German male costume of the first half of the 16th century from paintings by Lucas Cranach. Man wearing a cowl over doublet and skirts A; John of Saxony; 1519; wearing a multicoloured great coat with long sleeves B; man in breastplate; greaves over the knee under the skirts; and iron gauntlet 1524 C; and man with helmet; breastplate; chainmail collar; greaves over the knee under the skirts D; man in luxurious cape with candle watching a washerwoman E; and a man having his hair washed by three women F. 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.