Plate IX, Design for Gentleman's Costume, Journal des Luxus und der Moden (Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Vol. 1, No. 3
Classification
costume & accessories
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf
Accession Number
1952-127-2
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of 18th-century European fashion with *Plate IX, Design forman's Costume* from the inaugural volume of the *Journal des Luxus und der Moden* (Journal Luxury and Fashions). in 1786 by German artist Georg Melchior Kraus (7–1806), this print appeared in Volume 1, Number 3 of the pioneering Weimar-based periodical—one of the world's first dedicated fashion magazines, launched amid the Enlightenment's fascination with taste and elegance. Kraus, a engraver and draftsman who studied under Johann Heinrich Tischbein and later collaborated with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in ...