VECELLIO, Cesare
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
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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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Public costume of soldier at the time of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
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Costume of young man of Belluno and other parts of the Italian peninsula, prior to 1576.
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Officer at the court of Prester John, legendary Christian king of India or Ethiopia.
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Contemporary (sixteenth-century) female costume of Caramania.
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Head of Croat warriors (Uskoci, non-institutionalized group).
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Costume of Prester John legendary Christian king of India or Ethiopia.
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Servant of Prester John, legendary Christian king of India or Ethiopia.
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Costume that the French noble men wore when traveling in older times.
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Costume of noble lady married to high rank official from Siena.
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Medieval costume of the lower nobility of Venice, Milan and Lombardi.
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Costume of female servant from Gdańsk, Pomerania or Denmark.
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Greek lady living in the territories of the Venetian Republic.
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Costume of senator or wealthy inhabitant of the autonomous city of Lippe.
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Costume of merchant from Naples, end of the sixteenth-century.
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Costume of noble female from Naples, late sixteenth-century.
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Costume of young Florentine lady who has been married for some years.
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Costume of young recently married noblewoman of Florence and other parts of Tuscany.
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Costume of the Duchess of Parma, and other aristocratic ladies of Italy.
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Costume of noble married lady from Milan and other parts of Lombardy.
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View of San Marco Square (Venice) from San Giorgio Maggiore island.
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Farmer who comes to Venice at the end of October to sell his products.
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Peasant from Trevizo region who has come to Venice to sell her products on the market.
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Costume of the confraternity entrusted with accompanying convicts to the gallows.
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Uniform of Greek or Slav mariner working at the galleys of the Venetian fleet.
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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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Costume of women that do not originate from Venice, or prostitutes.
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Married woman of Venice dresse for the Feast of the Ascension.
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Costume of Greeks and workers of other ethnic groups at the Venetian Arsenal.
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Capitano Grande, Venetian official responsible for the city's security .
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Mourning costume of Venetian noble lady, mid-sixteenth century.
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Male costume of Venice and other cities of the Italian peninsula, fifteenth-century.
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Medieval costume of the lords of Carrara in Padua and other Italian noblemen.
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Costume of man taking part in a certain medieval contest (calza).
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Costume of prostitute from Rome, at the time of Pope Pius V (mid sixteenth-century).
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Female costume of Rome (tenth-century), worn all around the Italian peninsula.
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Female costume of Brescia, Verona and other parts of Lombardy.
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Costume of young noble ladies of Florence, late sixteenth-century.