German man competing in a sleigh race, 16th century.. The rider is Matthew Schwartz, a citizen of Augsburg. He wears a plumed cap, brown doublet over slashed crimson sleeves and trunk hose. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F. Laguillermie, from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris 1867.