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Book of Italian Costumes

Niclauss Kippell (German) (Artist)
Léon Gruel (French, 1841-1923) (Binder)
ca. 1588 (High Renaissance)
paper with tempera and ink bound between brown mosaic and red morocco
(Renaissance Europe , Manuscripts and Rare Books)

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Beat Hagenbach of Bâle, 1608, by gift [from the artist]; Léon Gruel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, February 1905 or 1906 [included on shipping list with most of date removed]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2019-2021 Excursions through the Collection: Portraiture, Adornment, and the Natural World.
2010 Checkmate! Medieval People at Play. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2002-2003 The Artful Book: Selections from a Contemporary Collection of Books by Artists. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1993 Bookish Business: Henry Walters and Leon Gruel. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1989 Decadent Decades: The Medieval Clothes Horse. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1984-1985 Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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Geographies

Italy, Venice (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Folio H: 5 11/16 x W: 3 9/16 in. (14.5 x 9 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, ca. 1905

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

W.477

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