Aprons

Fols. 49v, 109v, 139r, 139v, 146r, 162v, the Smithfield Decretals (Brit. Lib. Royal 10 E IV). France c. 1300-40

Fols. 163v, 166v, 171v, 172v, 193r, 207r, 207v of the Luttrell Psalter (Brit. Lib. Add. 42130). England, c. 1325-40

A cook or kerver at a feast, Voeux du paon (PML G.24, fol. 44r). Belgium, c. 1350

Cabbage (fol. 23r), leeks (fol. 25r), celery (fol. 30r), dill (fol. 31v), butter, fresh cheese (fol. 60r), white cheese, Tacuinum Sanitatis (ÖNB Codex Vindobonensis, series nova 2644). Italy, c. 1370-1400 

Millet-Bread (fol. 56r), Mutton (fol. 61v), Various Meats (fol. 65) Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF NAL 1673), c. 1390-1400

The badger hunt, Gaston Phoebus' Book of the Hunt (BNF Fr. 616, fol. 100v). France -beginning of 15th C.

Minerva (fol. 13r), and Turia hides her husband (fol. 123v), in Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris (BNF Fr. 598). France - beginning of 15th C.

Fol. 115r in the Comedies of Terence (BNF Latin 7907 A), c. 1400-1407

Circumcision (fol. 24v) and birth of the Virgin (fol. 331v), missal of Saint-Martin-des-Champs (Bibl. Mazarine MS 0416). France - 1408 

onions (fol. 22v), spinach (24r), celery (27r), dill (29r), millet (45v), panicum (46r), chickpeas (47r), beans (48r), autumn (52v), fresh cheese (58r), butter (59r), white cheese (60r), bread (62v), mutton (70v), goat (71r), veal (71v), pork (72v), animal feet (76r), heart (76v), liver (78r), and conversation (97v) Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF Latin 9333). Germany - 15th C.

September, Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. France - 1412-1416

Cisti (171r) and Giannello Scrignario (187v), The Decameron (BNF Fr. 239). France - second quarter of 15th C.

December, The Hours of Margaret of Orleans (BNF Lat. 1156 B, fol. 12r). France - c. 1426

Cisti in front of his oven, The Decameron (BNF It. 63, fol. 196v). Italy - 1427 

A shepherdess in the Rohan Hours (BNF Lat. 9471, fol. 85v), c. 1430-1435

A laundress, The Decameron (BNF Arsenal 5070, fol. 51v). France - 1432 

A woman carrying a pitcher, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves (PML M.945, fol. 140v). Netherlands - c. 1440 

Arrival of Alexander at Pheson (fol. 69v) and Construction of Bucephalia (fol. 185), History of Alexander (BNF Fr. 9342). France - mid-15th C. 

Sergius Orata in his bath, Facta et dicta memorabilia (BNF Fr. 287, fol. 181), third quarter of 15th C.

Allegory of Delight, The Twelve Dames of Rhetoric (BNF 1174, fol. 31v), second half of the 15th C.

The Martyrdom of St. James, The Book of Hours of Étienne Chevalier. France - ca. 1455

Man in an apron reveals his posterior to a seated woman with a distaff, Historia Alexandri Magni (Laud Misc. 751, fol. 173v). Flanders - c. 1470-1480

Eels (fol. 51v), cabbage (54r), beans (54v), spinach (55r), onions (55v), and veal (58) Libro de componere herbe et fructi (BNF Italien 1108). Italy - c. 1471

Fols. 1r, 3v, 4r, 6r, 6v, and 20v, the Hours of Charles d’Angoulême (BNF Latin 1173), c. 1475-1500

Campania, Secrets of natural history (BNF Fr. 22971, fol. 11). France - c. 1480-1485

Preparation of a medicinal drink from Quart volume de histoire scolastique, 1475; or is it really the Blinding of Tobit (British Library Royal 15 D I, fol. 18)?

Frontispiece, Livre des symples medichinos, autrement dit Arboriste (BNF Français 9136, fol. Av). France - c. 1480

The servant, De proprietatibus rerum (BNF Français 9140, fol. 107r). France - 1480

February, June, and September, Grimani Breviary (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Ms. lat. I 99). Italy - c. 1490-1510

Birth of Mary by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1491

Archery Festival, 1493

Pamphile of Kos (fol. 40r), Thamyris (50r), Iaia (58r), Paulina (77v), and Epicharis (79v) De mulieribus claris (BNF Français 599). France - 15th-16th C.

