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
- 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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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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