CODART, Dutch and Flemish art in museums worldwide

A Passion for Collecting Manuscripts

Exhibition: 31 January - 23 April 2023

Considered artistic and cultural treasures, illuminated manuscripts have garnered the interest of collectors throughout the centuries. Each has a unique story. Clues in these hand-crafted books and surviving pages often provide tantalizing evidence that help reconstruct their meanderings through time. This exhibition shares intriguing stories about Getty’s manuscripts collection and the remarkable journeys that brought them to Los Angeles.

Master of the Soane Josephus (active ca. 1475-1485), Froissart Kneeling before Gaston Phébus, Count of Foix, from Jean Froissart, Chroniques, ca. 1480-1483, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles