"A Princess with Two Attendants, All in Late 16th Century English Costume", Folio from the Davis Album

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18th century · Ink and opaque watercolor on paper · Islamic Art

Ruffs and necklines are somewhat misunderstood in this throw-back view of sixteenth-century costume. This image may have been inspired by an eighteenth-century English rendering of the historical costume, or copied from an earlier engraving.

Artist

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Date

18th century

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915