Habiti delle Donne Venetiane (Dress of Venetian Women), ca. 1591–1610, Engraving and woodcut, Overall: 11 x 8 1/4 x 1 in. (28 x 21 x 2.5 cm), Books, Giacomo Franco (Italian, Venice 1550–1620 Venice), This book consists of twenty numbered plates of ornately dressed women engraved by Giacomo Franco, each accompanied by a description in Latin and Italian. The work serves as a compendium of Venetian beauties, in which courtesans and respectable women are represented interchangeably, a juxtaposition that may explain why Franco never received a printing privilege for the book
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Habiti delle Donne Venetiane, Dress, Venetian Women, ca, 1591–1610, Engraving, woodcut, Overall, 11 x 8 1/4 1, 28 21 2.5 cm, Books, Giacomo Franco, Italian, Venice, 1550–1620, book, consists, twenty numbered, plates, ornately dressed, women, engraved, accompanied, description, Latin, work serves, compendium, beauties, courtesans, respectable women, represented interchangeably, juxtaposition, explain why, Franco, never, received, printing privilege
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