Elegantly Dressed Noblewomen

Artistic depictions of noblewomen in ornate garments, featuring rich textures and captivating poses, illustrating the fashion and elegance of their respective eras.

Portrait of Jacoba van Beieren, Countess van Holland, Zeeland and Henegouwen, Hendrik Spilman, after Tako Hajo Jelgersma, after Anonymous, 1745 print Portrait of Jacoba van Beieren, countess of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut, standing to the left. Next to her a coat of arms. In the middle of the top: XXVIII. Haarlem paper etching nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood

Woman of Basel. Wenceslaus Hollar; Czech, 1607-1677. Date: 1644. Dimensions: 90 × 60 mm (sheet, trimmed within platemark). Etching on gray Asian paper. Origin: Bohemia. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Costume Plate (Kabardinien). Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, late 18th to early 19th century. Drawings. Hand-colored engraving

Figurehead. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 49.6 x 33 cm (19 1/2 x 13 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Elizabeth Moutal.

Czech prince in a representative outfit from the 1st of the 11th century, according to the illustration of the so -called "Code of Visegrad" finding in the collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic in Prague; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); 1862 (1862-00-00-1862-00-00);The National Library of the Czech Republic (Prague), Czechs, Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884)-collections, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron-1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, Czech (culture), gift (provenance), evangelical, copies from miniatures, princes, painting, European painting, personalities, foreign personalities, clothing, clothing, men's clothes, foreign clothing, medieval clothing

Young woman with a bunch of flowers, Pieter van den Berge, 1695 - 1697 print A young woman holds a bunch of flowers in her hand, a flower garland falls from her other hand. There is a boy next to her. Print from a series of four prints that portray the four seasons. Under each print, one verse of two lines on Willem III of Oranjes heroic deeds. Amsterdam paper etching spring ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year). flowers

Standing woman. Draughtsman: Henk Henriët. Dating: 1934. Measurements: h 308 mm × w 182 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Royal Létegnoir. (IT)

Excursion in Albania. Albanian countryside, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Duke of York, costume sketch for Henry Irvings Planned Production of King Richard II, Pastel, with fabric, Blue wove, 38.2 × 26.5 cm (15 1/16 × 10 7/16 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors

Calash. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 36 x 26.6 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward L. Loper.

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, 'Vranie chantant avec Damon'. Nicolas Bonnart (France, 1637-1717). France, Paris, 1682-1686. Prints. Hand-colored engraving on paper

Cangrande or Can Francesco della Scala, lord of Verona, 1291-1329. He wears a blue cap, pink cape with hanging sleeves lined with fur, belted scarlet robe, gauntlets and holds a two-handed sword in blue scabbard. From his sarcophagus in the church of Santa Maria Antica, Verona. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from "Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries," Levy Fils, Paris, 1860.

Portrait of Margaretha van Parma, governors of the Netherlands, Anonymous, After Christoffel van Sichem (I), in Or Before 1690 print Portrait of Margaretha van Parma, governors of the Netherlands. Below and above the print text in book print. paper etching / letterpress printing

ANDREA GRITTI - DUX DE VENECIA - SIGLO XVII - ESCUELA ITALIANA - LIENZO - 1,85x0,97 - Nº INVENTARIO 120. Author: ANONIMO (S. XVII). Location: SENADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. DUX DE VENECIA. GRITTI ANDREA / GRITI ANDREA.

Standing woman with a bucket under her arm, Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1790 - 1852, draughtsman: Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1790 - 1852, paper, h 290 mm × w 202 mm

Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155-1214), called the Noble or the one of the Navas. King of Castile from 1159 and King of Toledo. Portrait. Engraving by Antonio Roca. Las Glorias Nacionales, 1853. Author: Antonio Roca Sallent (1813-1864). Spanish engraver.

Ladies Beside a Column and Arcade, Anthony Highmore, 1719-1799, British, Previously attributed to Paul Sandby RA, 1731-1809, British, undated, Gray wash and watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, blued white, moderately textured laid paper, Sheet: 4 1/4 x 3 inches (10.8 x 7.6 cm), arcades, arches, colonnades, columns, figure study, ladies, vines, women

MARTêNEZ COMPAîN Y BUJANDA, Baltasar Jaime (1735-1797). Trujillo del Perœ en el siglo XVIII. 1782 - 1785. Vol 2. Illusration 2. Spanish woman wearing a 'mantilla'. Watercolour. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Palacio Real Library.

