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 in northern Italy, it must have been the "smart" but very ordinary parade suit almost universally worn from about 1605 to 1625. The picture in question is ascribed to Vandyck in his Genoese period; but according to a recent critical examination by Sir Claude Phillips, it had better be considered a work of Rubens in his somewhat early Italian manner, and so probably painted between the years 1605 and 1607. Here then can be seen a "stock" pattern suit at its earliest appearance.

Attributed to Sir Peter Paul Rubens in his Italian manner, depicting a suit of armour of North Italian workmanship, about 1605-7. The Dulwich Gallery

One of the most famous existing suits of XVIIth century make, cer