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Album of Costume Studies

097. Folios 93 verso–94 recto
098. Folios 94 verso–95 recto
099. Folios 95 verso–96 recto
100. Folios 96 verso–97 recto
101. Folios 97 verso–98 recto
102. Folios 98 verso–99 recto
103. Folios 99 verso–100 recto
104. Folios 100 verso–101 recto
105. Folios 101 verso–102 recto
106. Folios 102 verso–103 recto
107. Folios 103 verso–104 recto
108. Folios 104 verso–105 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.