Nobilis Virgo Neapolitana; Nobilis Virgo Vicentina; Nobilis matrona Ferariensis; Nobilis Matrona Vicentina; Nobilis matrona Florentina; Matrona nobilis Mantuana; Matrona Vicentina; Sponsa Genuensis; Nobilis matrona Senensis; Mulier Neapolitana; Vidua Bononiensis

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 eleven types of women from different parts of the Italian peninsula, organized in two horizontal rows, illustrating six women on the first, and five on the second. On the first row, on the left, a Neapolitan noble girl wears a dress with ruff, striped bodice and skirt with brocaded pattern of scrolling leaves, a headband with a scarf hanging on the back, pearl necklaces, and holding a fan on her left hand. Following her is another noble girl, from Vicenza, wearing an overcoat with open collar with ruffles and long puff sleeves, over a dress with black border and brocaded pattern of scrolling leaves, her hair tied up, a pearl necklace, and holding a hand on the left hand. On the center-left, a noblewoman from Ferrara wears an overcoat with long, pointed sleeves and train, made with a scrolling-leaf brocade, a ruff, and a beret with a rosette on the left. On the center-right, a noblewoman from Vicenza wears a dress with ruff, long puff sleeves trimmed with bows, and skirt with stripes made up of patterns of lozenges, with a cape above it, a beret, and holding a feather hand in her right hand. Next to her is a noblewoman from Florence, wearing a dress with long puff sleeves trimmed with bows, all made in the same plain fabric, and with an underskirt on a darker fabric with stripes on the border, a pleated veil on her head and flowing behind her back, and a double-stranded pearl necklace. On the right, a Mantuan noblewoman wears an overcoat with long, pointed sleeves, made with a brocaded pattern of scrolling leaves, over a long-sleeved dress with ruff, her hair tied up and surrounded by a pleated veil.

On the second row, a woman from Vicenza wears a dress with open ruff, long puff sleeves trimmed with bows, striped bodice, overskirt open at the front, with train and stripes on the border, and an underskirt with a pattern of lozenges and pearls, with two pairs of dark stripes on the border; her hair is tied up and holding a veil that flows behind her back, and she holds a bag with tassels on one hand and a feather fan on the other. Next to her is a bride from Genoa wearing a dress with ruff, an overskirt with a brocaded pattern of arabesques with long train, which is carried by a young boy dressed in the male fashions of the day, over a skirt with border made of stripes of lozenges. Her hair is long and loose, decorated by a jeweled crown. On the center, a noblewoman from Siena wears a dress with open ruff, overskirt with brocaded pattern of scrolling botifs over an underskirt with a border of scrolling motifs and vertical stripes down the front, with a long cape hanging behind her back, and her hair tied up and with a pleated veil covering it; she holds a feather fan on one hand. Next to her, a Neapolitan woman wears a long-sleeved dress with ruff, striped bodice and underskirt, and overskirt with a pattern of lozenges and pearls, pearl necklace and jeweled corset ornament, and a veil behind her head. On the right, a widow from Bologna wears a simple dress with shirt collat and long sleeves, with buttons down the middle, a fabric belt with tassels, and a thin border with lozenges and pearls. Her hair is tied up and covered by a long, transparent veil that covers her upper body.