VECELLIO, Cesare. Costumes anciens et modernes Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il Mondo di Cesare Vecellio..., vol. Ι, Paris, Firmin Didot Frères Fils & Cie, M.DCCC.LIX [=1859-60].
Cesare Vecellio (c.1530-1601) was an Italian painter and engraver. He was born in the region of Veneto and died in Venice. He was a cousin of the painter Titian, whom he accompanied on his trip to Augsburg in 1548. Also, Cesare Vecellio probably worked as an assistant to Titian. Many of Cesare’s works were attributed to Titian, perhaps with the former’s knowledge. A small “Trinity” by Cesare Vecellio is kept in the Pinacoteca of Milan. The author also published “Corona delle nobili e donne virtuose” (1591), a book of lace patterns.
Vecellio became famous with “Habiti antichi et moderni...”, which was published for the first time in 1590 and reedited in 1598 with additional material. The wood engravings are probably the work of Christopher Krieger from Nürnberg. The work depicts about six hundred male and female costumes, mainly from Europe but also from Asia and Africa, sometimes with added fictitious elements or completely imaginary. The wood engravings with the accompanying texts were republished in the mid 17th century. This edition was the last one. Vecellio never travelled himseld. Many of his drawings of human types are influenced by previous illustrations by Nicolas De Nicolay and Pierre de Coeck.
Written by Ioli Vingopoulou
Subjects (236)
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Female costume of Rome (tenth-century), worn all around the Italian peninsula.
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Costume of prostitute from Rome, at the time of Pope Pius V (mid sixteenth-century).
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Costume of "signori di castelli' (lords of manors) in the Venetian republic and all over Italy.
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Young noble Venetian of the Middle Ages wearing a dogalina mantle.
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Costume of man taking part in a certain medieval contest (calza).
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Medieval costume of the lords of Carrara in Padua and other Italian noblemen.
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Medieval costume of the lower nobility of Venice, Milan and Lombardi.
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Male costume of Venice and other cities of the Italian peninsula, fifteenth-century.
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Public costume of soldier at the time of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
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Mourning costume of Venetian noble lady, mid-sixteenth century.
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Capitano Grande, Venetian official responsible for the city's security .
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Costume of Greeks and workers of other ethnic groups at the Venetian Arsenal.
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Married woman of Venice dresse for the Feast of the Ascension.
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Costume of women that do not originate from Venice, or prostitutes.
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Costume worn by the ladies of Venice when they are sunbathing so that their hair can get lighter.
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Uniform of Greek or Slav mariner working at the galleys of the Venetian fleet.
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Costume of the confraternity entrusted with accompanying convicts to the gallows.
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Peasant from Trevizo region who has come to Venice to sell her products on the market.
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Farmer who comes to Venice at the end of October to sell his products.
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View of San Marco Square (Venice) from San Giorgio Maggiore island.
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Costume of young man of Belluno and other parts of the Italian peninsula, prior to 1576.
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Female costume of Brescia, Verona and other parts of Lombardy.
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Costume of noble married lady from Milan and other parts of Lombardy.
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Costume of the Duchess of Parma, and other aristocratic ladies of Italy.
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Costume of young recently married noblewoman of Florence and other parts of Tuscany.
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Costume of young Florentine lady who has been married for some years.
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Costume of young noble ladies of Florence, late sixteenth-century.
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Costume of noble lady married to high rank official from Siena.
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Costume of noble female from Naples, late sixteenth-century.
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Costume of merchant from Naples, end of the sixteenth-century.