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Hans Eworth - Portrait of a woman, aged sixteen, previously identified as Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk, 1565 - Google Art Project

Hans Eworth - Portrait of a woman, aged sixteen, previously identified...

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Portrait of a Woman - Google Art Project (2472109)

Portrait of a Woman - Google Art Project (2472109)

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Anne of Denmark by John de Critz the Elder

Anne of Denmark by John de Critz the Elder

Anne of Denmark (1574-1619), wearing a white farthingale dress and pearl sash

Jane Grey - Public domain portrait painting

Jane Grey - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain image - 16th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Queen Elizabeth I ('The Ditchley portrait') by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger

Queen Elizabeth I ('The Ditchley portrait') by Marcus Gheeraerts the Y...

Queen Elizabeth I standing on a map of England. Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Queen Elizabeth I from NPG (3) - Public domain portrait painting

Queen Elizabeth I from NPG (3) - Public domain portrait painting

Queen Elizabeth I, by unknown artist. See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. Al... More

Streathamladyjayne, portrait - Public domain portrait painting

Streathamladyjayne, portrait - Public domain portrait painting

The Streatham Portrait of Lady Jane Grey. Public domain photograph of 16th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elizabeth I Steven Van Der Meulen

Elizabeth I Steven Van Der Meulen

Depicted person: Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603) Public domain photograph of 16th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester

Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester

Portrait of Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (1556–1621) Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain ph... More

British School 17th century - Portrait of Anne Wortley, Later Lady Morton - Google Art Project

British School 17th century - Portrait of Anne Wortley, Later Lady Mor...

Public domain image - 18th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Picryl description: Public domain image - 16th-17th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image - 16th-17th-century female por...

Public domain image - 16th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description image - Picryl description image - Picryl description.

Picryl description: Public domain image - 16th-17th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image - 16th-17th-century female por...

Public domain image - 16th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description image - Picryl description.

Frans Luycx - Maria of Austria, Queen of Hungary

Frans Luycx - Maria of Austria, Queen of Hungary

Maria of Austria, Queen of Hungary Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alonso Sánchez Coello 011 - Public domain portrait painting

Alonso Sánchez Coello 011 - Public domain portrait painting

Español: Retrato de la infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia (1566-1633), que fue hija del rey Felipe II de España, esposa del archiduque Alberto de Austria y también soberana y posteriormente gobernadora de los Países Bajos.

Frans Hals 045 -  The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting

Frans Hals 045 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Farthingale - Pearson Scott Foresman Archives
Farthingale 2 - Pearson Scott Foresman Archives

Farthingale 2 - Pearson Scott Foresman Archives

A support, such as a hoop, worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally from the waist, used by European women in the 1500s and 1600s.

Elizabeth I of England Hardwick 1592

Elizabeth I of England Hardwick 1592

The "Hardwick Hall" portrait of Elizabeth I of England. Public domain photograph of 16th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elizabeth Vernon Countess of Southampton 1603

Elizabeth Vernon Countess of Southampton 1603

Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southampton, probably dressed for the coronation of James I of England in 1603 in white with her countess's coronet and mantle

Gerard Du Chateau 001 - Public domain portrait painting

Gerard Du Chateau 001 - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Maria de' Medici and her son Louis XIII by Charles Martin

Maria de' Medici and her son Louis XIII by Charles Martin

Public domain image of portrait painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

English School Portrait of a Lady in Black 1595-1605

English School Portrait of a Lady in Black 1595-1605

Portrait of a Lady, probably Elizabeth Southwell née Howard (d. 1646), eldest daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Catherine Howard, Countess of Nottingham, as a widow.

English School Portrait of a Lady with Roses 1595-1606

English School Portrait of a Lady with Roses 1595-1606

Portrait of a Lady, probably Frances Howard, dowager Countess of Kildare (c.1572 – 1628), later Baroness Cobham, daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Catherine Howard, Countess of Nottingham.

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Blanche Parry (1508–1590) (cropped)

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Blanche Parry (1508–1590) (cropped)

Cymraeg: Un o gyfeillion mynwesol (neu Chief Gentlewoman) a Cheidwad Tlysau Elisabeth I, brenhines Lloegr, oedd Blanche Parry (1507/8 – 12 Chwefror 1590) a darddai o deulu ardal y gororau. English: Blanche Pa... More

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Blanche Parry (1508–1590)

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Blanche Parry (1508–1590)

Cymraeg: Un o gyfeillion mynwesol (neu Chief Gentlewoman) a Cheidwad Tlysau Elisabeth I, brenhines Lloegr, oedd Blanche Parry (1507/8 – 12 Chwefror 1590) a darddai o deulu ardal y gororau. English: Blanche Pa... More

Eliz bohemia 2 - Public domain portrait painting

Eliz bohemia 2 - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain image - 17th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Gheeraerts Boy Aged 2 1608

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Gheeraerts Boy Aged 2 1608

Portrait of a boy aged two Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Queen Elizabeth I ('The Ditchley portrait') by Marcus Gheeraerts the YoungerFXD
Anthonis Mor Margaret of Parma c 1559FXD

Anthonis Mor Margaret of Parma c 1559FXD

Portrait of Margaret of Parma, duchess of Parma and governor of the Netherlands

Elizabeth I Palazzo Pitti Florence

Elizabeth I Palazzo Pitti Florence

Portrait of Elizabeth I of England, now in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence. A variant of the Ditchley portrait.

