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Album of Costume Studies

085. Folios 81 verso–82 recto
086. Folios 82 verso–83 recto
087. Folios 83 verso–84 recto
088. Folios 84 verso–85 recto
089. Folios 85 verso–86 recto
090. Folios 86 verso–87 recto
091. Folios 87 verso–88 recto
092. Folios 88 verso–89 recto
093. Folios 89 verso–90 recto
094. Folios 90 verso–91 recto
095. Folios 91 verso–92 recto
096. Folios 92 verso–93 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.