Flatcaps - Source Images
Flatcaps are the second most common style of 16th century men's headwear. They were varied in shape, size and stiffness, both of the brim and the bag, and are shown both with and without feathers. They in historical images from the 1540s to 1640s, on men young and old, in portraits of royalty and in woodcuts of craftsmen and yeomen. There are extant examples in museums.
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
Published 1620 by by Magdalena de Passe and
Willem de Passe
Tom Ring, Portrait of a Man, 1566.
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Detail (with circles showing different styles) from David Teniers d.J., Zechstube 1641
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medal of Charles IX by Pierre Wœiriot. 1572
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William Brooke (1527–1597), Lord Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports by Antonis Mor Click for large image
Charles IX of France 1561 by François Clouet
Aaand - I absolutely can't find any info on this. Anyone?
Don Carlos 1545-68, son of King Philip II of Spain 1556-98 and Maria of Portugal, 1564
Alonso Sanchez Coello
Bruyn, Abraham de (1540-1587), Imperii ac sacerdotii ornatus , Screen 127
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Sir Christopher Hatton, 1588-1591 by Nicholas Hillyard. Click for link to V and A museum.
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Henri St Didier - the Man. Himself. Wanting to look particularly stylish in the front engraving of his treatise on fencing, and wearing a flatcap.
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Detail from "Gesellschaft im Freien" by Pourbus, Franz the elder. Click to link to full image.
William Cecil Rogers, after Unknown artist1572-1604 Click for full image
From Trevelyon's Miscelleny, 1608
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Unknown artist, 1564. Link to full portrait.
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French Admiral Gaspard de Coligny and leader of the French Protestants, had a definite personal attachment to flatcaps. Fortunately for us, we have a number of representations of the admiral, never wearing any other hat besides a flatcap. (Which suited him nicely, I might add.)
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Another angle of the sculpture in Paris (Gaspard de Coligny) from above left.
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Ladies in Flatcaps
Flatcaps appear in various heights, forms, and shapes, on 16th century ladies of a multitude of classes, nationalities, and ages. I did not find them as early for the ladies, really seeing them predominantly in the 1560s and later, but I've hardly looked at every image available. If you see earlier examples, please let me know; I would love to add them here.
This image and the one to the right are from De Heere's book of 16th century costume illustrations: Théâtre de tous les peuples et nations de la terre avec leurs habits et ornemens divers, tant anciens que modernes, diligemment depeints au naturel par Luc Dheere peintre et sculpteur Gantois
Detail from Braun and Hogenberg
Civitates Orbis Terrarium Dresden map, dresden1572
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Button below leads to am page with links at the bottom of the page to all the Civitates Orbis Terrarium pages! Totally worth a look.
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Jean, Follower of, c.1564 Clouet (16th Century)
Marguerite de Valois
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Detail from A Fête at Bermondsey or A Marriage Feast at Bermondsey. Joris Hoefnagel, 1569 Click for link to full image
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1571 Anne of Austria, Queen of Spain by Alonso Sánchez Coello (Museo Lázaro Galdiano - Madrid Spain)
Listed as Infanta Clara Eugenia, Isabella of Spain, or Joanna of Austria - 1584
Henriette de Clèves (1542–1601), 4th Duchess of Nevers Painting by François Clouet
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SIENA ITALIEN KOSTÜME COSTUME, WEIGEL 1577
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Jost Amman 1568
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Mary Stuart 1558 unknown artist
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Detail from De dood van de rijke vrouw, c. 1595 by Raphael Sadeler. Click to awesome zoomable image.
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