That is where I ran into a snag. While there are several excellent articles out there on /women's/ Low Countries clothing, the selection of articles covering the details for menswear was decidedly lacking. So, naturally, I decided I needed to do a bunch of research and write my own articles on the topic. I fairly quickly decided on the plan of going through the artwork of Brueghel and other Flemish artists of the period, and winnowing out any pieces which did not have usable details; so marking down any paintings which had the distinctive clothing of the correct class (i.e. Not Nobility), and which weren't purely allegorical and religious in tone since the clothing of those is often suspect.
The project then grew in ambition. I needed to know not only what the garments were, but their details, and especially what colour combinations appear to have been worn. Talking with my editor and sounding board, we decided that it would probably be better for me to publish the research at each various stage, rather than only once I reach the end of it. We figured that it would help prevent information overload for you, give me a few extra blog posts to publish, and also allow you do use my notes as a springboard for your own research.
I quickly found a list of artists working in the area around that time, sadly on wikipedia, but it's better than nothing, and worked my way down the list alphabetically, and digging up albums of their works when I could find them. All in all, most of them could be discarded, either because they specialized in portraits (of nobility), religious work (accuracy of clothing is....suspect), or because I just couldn't find their artwork.
Going through the pieces of artwork, I noted down the artist and their life years, as well as what topics their inclinations lead them to. I counted out how many people are in each image by gender, whether there are non-clothing related resources such as pottery, and whether the artwork is suspect of having Allegorical clothing or other inaccuracies. Fully allegorical ones were discarded, of course.
 |
| Market Scene, 1550 |
Title,
Year
|
Men
|
Women
|
Childrens
|
Pottery,
Etc
|
Allegory/suspect
|
The
Egg Dance. 1552
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
Y
|
N
|
The
Pancake Bakery 1560
|
2
|
2
|
Y
|
N
|
|
Deeds
of Christian Charity, 1575
|
11
|
5
|
4
|
Y
|
M
|
L'Adoration
des bergers. 1555
|
2
part
|
1
|
1
|
N
|
Y
|
Jesus
Christ and the woman taken in adultery
|
12
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
Interior
of a peasant dwelling 1560s
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
Y
|
N
|
Market
Scene 1550s
|
22
|
12
|
1
|
Y
|
N
|
Still
Life With meat and the Holy Family 1551
|
1
|
Y
|
N
|
||
The
Vegetable Seller 1567
|
1
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Bäuerlicher
Innenraum 1556
|
4
|
3
|
M
|
Y
|
N
|
Market
with Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery 1559
|
4?
|
4`
|
2f
|
Y
|
Y
|
Apostles
Peter and John 1575
|
16
|
6
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Die
Köchin 1559
|
N
|
1
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
The
Fat Kitchen. An Allegory 1570ish
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
Y
|
M
|
Portrait
of Simon Marten Dircsz 1565
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Market
Scene 1569
|
3
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
Keukenstuk
1560s
|
2
|
3
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
Aanbidding
der herders 1550+
|
1
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Vendor
of Fowl 1560s
|
1
|
1
|
N
|
M
|
N
|
Christ
cleansing the Temple
|
6
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
 |
| The Wayfarer |
Name
: date
|
Men
|
Women
|
Children
|
Other
resources
|
Suspect
|
Allegory
of Gluttony and Lust 1500-
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
M
|
Y
|
The
Conjurer 1502
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
Y
|
M
|
Death
and the Miser 1494+
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
M
|
Y
|
Head
of a Halberdier N/a
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
Cutting
the Stone 1494+
|
3
|
1
|
N
|
M
|
Y
|
The
Wayfarer/Pedlar 1500
|
2
|
1
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
 |
| The Peasant Dance 1568 |
Name
: date
|
Men
|
Women
|
Children
|
Other
resources
|
Suspect
|
Parable
of the Sower
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
12
Allegories (Darstellungen niederländischer Sprichwörter des 16) 1558
|
11
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
M
|
Netherlandish
Proverbs 1559
|
35
|
5
|
M
|
M
|
M
|
The
Fight Between Carnival and Lent 1559
|
47?
|
24?
