RT Journal Article
T1 Interdisciplinary study of 16th-century Spanish court woman fashion, gemstones, and Virgen del Rosario dress
A1 Ortiz, Pilar
A1 Gómez Morón, María Auxiliadora
A1 Garrido, M. S.
A1 Gil Torrano, Andrea
A1 Toro Murillo, Laura Caridad
A1 Abreu, D.
A1 Palma, J. A.
K1 Women's fashion
K1 Gemstones
K1 Virgen del Rosario
K1 Cut
K1 Chemical analysis
AB Woman clothing and gemstones of the Spanish court of 16th and 17th-century symbolized the power through the fashion. The Virgen del Rosario’s dress, compared with portraits of queens and infantas of this period, provides a crucial visual record of period attire and adornment and serves as a basis for investigating the originality and later interventions. This study applies an integrated historical, artistic and material approach, combining non-invasive techniques such as Raman, FTIR, XRF and SEM-EDS analysis. Comparative analysis links the observation of clothing and jewelry in portraits with the morphological and chemical examination of the gemstones set in the 17th-century metallic Virgin’s dress. Results indicate at least three historical phases of interventions on the dress: gemstones contemporary with the original manufacture featuring mounted on their crowns and modified dutch cuts; doublet or triplet stones with brilliant cuts; and more recent, emerald-cut glass, providing insights into the dress’s restorations and modifications.
PB Nature
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25666
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25666
LA en
NO Ortiz, P., Gómez-Morón, M.A., Garrido, M.S. et al. Interdisciplinary study of 16th-century Spanish court woman fashion, gemstones, and Virgen del Rosario dress. npj Herit. Sci. 13, 624 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s40494-025-02192-x
NO A. Gil-Torrano thanks to PTA2021-020047-I, financed by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Social Fund (FSE+). This study has been carried out with the AMBU-LAB equipment and funds of the research team PAI TEP-199 (Junta de Andalucia)
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales
DS RIO
RD Jun 18, 2026