Jacopo Ligozzi Verona 1547 - 1627 Florence

This drawing represents a young married Greek woman of Pera; Nicolay goes on to describe the costume of Greek newlywed brides:

[L]e figlie, ò donne novamente andate à marito portano in testa una berretta to[n]da di raso cremesino ò di broccato figurato, avvolta da una ghirlanda larga due dita di seta, & d’oro, tutta piena di perle, & d’altre pietre di pregio. Sono le loro camicie di crespo ò di taffettà di colore porfilato, & rigato d’oro, come sono quelle delle Turche. [The girls, or woman newly married wear on their head a round hat of crimson satin or figured brocade, surrounded by a garland two inches wide of silk, and of gold, all covered in pears and other stones of value. Their blouses are of crepe or of taffeta of a purple color, and striped with gold, as are those of the Turkish ladies]."

This drawing was used by the Doccia factory as one of the designs for a group of porcelain platters, manufactured in the mid 18th Century (see fig. 1, and introduction to these lots).