|
Some
|
Y
|
M
|
Children’s
Games 1560
|
Many
|
Many
|
Even
more
|
Y
|
M
|
Landscape
with the Fall of Icarus 1560
|
2
|
N
|
N
|
M
|
N
|
The
Triumph of Death 1662
|
20
(Germans
|
5
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
The
Yawning Man 1560s
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
||
The
Procession to Calvary 1564
|
Lots
|
Lots
|
n/a
|
M
|
N
|
The
Hunters in the Snow 1565
|
5
|
3
|
M
|
N
|
N
|
The
Return of the Herd 1565
|
6
(military
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
The
Hay Harvest/Haymaking 1565
|
8
|
7
|
N
|
M
|
N
|
The
Harvesters 1565
|
10
|
5
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
The
Gloomy Day 1565
|
3
|
2
|
N
|
M
|
N
|
The
Massacre of the Innocents 1560s?
|
17?
|
11
|
Y
|
N
|
M
|
Winter
Landscape with a Bird Trap 1565
|
21
|
5
|
Y
|
Skates,
games
|
N
|
The
Wine of Saint Martin's Day 1566
|
23+
|
2
|
M
|
Y
|
N
|
The
Census at Bethlehem 1566
|
5
|
5
|
M
|
N
|
N
|
The
Land of Cockaigne 1567
|
3
|
Y
|
N
|
||
The
Sermon of Saint John the Baptist 1566
|
A
few useful. Rest are suspect
|
Same.
|
M
|
N
|
Y
|
The
Wedding Dance 1566
|
21+
|
11
|
N
|
Y
(beer jugs, bagpipes. Knife
|
N
|
Adoration
of the Kings in the Snow 1567
|
Y. But not detailed.
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
M
|
The
Conversion of Paul 1567
|
6
|
N
|
N
|
Military
|
M
|
The
Beggers 1568
|
5
(specifically beggers
|
1
|
N
|
Crutches
|
N
|
The
Three Soldiers
|
3
Germans
|
N
|
N
|
Military/music
|
N
|
The
Magpie on the Gallows 1568
|
7
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
The Parable of the Blind 1568
|
6
(has seams)
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
The
Misanthrope
|
2
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
M
|
The
Peasant Wedding 1567
|
17
|
8
|
M
|
Pottery,
music,
|
N
|
The
Peasant Dance 1569
|
8
|
4
|
Y
|
Pottery
|
N
|
The
Peasant and the Nest Robber 15682
|
2
|
N
|
N
|
M
|
N
|
The
Drunkard Pushed into the Pigsty
|
3
|
2
|
N
|
Farm
stuff
|
N
|
 |
| The Village Lawyer 1615 |
Name
: date
|
Men
|
Women
|
Children
|
Other
resources
|
Suspect
|
Peasants
being Attacked by Bandits 16thcent
|
2
+ 2 german
|
1
|
N
|
M
(pluderhose!)
|
M
|
Fair
with a Theatrical Presentation 17th cen. Based on an Elder
painting
|
70+
|
Many
|
Yes
|
Lots!
|
N
|
The
Peasant Wedding
|
16+
|
12
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
Fighting
Peasants
|
5
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
M
|
Summer
with Peasants at a Meal
|
6
|
2
|
M
|
Y
|
M
|
The Village Lawyer 1615?
|
9
|
1
|
N
|
M
|
N
|
 |
| Market Scene 1566 |
Clothing
styles is somewhat different in form from Brueghel, likely because of the
dating, since both he and Beuckelaer were native to and painting in and around
Antwerp.
