Femina Syra, Femina Graeca, Femina Turcica
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 a Syrian woman, a Greek woman, and a Turkish woman. On the left, the syrian woman wears a hooded cloak with long, wide sleeves, bordered with scrolling motifs, over a long dress with train. A veil hangs over her face from the front of the hood.
On the center, the Greek woman wears a long-sleeved dress with a pleated skirt over a longer underskirt with train. A long shawl covers her head and falls over her shoulders and behind her back, fastened with small bows under her chin and at the bottom of her dress. Over it is a wide, pointed hat with hanging pearls.
On the right, the Turkish woman wears a dress with a pleated overskirt over a longer skirt with train, similar to that of the Grecian woman, under a long-sleeved mantle. She wears a scallop-edged tall hat, partially covered by a headscarf which is tied around it and around her neck, covering part of her shoulders as well.