Anne of Denmark 1605 - Public domain portrait painting

Anne of Denmark 1605 - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of Anne of Denmark; oil on panel, National Maritime Museum, London Français : Anne de Danemark (1574-1619), reine d'Angleterre

Ball Henri III detail - A painting of a group of people dressed in period clothing

Ball Henri III detail - A painting of a group of people dressed in per...

Ball at the Court of Henry III of France.Français : Bal à la cour d’Henri III, peinture, école française, 2e moitié du XVIe s. Musée du Louvre, INV8730

Ball Henri III - A painting of a group of people standing around

Ball Henri III - A painting of a group of people standing around

Ball at the Court of Henry III of France.Français : Bal à la cour d’Henri III, peinture, école française, 2e moitié du XVIe s. Musée du Louvre, INV8730

Crispin van de Passe after Oliver Queen Elizabeth I

Crispin van de Passe after Oliver Queen Elizabeth I

Engraving of Elizabeth I of England, published after the Queen's death in 1603

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Elizabeth I c 1592

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Elizabeth I c 1592

A "softened" and flattering version of the Ditchley Portrait. Public domain photograph of 16th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unknown Lady Robert Peake c1592

Unknown Lady Robert Peake c1592

Portrait of an unknown lady in a black dress, with a white embroidered bodice and ruff, holding a book in her right hand.

Mary Fitton c. 1595 - Public domain portrait painting

Mary Fitton c. 1595 - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of Mary Fitton, Maid of Hounour to Elizabeth I of England.

Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southampton attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger

Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southampton attributed to Marcus Gheerae...

Portrait of Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton (née Vernon) Public domain photograph of 16th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dorothy Lady Dormer - Public domain portrait painting

Dorothy Lady Dormer - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of Dorothy, Lady Dormer (1577 - ?), daughter of Sir Robert, 1st Baron Dormer, of Wing (1552-1616)and wife of Henry Hudleston of Sawston.

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Ellen Maurice

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Ellen Maurice

Portrait of Ellen or Ellin Maurice (1578-1626). Public domain photograph of 16th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

English School Portrait of a Lady 1595-1606

English School Portrait of a Lady 1595-1606

Portrait of a Lady 1595-1606, formerly called Elizabeth I of England but now thought to be Catherine Carey, wife of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, wearing a richly embroidered bodice and petticoat. A... More

1575 Anna Katharina - Public domain portrait painting

1575 Anna Katharina - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575-1612)Deutsch: Anna Katharina von Brandenburg

Katherine Bassett - Public domain portrait painting

Katherine Bassett - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of Katherine Basset Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Bassett - Public domain portrait painting

Mary Bassett - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of Mary Basset Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alžbieta Sofja Radzivił (Hohenzollern). Альжбета Соф’я Радзівіл (Гогенцолерн) (1613)

Alžbieta Sofja Radzivił (Hohenzollern). Альжбета Соф’я Радзівіл (Гоген...

Беларуская (тарашкевіца): Партрэт Альжбеты Соф'і Гогенцолерн (Alžbieta Sofja Hohenzollern, 1589-1629), жонкі Януша Радзівіла (Januš Radzivił). English: Portrait of Elisabeth Sophie Hohenz... More

Catherine Howard Lady Thynne William Larkin

Catherine Howard Lady Thynne William Larkin

Portrait of Catherine Howard, second wife of Sir Thomas Thynne. Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diego Velázquez - Queen Isabel, Standing - WGA24385

Diego Velázquez - Queen Isabel, Standing - WGA24385

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Isabel de Borbón, by Diego Velázquez

Isabel de Borbón, by Diego Velázquez

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Cittadini Simonetta Cavazzi della Somaglia

Cittadini Simonetta Cavazzi della Somaglia

Public domain photo of an Italian art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Anna of Austria by Rubens (1622-1625, Norton Simon Museum)

Anna of Austria by Rubens (1622-1625, Norton Simon Museum)

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Anne of Denmark-1605 - Public domain portrait painting

Anne of Denmark-1605 - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of Anne of Denmark; oil on panel, National Maritime Museum, London Français : Anne de Danemark (1574-1619), reine d'Angleterre

