Lusitanus mercator; Mercatoris Valentiani Vxor in Hispania citeriore; Hispani mercatoris habitus; Itali Mercatoris habitus
Abraham de Bruyn Flemish
Publisher Joos de Bosscher Netherlandish
Not on view
Engraving, part of 'Omnium pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae atque Americae Gentium Habitus' (Costumes of the various nations of Europe, Asia, Africa and America), a series of prints representing figures from various parts of the world, engraved by Abraham de Bruyn and published by Joos de Bosscher in 1580.
This engraving represents a Portuguese merchant, the wife of a Valencian merchant in Spain, a Spanish merchant, and an Italian merchant. On the left, the Portuguese merchant wears a long hooded cloak, a ruff, a sort of beret, and flat shoes with rounded toes. Next to him is a woman, wife of a Valencian merchant, wearing a cloak, closed over her overcoat, which has double-striped borders and ruff collar, a veil around her face, a hat, and chopines. On the center-right, the Spanish merchant wearing a short cape with triple-stripe borders over a long overcoat with a pattern of lozenges on the border an high, fur-trimmed collar with ruff, and a beret. On the right, the Italian merchant wears a hooded cloak with a border of four parallel stripes, striped padded hose, a hat and ruff.