German womens fashion and ornament from the late 15th century. Panels of carpet embroidered with foliage from the Bavarian National Museum A,B, and woman in festive clothes from a painting by Hans Holbein C. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by I.M. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

A Roman Lady with a Duenna. Date/Period: Between 1775 and 1780. Drawing. Pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, watercolor and white gouache; verso: gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper. Height: 257 mm (10.11 in); Width: 216 mm (8.50 in). Author: JOHN BROWN.

The figure depicted here represents a French lady of rank around A.D. 1000. The illustration dates to 1882.

Bliżej Kultury Mayer, Carl (1798 1868), Sagnowski, Karol Rafał (1836 1879), Mayer Carl

William O'Keefe, active 1794-1807, A Bundle of Straw, 1795. Etching, hand-colored.

American 20th Century, Figurehead, 1935 1942 Figurehead

- 1400. DAMES DE PARIS.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Der Tod kommt zum alten Weib, Todten-Tantz after Beck, Nöller a. other painters by Georg Max. Theodor Goetz, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Women's costumes from drawings of the first half of the 16th century. A noble woman from the school of Albrecht Durer A, and a housemaid with bucket by Nikolaus Manuel Deutsch B. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by I.M. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Woman of Granada during the Islamic era, Emirate of Granada (1238-1492). Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Peoples of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the New Era," written by Leopold Ziegelhauser, Vienna, 1837. Illustration from Cesare Vecellio's Habiti antichi e moderni, Venice, 1590.

Bertha van Egmond, lady of Culemborg. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: Nicolaes de Kemp (attributed to). Dating: c. 1590 - c. 1593 and/or c. 1600 - c. 1625. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 398 mm × w 292 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

America. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of Margaretha of Parma, Landbeddeaths of Netherlands.portrait or Margaretha of Parma, Land Persons of the Netherlands. Under and Above the Print Text in Letterpress.

Rag Doll. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 66 x 52.3 cm (26 x 20 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 20" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Archie Thompson.

Bloemaert, Frederick, Abraham, Utrecht, 15 small figures, Woman with long veil, verso - stamped, Standing woman with loose-fitting clothing seen from the back. Her face is not visible, her hair is covered by a veil., print, prints, height 120 mm, width 90 mm, 1614 - 1669, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1669, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Majel G Claflin, Bulto, Santa Rita, c 1937 Bulto, Santa Rita

Nawab Mir Jafar Khan (reigned 1704-1726). India, West Bengal, Murshidabad, 1760-1775. Drawings; watercolors. Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper

Ethnological Museum of Muro (section of the Museum of Mallorca) Can Alomar. , Muro, Pla de Mallorca, north-central island, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs"). Date/Period: Ca. 1759. Genre subject. Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, cream, slightly textured laid paper. Height: 197 mm (7.75 in); Width: 149 mm (5.86 in). Author: Paul Sandby.

Jean-Bernard Joanny as Manlius in Manlius Torquatus by Marie-Catherine Desjardins, Theatre Royal de l'Odeon. Handcoloured lithograph by F. Noel after an illustration by Lavigne Marin from Portraits d'Acteurs et d'Actrices dans different roles, F. Noel, Paris, 1825.

History of Italy. 1300. From left to right, 11: dame, 12: Laura (woman idealised by Petrarch in his poems), 13-14: dames. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI, 1885.

Euterpe, Greek muse of song and elegiac poetry, with flute. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prints, or Figures of Fabled Gods), Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c.1820.

