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'Les Lapins', engraved by Gustave Doré, 1868

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La processione del Venerdì Santo — The procession of Holy Friday — Gabriel Bella

This painting depicts the Easter procession held at night between Holy Thursday and Holy Friday, when the Scuola della Passione showed the relics of the Blood of Christ to the other schools and confraternities.

As Francesco Sansovino wrote:

They are seen once a year in procession, that is, on the night of Holy Thursday when the miraculous blood is shown to the other brotherhoods.

The officials of the Scuola della Passione are seen on the right, with the Guardiano grando carrying the relic under a baldachin.

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History Walks in Venice Mar 20

Diana acconcia alla venetiana — Diana with Venetian hairstyle — Habiti delle Donne Venetiane — 18

This print depicts a young woman in the guise of Diana, goddess of the hunt, with her usual attributes: the crescent moon, an arrow, the dog, the cape to pull over the head, and a natural setting.

Rather unusually, her hair is set in the particular Venetian style, which was in fashion in the late 1500s and early 1600s.

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History Walks in Venice Mar 18

Una che si concia con due specchi — A woman dressing her hair with two mirrors — Habiti delle Donne Venetiane — 8

This print depicts a Venetian woman dressing her hair using two mirrors, so she can see the back too.

The particular Venetian hairstyle with the hair set as a crescent moon, or as two horns, was popular in the later 1500s and early 1600s.

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History Walks in Venice Mar 14

La cazza del toro — Running with bulls — Habiti delle Donne Venetiane — 12

This print depicts the traditional bull hunts or bull runs, which often took place in Venice. They were especially popular for the grand feast on Fat Thursday (Giovedì grasso) during the famous carnival.

Bulls were let loose in the squares, at times with ropes tied to their horns, and people ran in front or behind them, and sometimes dogs were set on the bulls.

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History Walks in Venice Mar 9

Cortegiana vestita a la foresta — Courtesan dressed as a foreigner — Habiti delle Donne Venetiane — 13

This print depicts a Venetian courtesan, who has dressed according to other traditions, supposedly to attract attention.

The dress is characterised as being as lascivious as possible.

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History Walks in Venice Mar 5

Cortegiana vestita da inverno — Courtesan dressed for winter — Habiti delle Donne Venetiane — 11

This print depicts a Venetian courtesan dressed for the winter.

Her hair is set in the characteristic Venetian fashion of a crescent moon, her dress of fine brocade has a wide ruff, and she wears a pearl necklace. She has a pair of gloves in her hand.

Compared to the print of a famous courtesan, the outfit is slight less ostentatious.

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History Walks in Venice Mar 3

Cortegiana famosa — Famous courtesan — Habiti delle Donne Venetiane — 10

This print depicts a supposedly famous Venetian courtesan of the time, dressed as a fine lady in the Venetian fashion.

She has her hair set in the peculiar Venetian style of a crescent moon, and she wears a lavish dress of brocade, adorned with lace and pearls.

In her hands, she holds a small dog, which was, according to the text, a characteristic of that particular woman.

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History Walks in Venice Jan 25

Habiti Antichi et Moderni (1590) — Cesare Vecellio

The Degli Habiti antichi et moderni di Diverse Parti del Mondo, libri due fatti da Cesare Vecellio, et con discorsi da lui dichiarati (1590) by Cesare Vecellio (1521–1601) is a large work of over four hundred illustrations of how people from all over the world dressed (or were thought or perceived to dress) in the late 1500s.

Around one hundred of the illustrations are of Venetian dresses. Most of the rest are European, but there are images of Turks, Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Egyptians, Ethiopians and even indigenous Americans too.

The title means On the ancient and modern Dress from Various Parts of the World, two books made by Cesare Vecellio, with an introduction by himself.

The first edition was followed by a second, with more illustrations, in 1598, and two other posthumous editions.

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