Nicholas HilliardInghilterra, 1547–1619An Unknown Woman
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Londra, Regno Unito
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Here we can see Hilliard’s close attention to costume and the impact on his miniatures of ever-changing fashions. The lady is unknown, yet she must have been a wealthy woman, judging by her heavy and elaborate jewellery, complete with necklace, chain, earrings, jewels on the front and shoulders of her dress, and a kind of aigrette in her hair. The edges of her starched ruff are also elaborately decorated with red textile ties. In an age when clothes were assumed to be an accurate indicator of status, it was judged essential to wear your wealth, especially when being immortalised in a portrait.
Victoria and Albert Museum
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- P.9-1947
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