De and others wrote: > ... Giovanni Bahuet ...
That would explain that! I wonder why an Italian book used the French form of the name. > "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." Looks like that might be this? http://www.sapere.it/tca/minisite/arte/nonsolomostre/images/tramaoro6.jpg The few other portraits by Bahuet I can find online are too small for me to get a sense of the style. But I'd be interested in knowing the date of the book that has the b/w version of the portrait. More than once I've seen 18th and 19th c. books show an engraving of a work and cite the work to the original artist -- often these reproductions are very faithful, and it's usually the face that gives it away. This makes sense before photography; however, sometimes these b/w engravings are reprinted in much later books, with the credit to the original artist, and no indication that it's essentially a redrawing. Ouch. Also, it's worth seeing if there's a list of image credits in the front or back of the book. This is more common in more recent books, though. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
