edralis:ca. 1588 portrait of a man AKA “Man Among Flames” by Nicholas Hilliard This on
edralis: ca. 1588 portrait of a man AKA “Man Among Flames” by Nicholas Hilliard This one must have been very popular among the ladies. source There’s nothing that screams self-confidence louder than letting yourself be painted in your underwear - unbuttoned halfway to the navel, no less-, showing off your alabaster-white skin and artfully tumbled hair while being engulfed in flames.* Oh, Renaissance England. *also, conspicuously fingering fancy jewelry -- source link
#16th century