The images linked below show some of the different sorts of bibs and aprons seen on babies and small children in 15th and 16th century artwork.
- St. Anne and the Three Marys, The Book of Hours of Étienne Chevalier (BNF NAL 1416), 1452-1460
- Joseph in The St. Anne Altarpiece by Quentin Massys, 1507-1508
- Triptych with the Holy Kinship and the Trinity with members of the Merode-Petershem family, southern Netherlands, c. 1510
Goo hom, lytyl babe, and sytt on þi moderys lappe! And put a mokador aforn þi brest, And pray þi modyr to fede þe with þe pappe. Play 21 from the N-Town Cycle, ll. 41-43
- Two pairs of farmers with children at a covered table by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, c. 1525-1569
- Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559
- Matthaus is ill at the age of three, Schwartz Trachtenbuch, 1561
- Pierre de Moucheron, Merchant of Middelburg and Antwerp, and his family, 1563
- The Banquet by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo, c. 1565
- Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568
- Antonius Anselmus, his wife and their children by Marten de Vos, 1577
- A young boy by Jacob Willemsz Delff I, 1581
- Portrait of a girl of the Walenburg family by Hans von Aachen, 1582
- Emilia Antwerpiana van Nassau, c. 1582
- Otto van Veen painting, surrounded by his family, 1584
- Miniature portrait of an infant by Isaac Oliver, c. 1590
- Barbara Gamage, Lady Sidney, later Countess of Leicester, with two sons and four daughters, c. 1596
- Portrait of a girl with a rattle and a doll by Jan Claesz, c. 1609
- Portrait of a young girl, early 17th century
- Susanna de Vos by Cornelis de Vos, 1627
- Portrait of a child holding a racket by Cornelis de Vos
- A family group, c. 1655
- Infante Felipe Próspero by Diego Velázquez, 1659
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