Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch, Italian poet, 1304-1374. He wears a robe and hood in scarlet lined with ermine. From the portrait by Simone Martini in the church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from "Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries," Levy Fils, Paris, 1860.
Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch, Italian poet, 1304-1374. He wears a robe and hood in scarlet lined with ermine. From the portrait by Simone Martini in the church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from "Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries," Levy Fils, Paris, 1860.