Swiss Doctor of Medicine, 1690

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Docteur en Médecine, 1690

Switzerland 1690. Doctor of Medicine.

Docteur en Médecine, 1690

He wears a powdered allonge wig, waistcoat, juste corps worn open, buckled shoes, sword. The hat is out of fashion and corresponds to an earlier decade. Rhinegraves pants decorated with ribbons. Lace trim on the shirt sleeves. A large collar, the millstone ruff, leftover of Spanish fashion.

Illustration, damasks, ornament
Note:  The Grand Lever. Second Toilette of a lady of state. France 18th century.
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