16th C:  Venetian Dress

c. 1550-1590s

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Period Images:

Portrait of a Young Woman (1540s) Unknown artist of the Venetian School

Portrait of a Young Woman (1542-43) Lambert Sustris (Ven School)

Balia dei Medici (1545-50) Paris Bordone

Portrait of a Lady (1545-50) Paris Bordone

Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children (1547) Lorenzo Lotto

Portrait of Isabella Canossa (c.1547-48) Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

Portrait of a Family (c1550) Bernadino Licinio

Portrait Of A Lady In White (1553) Tiziano Vecellio (Titian)

Girl with A Basket of Fruits (1555-58)Tiziano Vecellio (Titian)

Portrait of a Lady (1550s) Jacopo Robusti (Tintoretto)

Portrait of a Lady (1550s)

Portrait of a Lady with a Heron (c1550s) Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

Portrait of a Woman Holding Gloves (c1550-1560) Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

(1561) Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

Portrait of a Lady (c1560s) Giovanni Cariani

Portrait of a Woman (1560s) Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

Portrait of a Woman (1560s) Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

Portrait of a Woman known as "Countess Nani" or "La Bella Nani" (1560s) Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

Portrait of a Gentlewoman with a Book (1560s) Bernadino Licinio,

Seven Members of the Soranzo Family (c1560s) Jacopo Robusti (Tintoretto)

Portrait of Lavinia (1560-65) Tiziano Vecellio (Titian)

The Banquet (1565)Giovanni Antonio Fasolo

The Concert (c1565) Giovanni Antonio Fasolo,

The Dance (1565) Giovanni Antonio Fasolo

Portrait of a Lady (1565-70) Giovanni Antonio Fasolo,

Portrait of a Venetian Lady (1570) Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

(c.1570) Portrait of a Lady, unknown artist

Madonna of the House of Coccina (1571) Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Picabella Pagliarani, wife of Giacomo Ragazzoni (c1570s )Francesco Montemezzano

(c.1570s)

Portrait of a Venetian Woman (c1570s) Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

Livia Colonna (1580) Paolo Caliari (Veronese)

Self-Portrait? (1580s) Marietta Robusti

Portrait of a Gentlewoman with her Daughter (c1580s) Domenico Robusti

Reproductions:

Image from: http://aneafiles.webs.com/venetian.html

Image from: http://aneafiles.webs.com/venetian.html

Jen Thompson. Image from: http://www.festiveattyre.com/gallery/venetian/index.html, used with her permission.

Jen Thompson. Image from: http://www.festiveattyre.com/gallery/venetian/index.html, used with her permission.

c.1555 Style. Image from: http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/yourgarb/2010/Sarah.htm

1570s Style. Image from: http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/yourgarb/2010/Laura.htm

Image from: http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/yourgarb/2008/Fiore.htm

1560s Style. Image from: http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/yourgarb/2009/Kendra.htm

Image from: http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/yourgarb/2008/Lindsey.htm

Image from: http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/yourgarb/2009/Thea.htm

Links:

General

• The Realm of Venus - a website with lots of fantastic information on this period and style of dress
  

Blogs:

• A Venetian Dress (A Costume Blog)
• 1560s Venetian Gown (Costume Blog) @ Festive Attyre
• A Venetian Outfit in the Style of circa 1555 by Lady Sarah Wydville - includes notes on construction and LOTS of info on accessories
• A Venetian Outfit in the Style of the 1560s by Caterina da Venzone, 
• ......In the Style of 1560s-70s by Hanna Lindroos
• ......In the Style of the 1570s by Laura Rubin
• ......In the Style of the 1580s by Ariel Kottke
• Lots of Venetian Costume blogs can be found HERE.
  

Accessories:

• Acessories to a 1560s Italian Gown - includes instructions on a pearled hanging belt.
• A Venetian Outfit in the Style of circa 1555 by Lady Sarah Wydville - includes notes on construction and LOTS of info on accessories