The Pink gown is by Bronzino and supposed to be Eleonora's "wedding" gown-- the dress in which she made her formal entrance into Florence. Florentines liked color and probably would not have liked the black gown she wore when she landed in Pisa...
The dress in which she was buried in, was a solid satin, not the patterned dress in black gold and white (silver?). Her burial dress was something that she had worn before, and was not especially made for her to wear in her coffin. Remember, she died in Pisa, in December 1562, was not embalmed after she died, was transported to Florence and was buried. They probably dressed her in a hurry (ugh), because of the state of her body. You might be thinking of the red gown that was on display in Memphis last year. It was found in Pisa on a statue of the BVMary, at/near the convent/church that Eleonora had endowed... http://www.wonders.org/masters8.htm The dresses worn by Eleonora in her Bronzino portraits usually don't have that center strip down the CF. You can surmise that is there from the pictures where she wears a zimarra (surcoat). Where you do see the strip come from the hands of copyists, or students of Bronzino or from his workshop-- not from the master himself. The Alorri portrait in Francisco's Studiolo is posthumous. The standing color style looks to be to late to actually be worn by Eleonora. Regards- Monica Spence (SCA: Catriona MacDuff) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan B. Farmer Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:00 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Tudor Tailor....a review Quoting Sue Clemenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Truly? I've seen a couple of books and museums claim that, but it's always > the wrong dress. Which painting are you referring to? > --Sue (16th century geek ;o) I believe that it's this painting (and I can't remember if it's a Bronzino or an Allori) http://www.tudor-portraits.com/ElenoraToledo4.jpg Well, drat -- no it's not. There's no trim up the center-front. *sigh* That's the one that I was thinking of anyway. *sigh* Susan >> >> Another earlier example is the Eleanor of Toledo "burial dress" -- she >> also wore it when she was alive and was painted in this gown at least >> once (so you can't say it was pieced because she was buried in it) >> > http://epee.goldsword.com/sfarmer/SCA/Paintings/EleanoraBurialDress-150.jpg > > ----- Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
