Codex Vallardi

{{Short description|Collection of drawings by Antonio Pisanello}}

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The Codex Vallardi is a collection of drawings by Antonio Pisanello, acquired for the Cabinet des Dessins of the Louvre for 35,000 gold francs from the Milanese print dealer and antiquarian Giuseppe Vallardi (1784-1861) in March 1856.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/1554359 Frank Dabell, 'Drawings by Pisanello - a review of "Pisanello. Le peintre aux sept vertus" by Dominique Cordellier'], in Master Drawings Vol. 36, No. 2 (Summer, 1998), pp. 208-210 Consisting of 378 folios, its purchase was negotiated by Frédéric Reiset, who also reinstated its correct attribution, replacing a misattribution to Leonardo da Vinci.{{in lang|de}} Dvořák, Max: [https://books.google.com/books?id=UlVi0t8v2-wC „Geschichte der italienischen Kunst im Zeitalter der Renaissance: akademische Vorlesungen“], Band 1; Facultas Verlag, 2004 – 280 Seiten; S. 81, 82