Caption
Chevalier Suisse du 16me siecle, Soldier captain with hat with feathers and sword, Twelve Swiss military costumes, Recueil de Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (possibly), after drawing by Hans Holbein (II), publisher: Christian von Mechel, Bazel, 1790, Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, printmaker, paper, etching, aquatint, hand coloring, colored etching and aquatint, height 268 mm x width 185 mm, The series belongs to the 4-piece publication 'Oeuvre de Jean Holbein', Basel 1780-1795, by Christian von Mechel., hacking and thrusting weapons: sword, weapons, clothes, costume, (military) uniforms (weapons), Switzerland, A full-length colored illustration of a man standing on grassy ground, facing slightly to the right while looking upward to the right, wearing an ornate wide-brimmed hat decorated with large multicolored plumes, a short beard and mustache, a loose pink doublet patterned with small shapes and large puffed sleeves, a decorative chain across his chest, a belted waist with a round ornament, short padded breeches with slashed openings and ruffled trim, striped stockings, and pointed shoes; he holds a long straight sword upright with one gloved hand resting on the hilt and the other hand placed on his hip, with a simple pale background and a narrow decorative border around the image.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B40_282
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