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Blackwork embroidery was used in many forms on a variety of different garments.
This gallery is intended to assist costumers in looking at ways of incorporating blackwork embroidery (and its various styles) into Renaissance-era costume: women’s clothing, women’s headwear, men’s clothing, and men’s headwear.
- St. Barbara by Hans Holbein the Elder, 1516
- A lady by Bernardino Luini, c. 1520-1525
- A lady by Bartolomeo Veneto, 1520s
- A young lady by Bartolomeo Veneto, c. 1520-1530
- Laura Pisani by Gabriele Cappellini, 1525
- Anna Meyer in The Darmstadt Madonna by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1526 and after 1528; see also the preliminary sketch, c. 1526
- A lady in green, possibly the daughter of Matteo Soffaroni by Agnolo Bronzino, c. 1528-1532
- A woman with a parrot by Barthel Beham, 1529 (h/t Katrine De Saint Brieuc)
- A lady in green by Agnolo Bronzino
- A lady by Pierfrancesco di Jacopo Foschi, c. 1530-1535
- A courtesan (Antea) by Parmigianino, c. 1530-1535
- Portrait of a lady in green by Agnolo Bronzino, c. 1530-1532
- A woman copied from a portrait by Agnolo Bronzino
- A young woman, c. 1535
- Margaret More, wife of William Roper by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535-1536
- Jane Seymour by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1536 (detail from cuffs)
- Jane Seymour by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1537
- Mrs. Pemberton by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1540
- Lady Dacre by Hans Eworth, 1540
- A woman with a cat by Ambrosius Benson, c. 1540-1550
- An unknown woman, formerly known as Catherine Howard, a late 17th century copy of a c. 1541 portrait
- An unknown lady by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1541
- Anna of Lorraine after a portrait by Jan van Scorel, c. 1542
- Lady Margaret Butts by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1543
- Princess Mary by Master John, 1544
- Katherine Parr
- Lady Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney attributed to Hans Eworth, c. 1550-1560
- A Lady, said to be Cecily Bodenham, c. 1550s
- The Outdoor Concert and The Rustic Concert
- Jacquemyne Buuck by Pieter Pourbus, 1551
- Queen Mary
- Queen Mary by Anthonis Mor van Dashorst, 1554
- Queen Mary, c. 1555
- Mary I (painted c. 1600)
- The Artist’s Sisters Playing Chess by Sofonisba Anguissola, 1555
- Anna-Regula Schärer by Hans Asper, 1558 (h/t Katrine De Saint Brieuc)
- Mary Tichborne, 1565
- Mary Hill, Mrs. Mackwillian, 1567
- Detail from a portrait of Archduchess Anna of Austria by Nicolas Neufchâtel, 1567
- Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Parma, c. 1567-1569
- Lady Kytson by George Gower, 1573
- Queen Elizabeth (The Phoenix Portrait), c. 1575-1576
- An unknown woman, aged 36 by Nicholas Hilliard, 1576
- Queen Elizabeth (The Pelican Portrait), c. 1575-1580
- Queen Elizabeth
- Woman's smock (V&A T.113 to 118-1997), c. 1575-1585
- Alice Hilliard by Nicholas Hilliard, 1578
- Chrysogona Baker, Lady Dacre, as a Child of Six c. 1578-1579
- Portrait of a lady in an embroidered dress by an artist in the circle of Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
- Frances, Lady Brydges, 1579
- Queen Elizabeth playing the lute, c. 1580
- Mary Cornwallis, Countess of Bath by George Gower, c. 1580
- Jennet Parkinson, wife of Cuthbert Hesketh of Whitehill, Lancashire by George Gower, 1580
- Portrait of a lady (possibly Hester Puckering) holding a book, c. 1580
- Queen Elizabeth, c. 1580-1585
- Elizabeth, Lady Trelawny, née Killigrew c. 1580-1590
- Queen Elizabeth by John Bettes the Younger, c. 1585-1590
- Queen Elizabeth, c. 1585-1590
- A lady by Nicholas Hilliard, c. 1585-1590
- The Falkland Tunic, c. 1586
- An unknown lady by John Bettes, 1587
- Elizabeth Brydges by Hieronimo Custodis, 1589
- Cushion cover made from a woman's dress, late 16th century; Christie's Sale 9225, Lot 1 is probably another part of the same dress
- Queen Elizabeth, 1590
- Portrait of a lady by George Gower, c. 1590
- Portrait of Mary Kytson, Lady Darcy of Chiche, later Lady Rivers, c. 1590
- Queen Katherine Parr, c. 1590
- Portrait of an unknown lady attributed to Robert Peake the Elder, c. 1592
- Pair of sleeve panels (V&A T.31&A-1975), c. 1590-1610
- A stomacher (V&A T.15-1948), c. 1590-1610
- Unknown lady by Robert Peake, c. 1592
- Lady Frances Howard, Countess of Kildare
- A lady (possibly Mistress Holland) by Nicholas Hilliard, 1593
- Queen Elizabeth, c. 1595
- An unknown lady, c. 1595
- Esther Inglis, 1595
- Joan Alleyn, 1596
- Blackwork embroidery, including an apron
- A woman (Queen Elizabeth?)
