Costume design for Jacopo Giraldi, depicted on horse back

Costume design for Jacopo Giraldi, depicted on horse back

Baccio del Bianco

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for a rich costume for a noble man with a lance on horse back. The design shows man and horse from the side, facing left. All the colors of his costume are described. The head is repeated on the right side. On the lower left the man is identified as Il signore Jacopo Giraldi (Florentine patrician who died in 1630).

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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