Binger & Chits: costume portrait, Haarlem ca. 1871

About this portrait

This carte de visite shows a costume portrait — probably for a masked ball or fancy-dress party, with a plumed hat, collar and cuirass inspired by 16th/17th-century clothing. The sitter is not identified. Produced by Binger & Chits, the partnership of Charles Binger and Jacques Chits from 1871, Oudegracht, Haarlem.

The studio Binger & Chits in Haarlem was one of the later firm names of the portrait business of Charles Binger (1830–1916), which operated on the Zijlstraat until 1891 (source: RKD).