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Album of Costume Studies

073. Folios 69 verso–70 recto
074. Folios 70 verso–71 recto
075. Folios 71 verso–72 recto
076. Folios 72 verso–73 recto
077. Folios 73 verso–74 recto
078. Folios 74 verso–75 recto
079. Folios 75 verso–76 recto
080. Folios 76 verso–77 recto
081. Folios 77 verso–78 recto
082. Folios 78 verso–79 recto
083. Folios 79 verso–80 recto
084. Folios 80 verso–81 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.