Habiti delle Donne Venetiane (Dress of Venetian Women). Artist: Giacomo Franco (Italian, Venice 1550-1620 Venice). Dimensions: Overall: 11 x 8 1/4 x 1 in. (28 x 21 x 2.5 cm). Published in: Venice. Publisher: Published by Giacomo Franco (Italian, Venice 1550-1620 Venice). Date: ca. 1591-1610.This book consists of twenty numbered plates of ornately dressed women engraved by Giacomo Franco, each accompanied by a description in Latin and Italian. The work serves as a compendium of Venetian beauties, in which courtesans and respectable women are represented interchangeably, a juxtaposition that may explain why Franco never received a printing privilege for the book. Two plates describe aspects of Venetian wedding ceremonies. In plate 7, Franco depicts the parentado, or the ritual presentation of a bride to her relations. Here, a bride in a richly embroidered dress wearing pearls and a bejeweled crown is presented by her ballerino, a dance instructor who prevented the woman from toppling ov