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Description: | This young girl's dress, hairstyle and jewellery suggest that she was portrayed in the first half of the seventeenth century. The shape of her collar and the short curly hair are particularly representative of that time, the reign of Louis XIII. However, she does not wear the black overdress commonly assorted with light-coloured garments. Her skirts are not visible, but it is likely that she would have been wearing three of them, each one on top of the next. As for the rather simple hairstyle shown here, one theory is that the influence of Jansenism, an austere code of morals, restricted the use of superfluous ornaments and complicated styles. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: French School Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8924... | Go to resource |
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