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Historical Archive: 16th century: c.1530 to end century


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Lucretia, stained glass, circle of Master of the "Kanis Triptych", Netherlandish c.1530, CMA 1951.335. For detail see CMA.
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Judgment of Solomon, stained glass, Dierick Vellert, Netherlandish c.1530, CMA 1968.188
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Death, alabaster c.1530, from the Cemetery of the Innocents, Paris; Louvre R.F. 2625. This work has its own page.
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Palmesel, wood, Swabia c.1530, SMBByz 7710, which has its own page
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Passion scenes, poss. Arnt van Tricht, oak predella fr. Kalkar c.1530-40, Schn A859. For detail see Schn.
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Corpus Christi flask, mold blown and free blown glass, c.1530-50, LMM 58/11. For other views see LMM.
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tabernacle 1533, repainted 1626, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page
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marquetry on archiepiscopal throne, Giovanni Battista del Cervelliera 1536, int. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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Apocalypse medal, Hans Reinhart the Elder 1539, silver, Pushkin Bec 54, 13r
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Lucretia, Majolica platter (coppa amatoria) c.1540, Casteldurante workshop, Arezzo MS
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Jean de Court (Vigier), enamel, Baking Bread: Labor for December, 1540-60, UMMA 1977/1.168
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tomb of Bede 1542, Galilee, Durham Cathedral, which has its own pages
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Woman clothed with the sun: silver Taler, Goslar 1542, SMBMünz 18202042
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Giovanni Bernardi, Christ before Pilate, obverse, intaglio rock crystal in gold with enamel and gems, c.1547, WAM 41.240. For reverse and detail see Walters.
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grave marker of Nicolas de Bonont and his wife and 15 children with Crucifixion, 1547, St. Séverin, Paris, which has its own page.
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wall paintings 1547-51, Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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seal matrix for the Royal Hospital of St Katharine-by-the-Tower and the Royal seal for Ecclesiastical Causes, copper alloy, 1548, MoL A11011
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Dorothea of Denmark (d.1547), duchess of Brandenburg-Ansbach, alabaster, Cornelis (II) Floris De Vriendt 1549, Pushkin CK550. For profile view see Pushkin.
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Léonard Limosin (attrib.), enamel on copper from Feuillantines convent (Paris), repeating Chartres composition: François I as St Thomas the Apostle, mid 16th c. Limoges, Louvre MR XIII suppl 211. For detail and companion Galiot de Genouillac as St Paul see Louvre.
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left: east wing c.1550, Kloster Wienhausen, which has its own pages
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Léonard Limosin (attrib.), the Dauphin (future François II), enamel on copper, Limoges c.1553, Louvre N 1253
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Synaxis of Mary, mid 16th c., Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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Jean de Court (Vigier), enamel, Baking Bread: Labor for December, 1540-60, UMMA 1977/1.168
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frieze and architrave, 1550-75, Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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skull, rock crystal, Italy, probably c.1550-1600, Louvre MR 327. For another view see Louvre.
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Chapel of the Immaculate Conception c.1550-1600, San Francesco, Pescia, which has its own page
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partial grave stone c.1550-1600, Kloster Wienhausen/parish church, which has its own page
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Hermann tom Ring, Last Judgement/Triumph of Death 1550-52, oil/panel, Utrecht ABM s40. For details see Utrecht.
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faience platter with Adam and Eve after Bernard Salomon, c.1555, Rimini?, Louvre OA 1555
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monument for heart of François II (lower right), Primaticcio 1560, Saint-Denis basilica
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pew of Archbishop Pimen, 1560, Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page
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Francesco Mosca, Lorenzi Stoldo di Gino marble, metalwork Luca D'andrea: Coronation of the Virgin 1565-83, int. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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François Clouet, portrait of François de Scepeaux, oil on wood, 1566, IMA 2004.158. For frame see IMA.
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Welcome glass (Humpen) of Magdeburg Cathedral with St. Maurice, Germany 1568, CMA 1948.232. For another view see CMA.
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marriage chest (cassone) with river god, wood, Italy last third of 16th c., MAAB
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porch and entry 1570, Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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musical automaton in the form of a male saint, court of Charles V (J. Turriano?), Madrid 1570-80, MAAB. For detail see MAAB.
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1573 wooden ceiling, Lateran Baptistery narthex, Rome. The baptistery octagon and narthex have their own interior page.
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Altar: large marble table 1573, in Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages.
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1574 inscription, Nef of St. Ursula, gold/silver gilt/copper/enamel, which has its own page
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Germain Pilon (1540-90), bronze medallion of Catherine de' Medici, Paris c.1575, Louvre MRR 313
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Crossing the Red Sea, enamel/copper, Jean de Court 1575-85, SF 48.2. For details see SF.
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setting with enamel 1575-1600, Vienna Gonzaga cameo 278-69 BCE, KHM IXa 81
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astronomical clock, C. Fredenberck, Augsburg 1577, MAAB. For other views see MAAB.
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memorial brass of Dorothy Taylare/Taylard, d.1577, and children, Ewell
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on right Buonvincini altar 1577, San Francesco, Pescia, which has its own page
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flagon in the form of an owl, silver gilt?, U. Sautter, Ulm 1580s, MAAB. For other views see MAAB.
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Vincenzo Possanti, 1584 bronze chandelier "of Galileo", Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages with detail
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ring with watch and Crucifixion triptych with instruments of the Passion, Jakob Weiss, gold and enamel, c.1585, IMA 73.70.93. For other views see IMA.
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frame, Italy, late 16th c.: gold, pearls, enamel; for agate cameo Emperor Claudius as Jupiter, agate cameo 41-54 CE. AIC 1991.375. For profile view see AIC.
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John the Baptist triptych, enamel/copper, Martin Didier Pape late 16th c., SF 1952.32a-c, which has its own page
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Hunting horn assoc. Henry IV of Navarre, ivory, France late 16th-early 17th c., Belgrade MAA 541. For other views see Belgrade MAA.
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sea horse, nautilus shell and metalwork, E. Geyer, Leipzig 1590s, MAAB. For detail see MAAB.
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cell of Engel Wennes, painted 1593, Kloster Wienhausen, which has its own pages with details
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on left Jacopo Ligozzi, 1595 Martyrdom of St. Dorothy, San Francesco, Pescia, which has its own page
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coffered ceiling, design 1596, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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Crucifixion, Gaspar Núñez Delgado 1599; ivory, ebony, mahogany, silver, and polychrome, IMA 1995.24. For other views see IMA.
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grave stone of Frau von Meltzing d. Sept. 14, 1599, Kloster Wienhausen/parish church, which has its own page with details