Figures in Medieval Costume (Tracings from the "Nuremberg Chronicle")

Figures in Medieval Costume (Tracings from the "Nuremberg Chronicle")

Eugène Delacroix

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Delacroix registered with the Print Room at the Bibliothèque Nationale as a student in 1816. There he gained access to not only old master prints, but also a wide variety of sources for the study of costume. This sheet is composed of simple outline tracings from the "Nuremberg Chronicle," an illustrated history of the Christian world published in 1493.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figures in Medieval Costume (Tracings from the "Nuremberg Chronicle")Figures in Medieval Costume (Tracings from the "Nuremberg Chronicle")Figures in Medieval Costume (Tracings from the "Nuremberg Chronicle")Figures in Medieval Costume (Tracings from the "Nuremberg Chronicle")Figures in Medieval Costume (Tracings from the "Nuremberg Chronicle")

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