On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Kathy Page wrote: > I found this painting in an Italian book (funny, that given the > language the citation I can't read below the painting is written in. > *G*) And fell in love with this dress, but I can't find barely > anything about the painter, the sitter or the location of the painting > in vain hope of finding a colour copy. Does anyone have any clues? > http://ca.geocities.com/absynthe30/avatars/bahuet.jpg
No clues, but something doesn't feel right about the portrait; the face seems Victorian. It may be a later copy, or perhaps if this is an older book (pre-photography), it is an engraving intended to show the painting. I can't tell from the online version whether it is an engraving, but that should be obvious from the book itself. At worst it is a forgery, but that is less likely than the alternatives. At best it is indeed c. 1540, and just an unusual style for the time. A citation for the book you found this in, with year, might be useful. I can't find Jean Bahuet in my dictionary of artists, nor on a websearch, save in 18th and 19th c. geneaologies, which might of course be referring to some other Jean Bahuet(s). --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
