> > > > While I have my doubts that this is Coello (the feel of the painting > > is very Netherlandish) and it is post-mortem, the figure with her back > > to us is Isabel de Valois > > Doesn't feel Spanish at all, does it? I was thinking it looked > English. In any case, it looks Northern to me... >
http://www.kalipedia.com/arte/tema/pintura.html?x=20070718klparthis_89.Kes&ap=3 Since I don't have any understanding of the language this site is in, can someone who does, check and see if they tell of the medium for the painting? If it's an oil painting and on panel (wood of some sort) it's more likely to be Northern, while canvas was more typically used for oil paintings in Italy, Spain, and France in this period. There are exceptions to this generalization, of course, but the Northern painters favored wood, the Southern painters favored canvas - it wasn't until sometime after this period that the Northern painters also moved to canvas as well. alex -- "I'm buying this fabric/book now in case I have an emergency...you know, having to suddenly make presents for everyone, sickness,flood, injury, mosquito infestations, not enough silk in the house, it's Friday..." ;) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
