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<<<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>>>>>> *** Probably because it is Giovanni Bahuet in which many of his paintings are in a private collection in Mantua. http://www1.cuny.edu/portal_ur/news/cuny_matters/march_04/gallery_center.htm l "Another type of ceremonial costume is Vincenzo Gonzaga's attire for his 1587 coronation as Duke of Mantua. A great deal of research was necessary to recreate a costume which is described at length in contemporary chronicles and depicted in paintings by Giovanni Bahuet (private Collection, Mantua) and Rubens (Palazzo Ducale, Mantua). Made of white satin, embroidered gold, silver, and pearls and topped with an ermine cape, it is the most lavish and costly of all the costumes in the exhibition." De _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
