Dr Kat and Historical Headwear

I realised that some of my references to historical headwear in previous videos may have caused confusion, especially in relation to "hoods". Today we're taking a whistlestop tour through our perceptions and the realities of historical headwear...

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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]

Linked videos:
Death of Amy Dudley: https://youtu.be/F6OioqfBA9g
Arnolfini Portrait: https://youtu.be/DVIc70gypAk
Bess of Hardwick: https://youtu.be/YvYCnP32sV4

Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Link to “princess hat” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Medieval-Princess-Gothic-Pointy-Fabric/dp/B00LN4HG90/ref=pd_sbs_21_2/262-5652698-5713758?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00LN4HG90&pd_rd_r=df6739d0-13f5-450c-b61d-d92b320fb3ff&pd_rd_w=yf4o6&pd_rd_wg=JTyiz&pf_rd_p=b9bf232d-9a8a-4c7d-aa9d-641c0995d3a2&pf_rd_r=JW5PDMAVP9PM7PNSZAR8&psc=1&refRID=JW5PDMAVP9PM7PNSZAR8

Hans Memling, Young Woman with a Pink (c. 1485 –90). Held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden, Portrait of a Lady (c. 1460). Held by the National Gallery.

Petrus Christus, Portrait of a Young Girl (c. 1470). Held by the Gemäldegalerie.

Robert Campin or the Master of Flémalle, Portrait of a Woman (c. 1430-1435). Held by the National Gallery.

Detail from Stefan Lochner, Presentation of Christ in the Temple (1447). Held by the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.

Detail from Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait (1434). Held by the National Gallery.

Detail of fillet and barbette from Codex Manesse, fol. 151r, Von Singenberg, Truchseß zu St. Gallen (between 1305 and 1315). Source: http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0297

Coif (last quarter of the 16th century) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/228945

Hans Holbein, Portrait Drawing of a Woman, inscribed in gold over red "Anna Bollein Queen" (c.1500-1536). Held by the Royal Collection, Windsor.

Previously attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger, Field of the Cloth of Gold (1545). Held by the Royal Collection.

Unknown artist, after a work attributed to Joannes Corvus, Katherine of Aragon (early 18th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Mary Boleyn, in the style of Holbein (15th-16th century). Held by Hever Castle, Kent

Hans Holbein, Jane Seymour (c. 1536 –1537). Held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Portrait of Anne Boleyn, probably based on a contemporary portrait which no longer survives (late 16th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Attributed to Jan Gossaert, Portrait of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon (c. 1516). Held in the collection of the Earl of Yarborough; Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire.

Master John, Portrait of Mary I (1544). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Detail from a portrait of Queen Catherine Parr, sixth and last wife of Henry VIII of England attributed to Master John (c. 1545). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Formerly attributed to William Scrots, Portrait of Elizabeth I as a Princess (c. 1546). Held at Windsor Castle.

Hans Holbein, Portrait of a Lady, perhaps Katherine Howard (c. 1540). Held by the Royal Collection.

Hans Holbein. Portrait of a Lady, probably a Member of the Cromwell Family (c. 1535-40). Held by the Toledo Museum of Art.

Workshop of Hans Holbein, Portrait of a Young Woman (c. 1540 –1545). Held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Preparatory drawing of Anne Cresacre by Hans Holbein (c.1527). Held at Windsor Castle.

Unknown English artist, Katherine Parr (late 16th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Detail from a portrait of Henry VIII after Hans Holbein (after 1537). Held by the Walker Art Gallery.

Elizabethan cap of an artisan or apprentice (mid 16th century). Held by the British Museum.

The Bristowe Hat; silk tufting with ostrich feather and silver braid button; HRP Inventory Number 3503710. Image from HRP website: https://blog.hrp.org.uk/curators/it-belongs-in-a-museum-the-bristowe-hat/

Cap of Maintenance of King Henry VIII, image from the Waterford Treasures website: https://www.waterfordtreasures.com/news/cap-of-maintenance-of-king-henry-viii

Detail from a portrait of Bess of Hardwick (later Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury) when Mistress St Lo, 1550s. A later inscription incorrectly identifies her as Mary I. Held at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. Credit: National Trust Images/Angelo Hornak

Quoted texts:

Neil MacGregor, Shakespeare's Restless World: An Unexpected History in Twenty Objects (2012)

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