Steuchlein - Colored Layers Image

dragonwoman found this lovely image for me. It is a little 'later period' but has some very nice color definition of the various layers that make up this type of head covering.

( Cut for HUGE version of this image... )

 

Edit @ 4:56 PST: 

Rather than posting *yet another* entry just to add another layers image, here is a close up of the figure wearing the Steuchlein style hat from the 'Anna Meyer' alterpiece. Thank you again dragonwoman!



I am facinated by how the sheer veil appears to be sandwiched between the Wulsthaube (?) layer and the outer layer that seems to lay mostly at the back of the hat and perhaps also has the chinstrap attached in the same piece?

EDIT 11/18/08: Another lovely image from dragonwoman - yes, that is someone in a baptismal that you see there in the background. Take it as allegory as you will...

Durer 'Wulsthaube' Revisited

 

Clicking on the image will take you to the original bildindex entry.

Per Babelfish, the upper caption reads:

+1,200,199 Berlin, copper pass cabinet, Albrecht Dürer, still life, feather/spring design? (Aufn. 1900-40)

The lower caption reads:

obj 00030727 Dürer, Albrecht, still life with apron, desk and Tintenfaβ, 1512/1514, sketch, Berlin, national museums to Berlin - Preuβi cultural possession, copper pass cabinet - collection of the Zeichnunger and printing graphics

NOTES: OK, I know that the caption says 'apron', but given the scale of the objects involved (and my own stubborn will, I am sure) I am having a hard time believing that this is an apron. During this period, aprons weren't tiny little affairs worn by French maids. 

Thoughts?

Also, during the 1512/1514 period Albrecht was living in Nürnberg producing art for Maximiian I. This was between his trips to Italy and to Antwerp and therefore means that this image is most likely German in origin.

Barret Research Begins

( Cut for folks who are tired of hearing about my various hat projects... )