external and visible sign of a person's faith, loyalty, friendship, love, honour or hostility towards others fashion accessory for the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie until the beginning of the twentieth century

2. external and visible sign of a person's faith, loyalty, friendship, love, honour or hostility towards others
embodiment of the wealth and power of its bearer
fashion accessory for the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie until the beginning of the twentieth century

4. The glove in the painting

5. seated in a red velvet chair, a symbol of royalty ...
holds the red Tudor rose in her right hand
and
gloves adorned with stones
Antonis Mor
Mary Tudor, Queen of England, Second Wife of Philip II
Marie Tudor, reine d'Angleterre, seconde épouse de
Philippe II
1554
Museo del Prado, Madrid

8. in all likelihood the picture is the product of at least
three different artists ...
Rembrandt is likely to have started the painting,
completing most of the woman’s face;
a second artist from his workshop probably
finished the costume, her left hand and the glove;
and a third artist, perhaps not even part of
Rembrandt’s studio, painted the cuff around the
woman’s right hand
Rembrandt
Portrait of a Woman with Gloves
Portrait d'une femme avec des gants
1632-1633
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

12. mistress of one of the electors of Saxony
Cranach manipulating reality to emphasise the wealth
and beauty ...
the rings under her gloves, just visible through the slashes,
are higher up her fingers than the ones over them
Lucas Cranach the Elder,
Lucas Cranach l'Ancien
Portrait of a Woman
Portrait d'une femme
1525
National Gallery, London

18. elegant clothes
costly jewellery
a pine-marten fur stole complete
gloved right hand
the face of Antea reappears as one of the angels
accompanying the central figure group
in the unfinished Madonna of the Long Neck
Parmigianino
Antea, Portrait of a Young Woman
Antea ou Portrait de jeune femme
1530-1535
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

23. a lady of considerable status ...
a hawking glove on her right hand and holds
her left glove in her left hand
an unusual detail, since European falconers
traditionally carried their birds on their left hands
Bartolomeo Veneto
Portrait of a Lady in a Green Dress
Portrait d'une dame en robe verte
1530
Putnam Foundation, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego

27. a noblewoman, member of the court
of Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence
Agnolo Bronzino
A Young Woman and Her Little Boy
Jeune Femme et Son Petit Garçon
1540
National Gallery of Art, Washington

32. the ambiguity of adolescence …
the gaze candid, mousseline dress a virginal white of a teenage girl
and
full lips, ermine boa and elbow gloves that evoke the sensuality
of a woman
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière
1806
Musée du Louvre, Paris

36. portrait of the artist's young wife
three interrelated elements catch the eye:
the young woman's face and fashionable hairstyle,
her hands, one drawing off a pearly grey glove,
and
the glove on the ground underlined by the painter's
signature, in red
Carolus Duran
La Dame au Gant, Portrait de Mme Carolus-Duran, née Pauline
Croizette
The Lady with the Glove
1869
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

41. Mme Ginoux, kept the Café de la Gare at Arles ...
with his gloves and umbrella
a living Provencal icon
Vincent van Gogh
L'Arlésienne
L'Arlésienne: Madame Ginoux with Gloves and Umbrella
November 1888, Arles
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

46. a beautiful young woman
a flimsy green dress,
a large, white hat
white gloves
and
a fascinating anatomic detail : the navel
...
a seductive challenge
a unabashed sensualism
Tamara de Lempicka
Young Lady with Gloves
Femme au gant ou Jeune fille en vert
1932
Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou,
Paris

49. French style of the clothes
golden ring with a stone
bronze medal
gloves
Parmigianino
Portrait of Galeazzo Sanvitale
Portrait de Galeazzo Sanvitale
1524
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

54. episcopal gloves ...
liturgical ornament to protect yourself from the impurities
of the material world and thus preserve purity
Pedro Berruguete and Justus van Gent
Saint Augustine
Saint Augustin
1474
Musée du Louvre, Paris

58. fair and determined expression
a doublet decorated with the French fleur de lys
fine gloves
Piero del Pollaiolo
Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Portrait de Galeazzo Maria Sforza
1471
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

61. a scene from the life of St Hubert
and
a young man called Hubert
Jan Mostaert
Portrait of a Young Man
Portrait d'un jeune homme
1530-1540
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

65. a brave officer in the service of holy Roman emperor Charles V.
Jan Mostaert, after, atelier
Portret van Johan II van Wassenaer, burggraaf van Leiden
Portrait de Johan II van Wassenaer
first half 16th century
Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden

69. a remarkable portrait ...
the imperial coat of arms as well as Charles’ personal motto
“plus oultre” (plus ultra) alongside the pillars of Hercules
clothes are plain yet sumptuous
the heavy chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece
a book bound in purple
and
elegant gloves of open-work design
Christoph Amberger
Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait de Charles V, Empereur du Saint-Empire romain
1532
Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin

73. a golden ring, a necklace decorated with a sapphire
and a pearl, symbols of richness
a wide jacket and a white shirt, in the fashion of the period
the man's gloved left hand holds a second leather glove,
an accessory used by the most refined gentlemen of the time
Titian, Titien
Man with a Glove
L’homme au gant
1520
Musée du Louvre, Paris

77. Dürer seductive ...
delicate skin tones
long blond hair
extravagant clothes showing the influence of Italian fashion
a draped pointed hat with a tassel
and
silk gloves
Albrecht Dürer
Self-Portrait
Autoportrait
1498
Museo del Prado, Madrid

81. a feathered hat
a rapier
and
a gloves …
a handsome young fool
a sensuous gypsy
and
a ring
Caravaggio,
Le Caravage
The Fortune Teller
La diseuse de bonne aventure
1596-1597
Musée du Louvre, Paris

85. the drama of deception
and lost innocence in
the most human of
terms ...
Caravaggio,
Le Caravage
The Cardsharps
Les Tricheurs
1595
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort
Worth, Texas

86. an expensively-dressed but unworldly boy
a cardsharp who extra cards tucked in his belt behind his back
and
a sinister older man, with a gloved hand and the fingertips exposed to better feel the
marked cards

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The glove in the painting
Le gant dans la peinture
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