- A stomacher (V&A T.14-1948), c. 1605-1615
- Woman's smock, c. 1610
- Woman's jacket (MoL A21990), c. 1610-1620
- Woman's jacket (MoL 59.77a), c. 1610-1620
- Under sleeve of a woman's jacket (V&A T.11-1950), c. 1610-1620
- Unfinished panel of jacket fronts (V&A 252&A-1902), c. 1619-1625
- Waistcoat (V&A T.4-1935), c. 1620-1625
- Woman's skirt (MoL 59.77b), c. 1621-1640
Women's Headwear (see also coifs) See also Blackwork Headwear.
- Coif and forehead cloth attributed to Anne Boleyn
- A coif (V&A T.12-1948), c. 1570-1599
- Unknown woman, formerly Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset by Isaac Oliver, c. 1595
- Two forehead cloths and another panel, probably a stomacher or partlet, late 16th century
- A coif, late 16th century
- A forehead cloth, 16th-17th century
- A coif (V&A T.13-1948), c. 1590-1610
- A coif, c. 1600
- A coif, c. 1600
- A coif, c. 1600
- A coif (MFA 1996.51), c. 1600
- A forehead cloth, c. 1600
- Hood (V&A T.135-1924), c. 1600
- A coif, early 17th century
- A forehead cloth (V&A T.42-1938), early 17th century
- A coif, early 17th century
- A coif, early 17th century
- An unfinished coif, early 17th century
- An early 17th century ENglish coif
- Coif (V&A T.27-1925), c. 1600-1625
- A coif, c. 1600-1630
- Coif, c. 1610-1620
- Forehead cloth (V&A T.42-1938), c. 1625-1650
- The Lacemaker by Caspar Nescher, 1662
- Portrait of a man by Jan Gossaert
- Portrait of a man by Girolamo Romanino, 1516-1519
- Thomas Godsalve and his son by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1528
- Francisco de los Cobos y Molina by Jan Gossaert, c. 1530-1532 (h/t Melinda Sherbring)
- Henry III, Count of Nassau by Jan Gossaert, c. 1530-1532
- Portrait of a man in red, c. 1530-1550
- A man in a red cap by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1534
- Simon George by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535
- Thomas, Lord Vaux by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1535-1540
- An unknown man by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1541
- Edward, Prince of Wales, with a Monkey by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1541-1542
- Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1541-1543
- A gentleman, probably of the West family, c. 1545-1560
- Extant Italian shirts for men or boys, one mid-16th century, one c. 1600-1630
- Albert V, Duke of Bavaria by Hans Mielich
- Sir Edward Hastings, c. 1555
- Ippolito Porto by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo
- James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray by Hans Eworth, 1561
- Henry Lee by Antonis Mor, 1568
- Cosimo I de' Medici, probably before 1574
- Self-portrait of Lattanzio Gambara
- Sir Christopher Hatton, c. 1575
- Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1594
- Blackwork shirt, mid-17th century
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