Basque working woman
The clothing is
based on Codice de trajes (cca 1540, Biblioteca Nacional de
Espana, Madrid) - f9. Similar garments can be seen in
Trachtenbuchs of Christoph Weiditz (1529 and1531-32) or Kostüme
der Männer und Frauen in Augsburg und Nürnberg, Deutschland,
Europa, Orient und Afrika - BSB Cod.icon. 341 (Bayerische
StaatBibliothek, end of 16th century) and others. The similar
jacket (gonete) can be found even in Velasquez's portraits
(1618).
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