Twenty masked musicians and dancers emerge

Twenty masked and costumed musicians and dancers emerge from four monstrous heads. Dance of the Nations, part of the celebrations of the birth of Freiderich, Duke of Wurttemberg, 1616. Taken from Delineation und Abbildung aller furstlichen Aufzug und Ritterspielen by Esaias von Hulsen, 1617. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages, Chez Collignon, Metz, 1810

Abbildung Aller Aufzug Blackface Cartwheel Chez Collignon Delineation Esaias Ethiopian Freiderich Hulsen Monstrous Moor Spalart Turk Wurttemberg

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