French women's costumes of the 15th century

French women's costumes of the 15th century. Poetess Christine de Pizan at top, and French queen and noblewomen in hennin headdresses led by the Virgin Mary and other saints below. From miniatures in Munich Library. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Elise von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher

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