Wide Brimmed Hats - Source Images

These are some of the 17th century images that have inspired my Cavalier hats. Many of these images link to larger versions.

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1648

Portrait of Prince Wladyslaw IV Vasa by Peter Paul Rubens, -1624-1630

1576 Detail from John Foxe's woodcut depicting Anne Askew's story of examination and martyrdom. Awesome wide brimmed hat! Link to full image. Not many other hats in it, though :(

Detail from Martin Van Cleve, Fete de St Georges

By Jacob De Gheyn, 1608 Link to this and a lot of other De Gheyn images

By Abraham_Bosse 1635 Link to full image

From the Rijksmuseum in Amserdam

Detail from Rembrandt's: "'De Staalmeesters" 1662

Schuttersmaaltijd ter viering van de Vrede van Munster, Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1648

Detail from Rembrandt's Portrait of Jan Six, 1654

Ladies in Cavaliaer Hats

The images below are from 1645, by Wenceslaus Hollar, who published a series of engravings depicting the costume of women in England. He was a 17th century engraver who was born in Prague, and spent most of his career in England. He published over two thousand drawings.

Click to view a series of Wenceslau Hollar Images.

And Click here to view some more 1640s  Hollar Fashion engravings. :)

Check out my versions of these styles