De Bruyn (Abraham)

Mercator Ragousanus, olim Epidaurus; Mercator Iudæus ut Constantinopoli negotiatur; Ex Armenia Mercatoris effigies,
Antwerp, Joos de Bosscher, 1580.
a richly coloured depiction of the costumes of four merchants from the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond, in the cultural melting pot of Constantinople, a scribe and a merchant from the maritime republic of Ragusa, in South Dalmatia, accompanied by a Jewish merchant and one from Armenia. They each wear different styles of long outer coats, all edged in gold, two with fur trimmings, over various lengths of tunics or robes, all tied with cloth belts, the two on the left wearing different designs of soft hats, the two on the right in turbans. This is a particularly decorative plate from de Bruyn’s ‘Omnium pene Europæ, Asiæ, Aphricæ, atque Americæ Gentium Habitus’, or ‘The Costumes of various nations of Europe, Asia, Africa and America’..