|| Anne of Cleves ||
Confirmed depictions: || Holbein portraits || || Bruyn portrait || || Triptychon ||
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||Clothing Elements ||
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||’The Frazzled Frau’||
||Artists by Name||
Quick search of Wiki Commons for artists of the Northern Renaissance
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||North Rhine Westphalia||
|| Anne of Cleves ||
In order to understand the reception and continued myths about Anne of Cleves we have to understand her context. The following research has taken decades to gather and compile. This perhaps helps explain the challenge that past historians have faced.
||The Frock Chick Files||
||The Renaissance Frock||
1519 Kolner Haus
Note: This is a supplement to my Survey in which all items are removed from context. It is recommended that the Survey is read first.
1520s- Mary of Hungary
The gown has been dated to the 1520s based on the fabric weave, the style, and probable connection to Mary of Hungary and Louis II. This connection is not yet substantiated by physical, written, or visual evidence outside the aforementioned style and the potential for the garments to have been presented as gifts to the Mariazell shrine by the royal couple while on a pilgrimage around the time of their wedding.
1540s (?): Schuste, Meisterstückbuch
1545- 1568: Nidermayr, Meisterstückbüch
1567-Breslau Polish cutting guide
1590 (?): Leonfeldner Schnittbuch
1590 (?): Schneidermusterbuch (Enns)
1628 (?): Tailors book of Poznań
Renowacja powtórna sztuk krawieckich, 1747 r. – Archiwum Państwowe, Poznań, 1954 r.
1682: Bruck, Schnittmusterbuch
A Survey of Women’s Clothing of the North Rhine
This survey of clothing terms for women’s dress of the North Rhine started as a small project that grew as documents and sources have been distributed digitally or as copies of hard to find books became available.