Hans Weigel Hand-colored Woodcut from Jost Amman Sketch Sacerdotis Hispanici Concubinae Vestitus Spanish Priest’s Mistress 1577

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Sacerdotis Hispanici concubinae vestitus” CLX (Spanish priest’s mistress.) “In Spanien eins Priesters weib / Ist also klaidt an irem leib.” (In Spain this is how a priest’s “wife” is dressed.) “Wann sie geht in irer andak und acht sich keiner ande.” (When she goes to her andak, and no one else cares.) 29.5 cm x 19.5 cm Old repair along lower edge with laid paper. Hand-colored.

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Sacerdotis Hispanici concubinae vestitus” CLX (Spanish priest’s (concubine) mistress.) “In Spanien eins Priesters weib / Ist also klaidt an irem leib.” (In Spain this is how a priest’s “wife” is dressed.) “Wann sie geht in irer andak und acht sich keiner ande.” (When she goes to her andak, and no one else cares.) 29.5 cm x 19.5 cm Old repair along lower edge with laid paper. Hand-colored.

Taken from Hans Weigel’s Habitus praecipuorum tam virorum quam feminarum singulari arti depictiTrachtenbuchNürnberg: Weigel, 1577. Holzschnitt von Hans Weigel nach Zeichnung von Jost Amman. Woodcut by Hans Weigel after drawings by Jost Amman. Costumes.