Habito ordinario — Ordinary dress — Habiti Antichi e Moderni — 105.b

This print depicts a Venetian nobleman — or a citizen — in the ordinary formal dress, the vesta, which originated as a Byzantine courtly dress.

The Venetians dressed in their own particular fashion until the end of the republic, a fact which was noted by many travellers from Western Europe.

"The Doge, having heard mass in his robes of state (which are very particular, after the eastern fashion), together with the Senate in their gowns…"

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