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Illustration by Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934)

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Portrait of Dansih noblewoman Mette Rosenkrantz, c 1567

Portrait of Dansih noblewoman Mette Rosenkrantz, c 1567

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Silk house dress designed by Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill, c. 1920-21

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#eduard josef wimmer wisgill  #1920s  #vintage  #fashion  #vintage fashion  #fashion history  #20th century  #20th c. costume  #costume  #photography  #mdpvintage  #mdpcostume 
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Portrait de Mademoiselle Rossolin by Raphaël Collin, 1889

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#1889  #1880s  #raphael collin  #feance  #19th c. france  #19th century  #mdp19th c. 
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Olive Borden,from the 1927 film “The Joy Girl”

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#1927  #1920s  #vintage  #vintage fashion  #film costume  #the joy girl  #photography  #actress  #mdpvintage  #mdptheatre  #costume  #fashion  #20th century 
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Miniature portrait of a fashionable young lady; circle of George Chinnery (1774-1852)

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#george chinnery  #miniature  #mdp19th c.  #regency  #britain  #19th c. britain  #early 19th century  #19th century 
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Mrs. Harold Burke by James Jebusa Shannon, circa 1898

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#19th century  #james jebusa shannon  #1890s  #mdp19th c. 
“The Chess Party” by Pablo Salinas y Teruel (1871–1946)

“The Chess Party” by Pablo Salinas y Teruel (1871–1946) 

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#Pablo Salinas y Terue  #historical  #18th century  #mdp19th c.  #historical art 

Dante and Beatrice from Dante’s Divina Commedia, Manuscript (Cod. It. IX. 276) Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, made by an Italian miniaturist, c. 1380-1400 

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#14th century  #late 14th century  #mdp14th c.  #italy  #14th c. italy  #illuminated manuscript 
Empress Elisabeth Christine Johann Gottfried Auerbach, c. 1730

Empress Elisabeth Christine Johann Gottfried Auerbach, c. 1730

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#sovereign  #austria  #18th c. austria  #holy roman empire  #18th c. holy roman empire  #1730s  #18th century  #mdp18th  #johan gottfried auerbach 

Statues of Saints Catherine and Dorothea, Dominikanermuseum Rottweil museum in , c. 1515-1520

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#16th century  #mdpsculpture  #sculpture  #religious art  #16th c. germany  #germany  #german style  #16th c. sculpture  #1510s  #1520s  #early 16th century 
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Portrait of a lady by François Clouet ( c. 1510 – 1572)

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#francois clouet  #france  #16th century  #16th c. france  #mdp16th c.  #mid 16th century 
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Maria Theresa, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria, 1880s

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#1880s  #austria  #19th c. austria  #19th c. costume  #costume  #photography  #mdpcostume  #archduchess  #19th cnetury 
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Lucanian, ancient civilization in Southern Italy, tomb frescoes, 4th c. BC

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#tomb murals  #tomb  #murals  #mdpancient  #ancient art  #lucanian  #lucania  #ancient italy 
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Pauline in Paris by Herbert James Gunn, 1936

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#Herbert James Gunn  #1938  #1930s  #20th century  #mdp20th c. 
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