather shocking how bad the photos come out of the sleeve.
Close up to see the pleats of the upper sleeve.
Another close up to show the lining of the lower sleeve.
Close up to show the trim a bit better and the scarf belt.
Another close up of the whitework.
The next painting if the Portrait of a Lady by Pieter De Kempeneer painted between 1527 and 1537. Really, I think it's closer to the 1527 date.
The full painting. This is another I've stared at for hours in books and on the internet. In fact, a decade ago, it was partially the inspiration for my Mom's Renaissance gown.
First, the balzo. That is just fabulous. The jeweled headband with the white silk net around the tied up hair. I really need to try this.
The jewelry. Oh my. Those earrings! That pearl necklace with the cameo! And take a look at the sheer partlet!!!!
Now, the whitework on the camica and the crazy amount of gold trim. What I found interesting is that the placement of the trim looks like it was "erased" and then put back. This becomes very apparent on the sleeves in the next picture.
Whitework on the cuffs and the trim placement thing. You can see where it looks like someone tried to get rid of the gold lines and put them back differently.
A close up of the waistline and the cuffs.
Close up of the upper sleeve.
Here, I wanted to show the foldy-down waistline of the skirt you see sometimes in Italian dress. I have no idea why that's there or why they did that but I have seen it in other portraits.
Next, Titian's Portrait of a Young Man from 1510.
This painting is pretty small and there isn't a good way to get close up's of the details. Still, a rather nice blue doublet and a bright red hat.
Carpaccio's Virgin and Child with the Infact Saint John from around 1500.
I found this interesting because they are all wearing shades of brown.
Close up of Mary's sleeves and dress.
Close up of Saint John's cap and tunic.
Here, the museum started to get back into the earlier Medieval items. This piece from Siena is known as the arrival and reception of Helen of Troy and dates to 1430.
I was amused by the pink houses, I admit.
Next, by Hugo Van Der Goes, a triptych with the Virgin and Child from the last quarter of the 15th C.
First, the triptych overall with the center piece removed.
The Virgin and Child were in the same case, just not in the centerpiece.
What I liked was the donor's outfit. It's pretty typical for the late 15th C but notice the black partlet going under the gown.
The Portrait of Gilberecht von Holzhausen from 1535 really just looks neat.
I now want a crazy coat like that. Look at that cape top! That trim! This is a way to take boring colors and make the garment look fabulous.
Lastly, there is Conrad Faber Von Creuznach's Portrait of Margarete Stralenberger from 1526.
This is her portrait overall. It's pretty typical for a German portrait. Still, look at her headgear and her embroidered collar!
Close up of the embroidery. It's hard to tell but it looks like she might have a gown under the overgown.
Close up of the headgear. Check out the blackwork!
Close up of the waistline. I wanted to show the velvet front with the wool (?) overdress.
That's it for this part. Part three should go up in a couple of days with a lot more paintings. I'm trying to keep it to about 40 images to a post. We'll see how well that works.
