print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1871,1111.165-212
- Title
- Object: Il Fiore di Venezia
- Description
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The fourth volume of a book by Ermolao Paoletti on the subject of Venetian history, painting, monuments, architecture and costume, with a long Italian text. The individual plates as follows:
1. A view of the Festival of the Ascension
2. A view of a wedding
3. A view of a gaming room
4. A bull fight
5. Beans being given out at the Festa dei Morti
6. The costumes of a doge (c. 1100-1200) and a dogaressa (c. 1400-1500)
7. The costumes of the last doge and dogaressa
8. The costumes of a doge as Captain-General and 'a corrucio'
9. The costumes of two patriarchs
10. The costume of a primicierius and a master of ceremonies
11. The costume of a protospatharius and a capellan of the doge
12. The costume of a cleric to the doge and a papal nuncio
13. The costume of a procurator and a knight of the stola d'oro
14. The costume of a magistrate and a grand captain
15. The costume of a dignity and a consul
16. The costume of a vice-doge and a master of horse
17. The costume of an ambassador and a grand captain of the sea
18. The costume of the consul at Cairo and a superintendant
19. The costume of two scholars
20. The costume of two knights
21. The costume of a knight and a squire of the doge
22. The costume of a grand chancellor of Chioggia and a legal professional
23. The costume of a bravo and a senator
24. The costume of a doctor and an advisor
25. The costume of a censor and a town crier
26. An ugly cripple compared with a similar looking senator
27. The costume of a lawyer and his servant
28. The costume of a companion 'della calza' and a senator
29. The costume of a commander and an admiral
30. The costume of two advisors
31. The costume of a carver and Gastaldo de Nicolotti
32. The costume of a standard bearer
33. The costume of two trumpeters
34. The costume of two ducal servants
35. The costume of two servants
36. The costume of a noble and a lady
37. The costume of a gentleman in winter dress and the grand admiral of the Arsenal
38. The costume of a noble in masquerade dress with a footman
39. The costume of two noble ladies of the 13th and 16th centuries
40. The costume of two noblemen
41. The costume of a noble lady and a young man in medieval times
42. The costume of a young man and girl of the 12th century
43. The costume of a lower class woman and a citizeness
44. The costume of a man and woman in masquerade costumes
45. The costume of two sailors
46. The costume of a gondolier and a noble child
47. Two boxers squaring up
48. Acrobats performing a trick
49. The costume of two greengrocers of the 18th century
Hand-coloured etchings
- Production date
- 1840
- Dimensions
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Height: 202 millimetres (page size)
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Width: 140 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Il Fiore di Venezia
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,1111.165-212
