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Lambert de Vos, a native of Mechlin, who entered the Guild of St. Luke in that city in 1563, went to Constantinople, and there executed in 1574 a volume of drawings of 'Oriental Costumes' at the behest of Habsburg ambassador Karem Rijm.

De Vos Costume Album
Among the three extant copies, the original version is preserved in the Library at Bremen. Two copies are preserved in Paris and Vienna. The high quality of the original manuscript was greatly admired by connoisseurs (contemporaries and later times). De Vos also made ample use of his predecessors works, such as those of Melchior Lorck. Lorck was a student of Pieter Coecke van Aelst, whose multi-figured drawings could have easily been taken out as individuals figures for other contexts.

Bremen Album
The Bremen manuscript consists of 110 (117 images) drawings representing members of Ottoman society in the sixteenth century.A Military procession of 95 figures occupy the first fifty pages of the album. This procession was perhaps organized in honor of Sultan Selim II, whose name was inscribed on image no.37. The figures were meant to be viewed from left to right (moving from left to right), following the direction of Arabic script. The figures were grouped according to their status to reflect the strict hierarchical aspect of the Ottoman society. Other groups include the Ottoman male and female population, national and religious minorities.

A portrait of Selim II

Wedding Procession

Eighteen figures are depicted in the procession, including the bride. The composition opens with two

Possible connection to Freshfield Album