Habiti delle Donne Venetiane (Dress of Venetian Women)
ca. 1591–1610
Medium
Engraving and woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 8 1/4 x 1 in. (28 x 21 x 2.5 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
Accession Number
34.68
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Habiti delle Donneetiane (Dress of Venetian)**, created by Venetian engraver Giacomo Franco around1591–1610, offers a captivating glimpse into the opulent world of Renaissance fashion. This book, housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, detailed engravings and woodcuts 11 x 8¼ x 1 inches overall. Franco, a master of the medium, specialized in documenting everyday life and costumes, making this work a treasure trove for understanding 16th- and early 17th-century Venetian society. Venice was Europe's fashion capital during this era, renowned for its lavish si...
About the Artist
Giacomo Franco|Giacomo Franco · 1550–1620
**Giacomo Franco (1550–1620)** Giacomo Franco, born around 1550 possibly in Urbino or Venice, emerged as a pivotal figure in Venetian printmaking as the natural son of the painter and engraver Battista Franco Veneziano. He likely received his early training in his father's workshop at Santa Fosca, where Battista had executed notable etchings of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel and Raphael's Vatican ...