The iconic cloaked and beaked plague doctor is often associated with Venice, but there is no documentation that the figure ever existed in Venice.
Is there a connection between writing ink and rat poison, as some images from the 1700s seem to indicate?
“Ruffiana” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
“Predatori Predati” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
“Ruffiana” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
Clara the Rhino was an unusual participant of the Carnival in Venice of 1751, but not the less popular for it.
“Prostitute al Bordello” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
“Puttana” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
“Meretrice” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
“Sartore Ducale” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.