Member of a Compagnie della Calza, young Venetian noblemen who organized spectacles and masquerades in Venice, 15th century. He wears a violet toque, a green velvet jacket, black doublet, and odd stockings. The left is striped, and the right is scarlet decorated with pearls and palms. From a painting by Vittore Carpaccio in the Academy of Fine Arts, Venice. 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, 1861.