Print Description
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 34.6 x 27.2 cm (13.62 x 10.71 inch). Image size: 33 x 22 cm. (12.99 x 8.66 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing/staining. Original fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
KLEVE-COSTUME-DRESS-GERMANY | E24-01
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From A set of one hundred plates, entitled ‘Imperii ac Sacerdotii Ornatus. Diversarum item Gentium peculiaris Vestitus.’ 1577?78. (His best work.) Reissued, with some additional plates, and entitled ‘ Omnium pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae atque Americae Gentium Habitus.’ 1581, published by Joost de Bosscher, Antwerp, 1581.
Biography engraver: Abraham de Bruyn (c.1539–1587) was a Flemish engraver from Antwerp, active in Cologne from 1577. He is ranked among the little masters, working in the style of Wierix. He possibly worked as a goldsmith as well.
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