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Habit of a Polish merchant. Merchand Polonois.

Image ID: 1638104

Habit of a Polish merchant. Merchand Polonois. (1577)

Image Title

:  Habit of a Polish merchant. Merchand Polonois.

Creator

: Weigel, Hans, 1549-ca. 1578 -- Artist

Published Date

: 1577

Medium

: Engravings -- Hand-colored

Specific Material Type

: prints

Item/Page/Plate

: 96

Notes

: Originally published in 1577 in Habitus praecipuorum populorum, tam virorum quàm foeminarum, fingulari arte depicti.

Source

: A collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage.

Source Description

: 4 v. 480 col. plates. 34 cm.

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / Art and Architecture Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs

Catalog Call Number

: MMC+ (Collection of the dresses of different nations)

Digital ID

: 1638104

Record ID

: 1768688

Digital Item Published

: 7-21-2008; updated 2-13-2009

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