Calaber
Designer Jean Jacques Boissard French
Engraver Julius Goltzius Netherlandish
Publisher Caspar Rutz Netherlandish
Not on view
Engraving, part of 'Habitus variarum orbis gentium' (Costumes of the various peoples of the world), representing the costumes of men and women from various parts of the world, engraved after designs by Boissard and published by Rutz in 1581.
This engraving represents three Calabrian men. The forst, on the left, wears a cape, fastened with a brooch at the front of his neck, over a long-sleeved robe, long, wide trousers, and flat fur shoes with rounded toes. A thin belt is tied around his waist, and from it hangs a long, thin sword by his right leg. He wears a tight hat with no brim over his curled hair. He has long mustache and curled beard.
On the center, the second man wears a hooded cape with fringed edges and a pattern with scrolling foliage on the border, over long, wide trousers, and flat fur shoes with straps and rounded toes. He wears a long, flat hat over his curled hair. His mustache is long and his beard is also curled.
On the right, a thirt man wears a cape tied under his chin over a robe and long, wide trousers, and flat fur anke boots with straps. He wears a wise-brimmed hat with thin ribbon and a bow over his short hair. His mustache and beard are slightly curled.
