"Army of Venice in the Late 17th century – Coat colors" Topic

Anybody have information? There is a dubious illustration from the NYPL collection that shows what looks like a light blue/grey coat with dark blue cuffs.

Image:
link

Two guardsmen of the Doge Morosini from VENETIAN ARMY in the XVII and XVIII CENTURY have red coats.

Image:
link

Any uniform and flag information would be helpful.

Thanks,
Andrew

Andrew

Grey was a very common coat colour for armies of the later 17th century, especially in Germany. As the Venetian army of the time consisted of significant numbers of German mercenaries, you are farely safe using that.

The only book I have any knowledge of that is like to carry the information you need, is the one from which your second link is taken, which covers the period '700 (which I believe means the 1700s in Italian). There appears to be little uniformity in the illustrations in this book (I don't have it to hand right now), with greens, greys, reds and I think blues appearing.

I am currently using Google Translate to translate the other book in this series, which covers the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. I will get around to the later one, but don't hold your breath.

The red coats of the guardsmen may indicate that they are Swiss.