Caption:
Venetian woman dying her hair blonde, 16th century. She sits on a chair and uses a sponge on a stick to dye her hair with a solana (a wide brim straw hat) in front of a mirror. She wears a shiavonetto robe in silk or other light fabric. A pair of chopines at her feet. Within a decorative frame engraved by H. Catenacci and Fellmann. Woodblock engraving by Gerard Seguin and E.F. Huyot after a woodcut by Christoph Krieger from Cesare Vecellios 16th century Costumes anciens et modernes, Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo, Firman Didot Ferris Fils, Paris, 1859-1860.