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Monday, 27 September 2010

German 16th century

American Duchess, who I suspect is my costuming twin, has posted 16th century German gowns. I really, really like those. I want one. I still don’t feel like sewing. So here are a few more scantily clad German ladies.
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And a few clad one, for balance.
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The ever present Salome. If it isn’t Judith… Well, the plate in this case suggest a Salome.
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6 comments:

  1. Rowenna27 September 2010 at 14:18

    Great pics! I'd presume that head on silver platter = Salome, too. Judith is usually swinging it like a purse or bundling it up in her skirt (ew.).

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  2. American Duchess27 September 2010 at 19:37

    ooo! you found many I hadn't seen! I'm loving the brown, and the red with the high collar. Mmm..it percolates, it doooess...

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  3. The Dreamstress28 September 2010 at 06:38

    Seriously, I think there was something in the water in 16th century Germany. It's all Judith and Salome and breasts and people who look like they have weird genetic malformations.

    I do like the crazy over-the-top sleeves though.

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  4. Isis29 September 2010 at 19:59

    Rowenna: Yeah, or brandishing a sword.

    American Duchess: Glad you like!

    Dreamstress: I know. Beheaded men were evidently very much "in" ;)

    I do too.

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  5. svenske floyd2 October 2010 at 16:28

    Interesting pics! Those with bare breasts and a knife show Lucretia, a personality from early Roman history. The second last one looks to me like a parody of Cranach's Katharina von Bora, which hangs in the National Museum in Stockholm.

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  6. Isis2 October 2010 at 17:14

    I know, though I suspect that the real reason for painting Lucretia was to have a chance to paint naked breasts.

    I don't think it's a parody as much as a copy painted by somone with less talent than Cranasch. :)

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