Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1581

Habitus Variarum Orbis Gentium, Habitus De Nations Estrages

Three figures on one sheet, inscribed: Matrona Helvetica/ Dame Suisse/ Erbr Fraw in Schweitzerlandt; Faemina Helvetica/ Femme Suisse/ Schweitzerin; Virgo Suevica/ Fille de Suabe/ Schwebisehe Jongfraw, indicating that what depicted are an older Swiss woman (or matron), a Swiss woman and a young woman from Swabia. From Jean-Jacques Boissard's 'costume book': Habitus Variarum Orbis Gentium (Costume of the Various People of the World).

Category:
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Object ID:
2002.139/141
Object name:
Habitus Variarum Orbis Gentium, Habitus De Nations Estrages
Object type:

print, engraving

Artist/Maker:
Boissard, Jean-Jacques
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Production date:
1581
Material:
paper, ink
Measurements/duration:
H 235 mm, W 328 mm (paper)
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Record quality:
60%
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Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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