Venetian gondola; 14th century. The gondola is black; with a cabin covered in black carpet; and a white carpet on the prow. The woman passenger wears her hair tied with pearls; and a pink robe. She's accompanied by a duenna in black. The gondolier wears a red cap; velvet doublet; white shirt; black belt; purse and dagger. From a painting by Gentile Bellini 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; 1860.