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Album of Costume Studies

121. Folios 117 verso–118 recto
122. Folios 118 verso–119 recto
123. Folios 119 verso–120 recto
124. Folios 120 verso–121 recto
125. Folios 121 verso–122 recto
126. Folios 122 verso–123 recto
127. Folios 123 verso–124 recto
128. Folios 124 verso–125 recto
129. Folios 125 verso–126 recto
130. Folios 126 verso–127 recto
131. Folios 127 verso–128 recto
132. Folios 128 verso–129 recto

This album contains 131 drawings in watercolor on 135 leaves, with album leaves numbered at upper right. A second numbering system is also found on the drawings, at upper right of each sheet, ranging from 3 through 164, with some gaps in the sequence, indicating the drawings were once part of a larger series. Margaret Rosenthal has proposed that the album is the work of an Italian artist from the mid to late sixteenth century. The studies, carefully executed in watercolor and gouache, and sometimes highlighted with gold or silver paint, depict a range of regional costumes from Italy and other European countries, as well as examples of costume from Turkey, Syria, Egypt, and elsewhere.