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These delicately beautiful gouache paintings were created by artist Hans Mielich for Kleinodienbuch der Herzogin Anna von Bayern, or The Jewel Book of Anna von Bayern. Two years in the making, the book was completed in 1555, with over one hundred meticulously hand painted pages recording the jewelry owned by the Duchess, as well as some belonging to her husband the Duke. The entire book is online at the Bavarian State Library, but you can find many more samples on BibliOdyssey, where I first saw it. Beautiful jewels that are as lovely today as when they were first made, centuries ago...