Germaine de Foix1 - Public domain portrait painting

Germaine de Foix1 - Public domain portrait painting

Deutsch: Germaine de Foix, zweite Ehefrau von Ferdinand II. von Spanien

Ball at the Valois court, c. 1580

Ball at the Valois court, c. 1580

detail Public domain photograph of 16th-century painting, renaissance or mannerist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christian IV and Anne Cathrine - Public domain portrait painting

Christian IV and Anne Cathrine - Public domain portrait painting

King Christian IV of Denmark and his first wife Anne Catherine of Brandenburg. It was originally two separate portraits. The King was painted by Pieter Isaacsz, c. 1612 Chr. IV og Anne Cathrine, 1612. Rosenborg Castle

Circle Of Juan Carreno De Miranda

Circle Of Juan Carreno De Miranda

Portrait of Marie Louise of Orléans (1662–1689), Queen consort of Spain Español: Doña María Luisa de Orleans/ Retrato de Doña Maria Luisa de Borbón

Elizabeth I Armada Portrait British School

Elizabeth I Armada Portrait British School

Elizabeth I of England, the Armada Portrait, possibly commissioned by Sir Francis Drake. Oil on panel, 110.5 x 127 cm (43½ x 50 in.). Other versions of the Armada portrait are by different artists.

Elizabeth I Jesus College - Public domain portrait painting

Elizabeth I Jesus College - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603) Public domain photograph of 16th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

English School Egerton Sisters 2

English School Egerton Sisters 2

Called (inaccurately) Princess Elizabeth of England, the later Queen Elizabeth of England I., at the age of three (right), at the age of five (left) and at the age of six (middle). The fashions are of the 17th ... More

English School Egerton Sisters - Public domain portrait painting

English School Egerton Sisters - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of the Egerton Sisters, Elizabeth, Vere and Mary Egerton, c. 1601-1602, daughters of Thomas Egerton (d. 1599), elder son of Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley and Lord Chancellor, see [1].

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Gheeraerts Barbara Gamage with Six Children

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Gheeraerts Barbara Gamage with Six Children

Barbara Gamage, Lady Sidney, later Countess of Leicester, with two sons and four daughters.

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Gheeraerts Unknown Lady 1618

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Gheeraerts Unknown Lady 1618

Portrait of an Unknown Lady Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Anne of Denmark Gheeraerts

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Anne of Denmark Gheeraerts

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Infanta Maria Teresa (1638-1683, future Queen of France) by Juan Carreño de Miranda

Infanta Maria Teresa (1638-1683, future Queen of France) by Juan Carre...

La Infanta Maria Teresa (1638-1683) (see talk page for the reason for the change to the identity of sitter)

Juan Carreño de Miranda 009 - Public domain portrait painting

Juan Carreño de Miranda 009 - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of Marie Louise of Orléans (1662–1689), Queen consort of Spain

Dräkt, Fransk adelsdam, Nordisk familjebok

Dräkt, Fransk adelsdam, Nordisk familjebok

Svenska: Fransk adelsdam (1650) English: French nobleman (1650). This medici collar is not quite as high or as rigid as some are, but the shape and color and period are correct for the style.

Elizabethan People - Farthingale and hose

Elizabethan People - Farthingale and hose

Illustration of farthingale and hose. Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alaksandra Tyškievič (Čartaryjskaja). Аляксандра Тышкевіч (Чартарыйская) (1794)

Alaksandra Tyškievič (Čartaryjskaja). Аляксандра Тышкевіч (Чартарыйска...

Public domain image of portrait painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Un bal à la cour d'Henri III - Drawing. Public domain image.

Un bal à la cour d'Henri III - Drawing. Public domain image.

Ball at the Court of Henry III of France.Français : Bal à la cour d’Henri III, peinture, école française, 2e moitié du XVIe s. Musée du Louvre, INV8730

Unknown Lady Segar - Public domain portrait painting

Unknown Lady Segar - Public domain portrait painting

Unknown Lady Public domain photograph of 16th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elizabeth 1592 - Public domain portrait painting

Elizabeth 1592 - Public domain portrait painting

Elizabeth I (the Hardwick House portrait) Public domain photograph of female portrait, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

English School Portrait of a Lady 1595-1605 in white

English School Portrait of a Lady 1595-1605 in white

Portrait of a Lady, probably Elizabeth Southwell, granddaughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, as a maid of honour to Elizabeth I of England. Possibly Elizabeth, Frances or Margaret Howard, daughte... More

Robert Peake the Elder Lady in a Blackwork Petticoat

Robert Peake the Elder Lady in a Blackwork Petticoat

Robert Peake the Elder, Portrait of a Woman, Traditionally Identified as Mary Clopton (born Waldegrave), of Kentwell Hall, Suffolk

Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton, 1603

Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton, 1603

Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton, in robes for the coronation of James I/VI

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Marcus Gheeraerts Princess Elizabeth Stuart 1612

Marcus Gheeraerts II - Marcus Gheeraerts Princess Elizabeth Stuart 161...

