Sarmatism
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Sarmatism was an ethno-cultural identity within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was the dominant Baroque culture and ideology of the nobility that existed in the time from the Renaissance to th
Stanisław Antoni Szczuka in Sarmatian attire, wearing a kontusz
Sarmatian-style Karacena armor
Politically influential Elżbieta Sieniawska, in Sarmatist pose and male delia coat
Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł, the most prominent nobleman of his times and a representative of Sarmatism.
Kontusz
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Kontusz is a type of outer garment worn by Polish, Lithuanian, and Hungarian nobility, and a symbol of Sarmatian identity. It became popular in the 16th century after being introduced into the Polish–
Sarmatism
…in 17th-century Polish literature, as in Jan Chryzostom Pasek's memoirs and the poems of Wacław Potocki. The Polish gentry wore a long coat, called kontusz, knee-high boots, and carried a szabla (sabre), usually a karabela. Moustaches were also popular, as well as decorative feathers in men's headgear…
Noble Ukrainian Cossack in a yellow żupan and red kontusz.