Hi Melissa, Brandon and Mary were married in February of 1515; most of the sources I have date the original portrait (showing them both from the waist up) to "shortly after their marriage", so your extrapolated portrait (love the beading and pearls at the hem!) is a mid-fifteen-teens gown. That may well be the best you can do--unless someone can find where the original portrait of Mary and Brandon is kept, and whether that museum or gallery has a full provenance for it?
Good luck--and I wanna see pictures when you get your gown done! :-) Cheers, Meli/Sharon On 8/2/07, Melissa wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > I am embarking on some Tudor costume. I am searching for a citation for > the portrait on this page: > > http://www.explore-parliament.net/nssMovies/02/0296/0296_.htm > > I've looked around the website and cannot find any contact information > for the website itself nor anywhere on the site that gives credit to the > artists for the portraits therein. I've googled until my eyes bled, but > was unable to find the first portrait anywhere else, which leads me to > think it may be a more modern piece (a learned friend suggested perhaps > Victorian). > > The dress in the above seems to be based on this portrait of Mary when > she was married to Charles Brandon, (anon. 1516) here: > > http://tudorhistory.org/groups/brandons.jpg > > As I would like to recreate the dress as accurately as possible, I am > trying to find out if the portrait in the top link is of the period or a > more modern extrapolation. > > While it is definitely a long shot, I'm hoping one of you have seen the > first portrait and can tell me the artist and date of creation. > > As the 2nd portrait was done in 1516, would the bottom half of the dress > (as seen in the first portrait) be appropriate for the time). I'm oh so > new to Tudor costuming and have a sneaking suspicion that the open > fronted skirt comes into fashion a bit later... but I'm a complete > newbie to this so that's based on nothing but having looked at a few > dozen photos. > > Any and all assistance is appreciated. If you haven't seen the first > portrait but would like to brainstorm about possibilities for the bottom > half, I'd love to hear your suggestions! > > Thank you. > > Best, > > Melissa _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
