Prostibula vel (ut mollius dicam) amica Veneta; Ducis Veneti Vxor; Nobilis matrona Veneta; Virgo Veneta

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 Venetian prostitute, the wife of a Venetian Duke, a Venetian noblewoman, and a Venetian girl. On the left, the prostitute wears a dress with open ruff, trimmed with ruffles on the frunt, and short sleeves trimmed with bows over long puff sleeves. The skirt is wide and long, trimmed with pearls on the bottom. She wears a pearl necklace and another necklace with a jeweled pendant hanging in front of the bodice. Her hair is tied up forming a sort of bicorn headdress shape. She holds a fan in the right hand and her gloves in the left.

On the center-left, the wife of a Venetian Duke wears a long overcoat with train, with long bell sleeves, with a pattern made up of embroidered ovals and pearls, and trimmed with fur. Under the coat she wears a dress with open ruff, the bodice trimmed with the same shapes that embellish the coat, and the skirt made of a brocaded fabric with arabesque motifs, trimmed with pearls. From the tip of the bodice hangs a thin chain with a jeweled brooch. Another, larger, jeweled brooch with three hanging pearls decorates her bodice. Her neck is surrounded by two strands of pearls, one holding a small pendant, and a chain necklace with several strands. Her hair is held up by a pointed hat with scrolling motifs and pearls. A pleated veil hangs from it at the back.

On the center-right, the Venetian noblewoman wears a dress with bodice and skirt brocaded with the same pattern of arabesques; short sleeves, bordered with ruffles, are over long puff sleeves with stripes and pearls. The dress has an open ruff, framing a double-stranded pearl necklace with a pendant. Her hair is short and curled, covered with a pleated veil. A jeweled pendant hangs on her bodice, attached to it with strips of pearls. She holds a feather fan in one hand.

On the right, a Venetian girl wears a veil covering her face, shoulders, arms, and back, over a dress with a striped bodice, long sleeves with parallel rows of pearls, an overskirt with fringed edges, and an underskirt with braid trimmings.