The Dissolute Household by Pieter Balten (National Gallery of Art 1943.3.1449). Netherlands – 16th C.

Book of hours (BNF Latin 886, fol. 9v). France - 1500

Several illustrations in a book of hours (British Library King's 9), c. 1500

Birth of the Virgin, Choir Breviary (Laud Misc. 93, fol. 144r). France - beginning of 16th C.

March (fol. 6r) and August (11r) Book of Hours of Anne of Brittany (BNF Lat 9474). France - c. 1500-1508 

Dance of death, Danse macabre (BNF Français 995, fol. 34v). France - c. 1500-1510

Portrait of a Woman (La Muta) by Raphael, 1507

Melencolia I by Albrecht Dürer, 1514

January (fol. 2v), March (4v), April (5v), July (8v), August (9v), and November (12v). The Da Costa Hours (PML M.399). Belgium - c. 1515

Harvesting aloe; extracting antimony, The book of simple medicines (BNF Français 12322, fol. 168r). France - c. 1520-1530

A few different styles of aprons appear, especially in the June and autumn sections. Die Augsburger Monatsbilder. Germany - 1520s

Old Woman speaks to the Personification of Welcome, Roman de la Rose (PML M.948, fol. 128r). France - c. 1525 

Portrait of the artist’s sister-in-law by Bernardino Licinio, c. 1525-1530

Pyramus and Thisbe by Hans Baldung Grien, 1530

Roman Courtesan (Antea) by Parmigianino, c. 1530-1535

Fols. 1v, 7v, 8r, 8v, 9r, 10v, and 13r in the Hennessy Book of Hours. Bruges - c. 1530-1540 

A seamstress by Edward Schoen, 1535

Ecce Homo by the Brunswick Monogrammist, c. 1545

NSFW The Fountain of Youth by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1546

Entertainers in a Brothel, 1550s

Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559

Dutch Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Gemäldegalerie 1720). 1559

Peasants by the Hearth by Pieter Aertsen, 1560s

The Wedding at Cana by Ludger tom Ring the Younger (Gemäldegalerie 708). Germany - 1562 

The Harvesters by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary by Joachim Beuckelaer, 1565

The Banquet by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo, c. 1565

Lady with a yellow flower by Adriaen van Cronenburg, 1567

Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1567

Peasant Wedding by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1567

Fête at Bermondsey, 1569

A country-woman by Lucas de Heere (British Library Add 28330, fol. 33r)

Portrait of Mette von Münchhausen by Ludger Tom Ring the Younger, 1572

Portrait of a young woman wearing a lace-trimmed apron in the Portrait-Book of Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldsdorf, c. 1575-1585

Antonius Anselmus, His Wife and Their Children by Marten de Vos, 1577

Habitus praecipuorum populorum by Hans Weigel, 1577. Several of the women wear aprons

Portrait of Frau Katharina by Ludger Tom Ring the Younger, c. 1580

Cutwork apron (Met 36.130.13). Italy - 16th C.

Women (and a few men) wearing aprons in 1580s paintings by Vincenzo Campi -- including The Fruit Seller, Kitchen, and Christ in the House of Mary and Martha

Portrait of Anna Kale by Ludger Tom Ring the Younger, 1583

Otto Venius painting, surrounded by his family, 1584

Several examples of aprons (pleated, unpleated, embroidered, etc.) in Im Frauwenzimmer Wirt vermeldt von allerly schnen Kleidungen, 1586

Countryside scene with hunters by Gillis van Coninxloo

Embroidered apron (MFA 43.1034). Italy - late 16th-early 17th C.

Apron (Met 38.19.8), Italy, 16th century-17th century 

Midwife’s Apron (?)

This particular style of apron appears primarily on midwives in 15th century from Germany and Austria; the aprons' strings come up to the woman's shoulders, and it seems to cover both the front and back.

Detail from The Birth of Mary, c. 1460-1465; see re-creation

June, Die Augsburger Monatsbilder, 1520s

A witch striking the devil engraved by Jakob Brinck (The Louvre L 31 LR/90 Front). Germany - 1528  

 

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