The Infante Don Carlos (1545–1568)

Alonso Sánchez Coello (1515-1590), Der Infant Don Carlos, Öl auf Leinwand, 1564; Bildquelle: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.

Sánchez Coello's portrait of the Infante Don Carlos, who died in 1568 under mysterious circumstances, illustrates the key elements of Spanish court fashion well: A stiff doublet with high collar and ruff, the short padded hose called "bombasted" because of its voluminous form, tightly fitting silk stockings, heelless shoes and a short Spanish gown.

Alonso Sánchez Coello (1515–1590), The Infante Don Carlos (1545–1568), oil on canvas, 1564; source: ©KHM-Museumsverband, Vienna, https://www.khm.at/de/object/5d79099fcd/, Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en.