Countess of Teisterbant. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: Nicolaes de Kemp (attributed to). Dating: c. 1590 - c. 1593 and/or c. 1600 - c. 1625. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 398 mm × w 292 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Countess van Beusichem, Nicolaes de Kemp (attributed to), c. 1600 - c. 1625 drawing Countess van Beusichem, wife of Count Willem van Beusichem (Boesinchem). She was the daughter of the count of 'Rijpenscheijden' from the Duchy of Luxembourg. Standing back with a weapon in the right hand. Part of an illustrated handwriting with the genealogy of the gentlemen and graves of Culemborg. Northern Netherlands parchment (animal material). ink. watercolor (paint). gouache (paint) painting / writing (processes) Culemborg

MARTêNEZ COMPAîN Y BUJANDA, Baltasar Jaime (1735-1797). Trujillo del Perœ en el siglo XVIII. 1782 - 1785. Vol 2. Plate 17. 'Yndia de Valles con trage de Yglesia'. Indian woman from Valles wearing smart clothes to go the church. Watercolour. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Palacio Real Library.

'Woman Holding a Rose'. Iran, First quarter of the 19th century. Qajar Dynasty. Dimensions: 184x94 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Death Comes to the Empress, Todten-Tantz after Beck, Nöller a. other painters by Georg Max. Theodor Goetz, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Doll - "Phoebe". Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 26.2 cm (14 1/16 x 10 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 1 1/4" high. Medium: watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Eugene Croe.

CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO II, F, 5 - ESPAÑOLA CON MANTO - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The figure pictured here represents Elisabetta Soranzo, the wife of Agostino Barbarigo, the doge of Venice in 1500 A.D. The illustration dates to 1882. .

Countess of Beusichem. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: Nicolaes de Kemp (attributed to). Dating: c. 1590 - c. 1593 and/or c. 1600 - c. 1625. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 398 mm × w 292 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Mrs. Maria Anne Fitzherbert born Smythe 1756 1837. In 1785 she married the Prince of Wales later Georg IV and lived with him until 1803. The marriage was declared illegally after the Royal Marriage Act from 1772, since Mrs. Fitzherbert was Catholic and the approval of Georg III. had not been obtained. Copper engraving., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Jean-Baptiste Firmin as Faustus in the tragedy Sylla by Victor Joseph Etienne de Jouy, Theatre Francais, 1826. Handcoloured lithograph by F. Noel after an illustration by Alexandre-Marie Colin from Portraits d'Acteurs et d'Actrices dans different roles, F. Noel, Paris, 1826.

Cachucha, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the series "National Dances" (N225), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Brothers Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. There were two card variations issued within the series. Type 1 cards display a white border around the edges whereas Type 2 have no border.. Cachucha, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Jutta van der Leck, Lady of Culemborg. Jutta van der Leck, Lady of Culemborg. Wife of Hubrecht IV, Mr. van Culemborg. Full of feet with the arm of the genus Van der Leck. Part of an illustrated handwriting with the genealogy of the men and digging Culemborg.

Differently shaped pieces from a Tangram or Chinese puzzle game. The game sparked a craze in Europe in the early 19th century. Les diverses combinaisons du Casse-tete Chinois. Inventees par Delion, Rue Bourg-l'Abbe, a Paris. Lithograph from Henry Rene dAllemagnes Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906.

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, 'Femme de qualité êtant a L'Eglise'. Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean (France, flourished 1675-1695). France, Paris, 1685. Prints. Hand-colored engraving on paper

Night. La Nuit.. Ripa, Cesare, 1560-1645. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Personification in art, Night , Clothing & dress

MUJER DE LUGO - SIGLO XIX - LITOGRAFIA DE MAGIN PUJADAS. Author: JOVER J.

Médecin, 1300. Watson, Stewart, active 1843-1847. 1840. Watson, Stewart, active 1843-1847. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , Italy, Grand tours (Education), Physicians , 1800-1899, Men , Clothing & dress , 1300-1399

Portrait of Willem III, Prince of Orange. Portrait of Willem III. In the background the Buitenhof and the Vijverberg. Left and top right a weapon with a crown. In the undermaster his name and titles and two columns with four lines of Dutch text.

Azim-ullah Khān Bahādur, the King's barber. Gouache painting by a Persian artist, ca. 1900.

Portrait of Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands. Portrait of Wilhelmina (1880-1962), Queen of the Netherlands. Standing, full of stairs at the top. On the head a diamond diadem, around the shoulders a long ermic mantle. A white ostrich fan in the left hand. From the high commissariat in Djakarta where it is badly damaged during riots in 1960.

