Lusitanus mercator; Mercatoris Valentiani Vxor in Hispania citeriore; Hispani mercatoris habitus; Itali Mercatoris habitus
Engraving, part of 'Omnium pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae atque Americae Gentium Habitus' (Costumes of the various nations of Europe, Asia, Africa and America), a series of prints representing figures from various parts of the world, engraved by Abraham de Bruyn and published by Joos de Bosscher in 1580.
This engraving represents a Portuguese merchant, the wife of a Valencian merchant in Spain, a Spanish merchant, and an Italian merchant. On the left, the Portuguese merchant wears a long hooded cloak, a ruff, a sort of beret, and flat shoes with rounded toes. Next to him is a woman, wife of a Valencian merchant, wearing a cloak, closed over her overcoat, which has double-striped borders and ruff collar, a veil around her face, a hat, and chopines. On the center-right, the Spanish merchant wearing a short cape with triple-stripe borders over a long overcoat with a pattern of lozenges on the border an high, fur-trimmed collar with ruff, and a beret. On the right, the Italian merchant wears a hooded cloak with a border of four parallel stripes, striped padded hose, a hat and ruff.
This engraving represents a Portuguese merchant, the wife of a Valencian merchant in Spain, a Spanish merchant, and an Italian merchant. On the left, the Portuguese merchant wears a long hooded cloak, a ruff, a sort of beret, and flat shoes with rounded toes. Next to him is a woman, wife of a Valencian merchant, wearing a cloak, closed over her overcoat, which has double-striped borders and ruff collar, a veil around her face, a hat, and chopines. On the center-right, the Spanish merchant wearing a short cape with triple-stripe borders over a long overcoat with a pattern of lozenges on the border an high, fur-trimmed collar with ruff, and a beret. On the right, the Italian merchant wears a hooded cloak with a border of four parallel stripes, striped padded hose, a hat and ruff.
Artwork Details
- Title: Lusitanus mercator; Mercatoris Valentiani Vxor in Hispania citeriore; Hispani mercatoris habitus; Itali Mercatoris habitus
- Artist: Abraham de Bruyn (Flemish, Antwerp 1540–1587 Cologne (?))
- Publisher: Joos de Bosscher (Netherlandish, active Amsterdam 1587–died 1591)
- Date: 1580
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Image: 9 3/16 × 12 15/16 in. (23.3 × 32.9 cm)
Frame: 11 in. × 14 15/16 in. (27.9 × 38 cm)
Sheet: 21 5/16 × 16 5/16 in. (54.2 × 41.5 cm)
Book: 21 7/8 × 16 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (55.5 × 42.5 × 5 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
- Object Number: 21.44(95)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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