I Medici: Een renaissance in papier - Isabelle de Borchgrave, at the Jubelparkmuseum of the Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis in Brussels through April 18, features nearly thirty costumes — all made of paper — based on 15th century Italian portraits.

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If you’ll be in the DC area over the upcoming holidays, be sure to check out these exhibits & events:

The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain, at the West Building of the National Gallery of Art, will close on November 29. There’s also a small quadricentennial exhibition of the works […]

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François Ier et Soliman le Magnifique: les voies de la diplomatie à la Renaissance (François I and Suleiman the Magnificent: The Ways of Diplomacy in the Renaissance) is at the Musée Nationale du Renaissance at the Château d’Ecouen through March 1, as part of the Saison de la Turquie.

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Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection is at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, through April 18.

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In Pursuit of Knowledge: 600 Years of Leipzig University is at the Central Library of Houston, Texas, through January 8.

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The Onassis Cultural Center presents “an extraordinary group of 15th and 16th century paintings, including early works by El Greco” in “The Origins of El Greco: Icon Painting in Venetian Crete” through February 27.

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“A Double-Edged Weapon: The Sword as Icon and Artifact” is at the Littleton Historical Museum in Littleton, Colorado, through January 24.

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At Influences of the Silk Road, at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts through April 25, “visitors of all ages can explore objects from the Museum’s permanent collection that either traveled on the Silk Road or reflect the religions, technologies, and goods that were exchanged en route.”

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Medieval Art and the Contemporary Spirit is at Richard L. Feigen & Co. through February 5.

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Botticelli — “the first exhibition ever to be devoted to the oeuvre of this great Italian Renaissance master in German-speaking lands” — will be at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, through February 28.

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