Wow, that is an awesome painting! I've forgotten how fabulous the old masters, especially Rembrandt were. Most of the time when folks post a painting for reference I just look at the article of clothing or details that are being referenced, but this one just knocked my socks off as a work of art. And I love the outfit. If I can't get my FI interested in having one, I might just have to make something like it for myself! :-) Annette M
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 1 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:29:26 +0000 From: "Kate M Bunting" Subject: Re: [h-cost] Glove pic I can only think of Rembrandt's portrait of Jan Six. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rembrandt/jan_six.jpg.html has links to 2 articles which discuss the significance of the gloves in this picture. Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15/03/2006 12:48 >>> What is the reason that several Dutch portraits have the person wearing one glove and holding the other? Most of them are on the right hand but the one of Valois one is on the left. If nothing else, I've been introduced to the massive amounts of portraits from the references in this discussion board. --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume