The 18th century Italian courts

Image: Carlos III renuncia a la corona de Nápoles (detail), by Michele Foschini, c. 1759. Collection of Museo Nacional del Prado.

Court gala dress, Venice, c. 1745. Collection of Württemberg State Museum, Stuttgart, via museum-digital.
Woman’s court dress and petticoat (robe à la Française), Italian, about 1775. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.