Matrona Persica, Virgo Persica
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 Persian woman and two Persian girls. On the left, the woman wears a long, draped robe under a long mantle with short, wide sleeves trimmed with small ribbon bows on the bottom. Her head is covered by a hat and wrapped with layering headscarves.
On the center, the first Persian girl wears a long-sleeved overcoat with alternating horizontal stripes with scrolling leaves, lozenges and stripes, over a long, draped robe with round collar. She wears a tall hat with scrolling leaf motifs, flanked on the front by a large palmette, over her long, curled hair. Flat, striped shoes with rounded toes peek from the bottom of her robe.
On the right, the second girl wears a sleeveless overcoat over a long robe with long puff sleeves. Her hair is held up by a tall hat with scrolling motifs, from which hangs a veil with a border of scrolling motifs and fringed edges. She wears large pendant earrings. Flat shoes with rounded toes peek at the bottom of her robe.
