Infantry officer and herald from the first half of 16th century.

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Infantry officer and herald from the first half of 16th century. From a coloured drawing by Hans Holbein in a cabinet of curiosities in Dresden. The officer wears a large hat with plumes, half armour, doublet with quilted and slashed sleeves, odd stockings, garters and leather shoes. The herald wears a tabard with a coat of arms of a two-headed eagle. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

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