Balthasar Hacquet de la Motte was a French natural scientist and physician who spent many years of his life in Slovenia, then in Lvov, Krakow, and Vienna. From his original interests relating to natural science, he moved his attention to specific features of folk culture in the countries of Central, Southern and South-Eastern Europe, and especially to folk dress. He probably painted some illustrations in his publications by himself and these served as a model for other authors (Andreas Johann Herrlein), at some other time he used the service of a professional painter (Georg Vogel). As resulting from the comparison of his topographic works, he also made depictions from his older works available (Jacob Adam, Franz Seraph Christoph Reider), namely as a sketch for new aquarelles (Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geißler) that could later serve as a model for other authors (Vincenz Georg Kininger, Jean-Pierre Norblin). This is demonstrated by noticeable identical details on dress and its accessories. The sketched connections confirm the well-established way of taking-over and exploring older works as models, which survived as late as until the 19th century.