Prekrasnaia korolevna Magilena.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Bertha Semple, Rag Doll Susie, c 1937 Rag Doll Susie

Costume design by Benois, for the Russian Ballet 'Petrushka' 1910-11. The Ballet was composed by Igor Stravinsky. Michel Fokine choreographed the ballet; Benois designed the sets and costumes. Petrushka was first performed by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on 13 June 1911. Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois (1870 - 1960) was a Russian artist, art critic, historian, preservationist, and founding member of Mir iskusstva (World of Art), an art movement and magazine.

Tri portreta Petra I i odin Ekateriny I, grav. Ottensom Portraits of Peter the First, engraved by Ottens. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1884 - 1890. Rare Book Division

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Heads: Nunina, 1800. Etching, colored.

Csardas, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the series "National Dances" (N225), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Brothers Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. There were two card variations issued within the series. Type 1 cards display a white border around the edges whereas Type 2 have no border.. Csardas, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Four of Spades, E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, Lithograph on paper, Four of Spades playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Female figure and child depicted in outline, the woman seated on a stool at right with a small child standing on her lap. The woman wears a long dress and a head scarf, the black symbol of the spade covers her face. A few facial features are indicated, depicting a stereotypical black mammy figure. The spade at left is integrated with the boy's image so that it appears as a hat. The two spades below form the cut-out decoration in two stools., Paris, France, late 19th century, toys & games, Playing card, Playing card

The figures represented here are two French nobles in the 1400s. The illustration dates to 1882.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Paysanne de L'Argow'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Frontispice de l'Asie'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Walburgis von Adelsdorf, died 1562. She wears bonnet and wimple, puff-shouldered robe and holds a rosary. From her tombstone in Moembris church near Aschaffenburg. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Sybilla Agrippina. unknown, painter

The then present Royal Family Published May 9th 1795 by Alexander Hogg. Artist: Unknown

PALETA MADRILENA - SIGLO XIX - LITOGRAFIA. Author: PELLICER JULIO.

The Gansevoort Limner (Possibly Pieter Vanderlyn), Susanna Truax, 1730 Susanna Truax

Turkish Lady of Brusa. Date: n.d. Watercolor on paper. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Men's and women's costume, 1510-1550. German noble woman from a lifesize oil painting by Lucas Cranach, Nuremberg bride in bridal crown (Brautkrone) from an original drawing B, burgher "Joerg Bomorberck" by Hans Holbein C, "Meister Bernhart" by Albrecht Durer D, boys playing with toys from coloured woodcuts E,F, and fools from coloured drawings G,H. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Carl O'Bergh, Bulto, c 1938 Bulto

Girl of the Bangs-Phelps Family ca. 1848 Erastus Salisbury Field American Over a fifty-year career that included early training with Samuel F. B. Morse, Field became one of the most successful itinerant painters in antebellum New England and New York State. He developed a repertoire of compositional formulas to depict the features and surroundings of his sitters, who belonged to the emerging rural middle class. Fields portrait of a female member of the Bangs-Phelps family of Springfield, Massachusetts, presents her wearing an oversized, nicely detailed costume and holding a book in her right hand. The background is a soft gray color, with Fields distinctive shaded halo of space encircling the skillfully modeled face and sharply parted hair.. Girl of the Bangs-Phelps Family 10880

Gazette of good tone. Art -Modes & Frivolités, 1924 - No. 8: La Rose de l'Infante / Costume, de Worth, George Barbier, 1924 Standing woman between two columns, on which antique busts. She wears a dress or costume with a wide skirt and in the middle of a rosette, from Worth. In the hands a rose and a handkerchief. Planche 42 from Gazette du Bon Ton 1924, No. 8. paper letterpress printing fashion plates. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). flowers: rose. column, pillar ~ architecture. handkerchief (+ women's clothes). ring (+ women's clothes)

painting in Gouache depicting an Italian peasant in traditional costume. Circa 1850

The Fifth Generation, Kunigunt Derrer. Unknown

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