Portrait of a Lady, called Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Retrato de la reina Isabel de Borbón, by Diego Velázquez

Retrato de la reina Isabel de Borbón, by Diego Velázquez

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Diego Velázquez 069 - Public domain portrait painting

Diego Velázquez 069 - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Anonymous Portrait of a lady in a black dress with a fan

Anonymous Portrait of a lady in a black dress with a fan

Public domain image - 17th-18th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Diego Velázquez 067 - Public domain portrait painting

Diego Velázquez 067 - Public domain portrait painting

Deutsch: Abgebildete Person: Königin Maria Anna Tochter d. Ferdinand III. von Habsburg Österreich

Retrato de la infanta Margarita, by Martínez del Mazo after Velázquez

Retrato de la infanta Margarita, by Martínez del Mazo after Velázquez

Public domain image - 17th-18th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Anne Russell Lady Herbert later Countess of Worcester

Anne Russell Lady Herbert later Countess of Worcester

Portrait of Anne Russell, Lady Herbert, later Countess of Worcester (d. 1639) with a small dog and feather fan. Coats of arms of the sitter's husband Henry Somerset, Lord Herbert, later 5th Earl & 1st Marquess... More

Anthonis Mor Margaret of Parma c 1559

Anthonis Mor Margaret of Parma c 1559

Portrait of Margaret of Parma, duchess of Parma and governor of the Netherlands

Henry III, of France and the princess Louise of Lorraine

Henry III, of France and the princess Louise of Lorraine

Русский: Генрих III и Людовика Лотарингская English: Henry III and Louise of Lorraine Dansk: Henry III og Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont - nogen af de første som brugte korset

Hilliard Elizabeth Stuart and Son c. 1615

Hilliard Elizabeth Stuart and Son c. 1615

Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine (later Queen of Bohemia) and holding the leading strings of her son Frederick Henry, pen and ink over graphite on vellum, The British Museum

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen 005 - Public domain portrait painting

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen 005 - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain image - 16th-17th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Pedro García de Benabarre St John Retable Detail

Pedro García de Benabarre St John Retable Detail

Retable of St. John the Baptist - detail of Salome and ladies wearing early verdugados (farthingales) or hoop skirts

Verdugada

Verdugada

The figure of Salome from Retable of St. John the Baptist , cut out from the rest of the image to highlight her early hoop-skirt or "verdugada," a precursor of the farthingale and the crinoline.

Bartolomé González y Serrano 005

Bartolomé González y Serrano 005

Public domain image - 17th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Mary Fitton - Public domain portrait painting

Mary Fitton - Public domain portrait painting

Mary Fitton Public domain photograph of 16th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo 007

Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo 007

Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria while an infant (1638-1683)

Eliz bohemia 3 - Public domain portrait painting

Eliz bohemia 3 - Public domain portrait painting

Elizabeth Stuart, eldest daughter of James I/VI of England and Scotland. She married Frederick V, Elector Palatine, and briefly ruled as queen of Bohemia. Nicknamed the Winter Queen, because of the short tenure... More

Dress of Constance of Austria

Dress of Constance of Austria

Public domain image of early renaissance art, 15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frans Hals - Merry Trio - Public domain portrait painting

Frans Hals - Merry Trio - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain image of portrait painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Katharinavon Medici - Public domain portrait painting

Katharinavon Medici - Public domain portrait painting

Deutsch: Katharina von Medici, Frau von Heinrich II. und Königin von Frankreich

Isabella von Bourbon by Diego Velázquez - 2

Isabella von Bourbon by Diego Velázquez - 2

Public domain image - 17th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Isabel de Borbón, from Statens Museum for Kunst, by Diego Velázquez

Isabel de Borbón, from Statens Museum for Kunst, by Diego Velázquez

Public domain image - 17th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Mariana of Austria (Velázquez, c. 1652)

Mariana of Austria (Velázquez, c. 1652)

Public domain image - 17th-18th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Mariade Medici 02 - Public domain portrait painting

Mariade Medici 02 - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of Maria de' Medici in full regalia. She was the wife of Henry IV of France. Copy of the version in the Louvre, Paris. (see File:Frans Pourbus (II) 007.jpg).

Historical Hoopskirts - Public domain portrait painting

Historical Hoopskirts - Public domain portrait painting

Examples of pre-19th century hoopskirts. The images are: Upper left: The so-called "Snake Goddess", as discovered and restored by Arthur Evans. 1600 BCE. Details (and even the whole object) could be a fake. Mi... More