Name
: date
|
Men
|
Women
|
Children
|
Other
resources
|
Suspect
|
||
Allegory
of Imprudence
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
Domestic
|
N
|
||
Brother
1562
|
5
|
5
|
N
|
Tavern
|
N
|
||
The
Butcher’s Shop
|
3
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Christ
Carrying the Cross 1562
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Military
|
Y
|
||
Christ
in the house of Martha 1565
|
1
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Christ
in the House of Martha and Mary 1560
|
N
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Christ
Presented to the People 1562
|
4
|
6+
|
Y
|
Y
|
M
|
||
A
Dutch Kitchen Scene
|
2
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
The
Fish Market 1568
|
1
|
3
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Fish
Market 1568
|
2
|
7
|
N
|
Basket/Plate
|
N
|
||
Fish
Market
|
1
|
4
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
The
Fish Market
|
1
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Fish
Market with Ecce Homo
|
3
|
6
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
The
Flight into Egypt
|
8
|
4
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
The
Four Elements: Air 1570
|
1
|
5
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
The
four Elements: Earth 1569
|
1
|
3
|
N
|
Baskets/produce
|
N
|
||
The
four Elements: Fire 1570
|
1
|
4
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
The
four elements: Water 1569
|
1
|
6
|
N
|
M
|
N
|
||
The
Healing of the Lame at the pool of Bethesda
1562
|
Y
|
Y
|
M
|
M
|
Y
|
||
A
Kitchen Interior
|
1
(Noble
|
3
|
1
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Kitchen
Scene with Christ in the House of Martha and Mary 1565
|
2
|
3
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
L'enfant
prodigue
|
1
(not LC)
|
3
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Market
couple 1560s
|
1
|
1
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Market
Farmers 1561
|
N
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Market
Peasants 1566
|
1
|
2
|
N
|
Yy
|
N
|
||
Market
Scene
|
10+
|
4
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Market
Scene 1566
|
2
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Market
Scene 1564
|
1
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Market
Scene 1563
|
1
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Market
Scene 1565
|
1
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Market
Scene, Ecce Homo, the Flagellation and the Carrying of the Cross
|
8
|
7
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Market
Scene, Ecce Homo, the Flagellation and the Carrying of the Cross 1561
|
6
|
11
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Market
Scene with a Poultry Seller
|
1
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Market
with Ecce Homo 1561
|
16
|
4
|
M
|
Y
|
n
|
||
Miraculous
Drought of Fishes 1563
|
20
|
4
|
N
|
Baskets
|
N
|
||
Poultry
Market
|
1
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
The
Poultry Seller
|
1
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Poultry
Seller 1570
|
1
|
1
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Poultry
Sellers 1570
|
2
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
n
|
||
The
Sellers of Exotic Animals 1566
|
2
|
2
|
N
|
Baskets,
animals, veggies
|
N
|
||
The
Vegetable Market 1567
|
2
|
3
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
The
Well-Stocked Kitchen, with Jesus in the house of Martha and Mary in the
Background 1566
|
2?
|
2
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Woman
Selling Vegetables
|
1
|
1
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
||
Village
Feast
|
5ish
|
6
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
||
 |
| The Card Players |
He
seems to be focusing on upper middle class.
Style is low countries, but not peasants. Some interesting hats in there.
Name
: date
|
Men
|
Women
|
Children
|
Other
resources
|
Suspect
|
The
Card Players (Upper Middle Class|UMC)
|
5
|
4
|
N
|
Gaming.
|
N
|
The
Card Players (1520) (UMC)
|
2
|
1
|
N
|
Gaming
|
N
|
Christ
Healing the Blind (1531 (UMC
|
12
|
4+
|
Kinda
|
Y
|
Y
(Religious)
|
The Dentist - 1523
|
2
|
1
|
N
|
Y
|
N |
The
Fortune-Teller 1508 (UMC)
|
4
|
2
|
N
|
M
|
N
|
The
Game of Chess 1520ish (UMC)
|
8
|
2
|
N
|
M
|
N
|
Joseph
Explains Pharaoh’s Dream 1512 (UMC)
|
7+
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
M
|
The
Milkmaid 1510
|
1
|
1
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
 |
| The Moneylender and His Wife |
Name
: date
|
Men
|
Women
|
Children
|
Other
resources
|
Suspect
|
Cannot
Stephen Gardiner 1510 (UMC)
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
n
|
The
Moneylender and his Wife (UMC)
|
1
|
1
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
 |
| The Expulsion of Hagar |
Name
: date
|
Men
|
Women
|
Children
|
Other
resources
|
Suspect
|
The
Expulsion of Hagar 1522 (Flemish lady
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Y
|
Y
|
Ecce
Homo (Useful for shirt)
|
2
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Saint
Christopher in a river landscape
|
2
|
1
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
 |
| The Stag Hunt |
Name
: date
|
Men
|
Women
|
Children
|
Other
resources
|
Suspect
|
The
Hunts of Maximilian: The Stag Hunt (August) 1528. (more Germanic)
|
2
|
N
|
N
|
Y
(hunting
|
M
|
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