Venetian Clothing

Images of children, and children&# 39;s clothing, in the Renaissanc e. Includes kids from Denmark, England, Flanders, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain; from peasants & paupers to princes & princesses .

Italian men's clothing of the mid-15th century has a distinctive style that involves many different layers. The images in this handout are from the northern part of Italy: Florence, Ferrara, Siena, Venice, and other nearby regions. The relative scarcity of images from southern Italy makes it difficult to say how far south the style extended.

From a regulation of the wearing of pearls (Venetian senate decree 15 October 1562).

Clothing and accessories, as well as articles on an array of other subjects dealing with 16th century Venice.

Image gallery of depictions of Venetian women's clothing from 1400-1600.