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- Title
- The Planets - The Sun (No. 4 of the series of 7 prints)
- Artist
- Hans Sebald Beham
- Artist Life Dates
- 1500-1550
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1500-1550
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.133
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- The Farnese Hercules
- Artist
- Jacob Bos
- Physical Description
- This engraving reproduces a colossal marble sculpture of Hercules leaning upon his club, which is draped with a lion skin. Bos carefully records the powerful musculature of the figure and sets the statue within a niche.
- Artist Life Dates
- active c.1520-c.1580
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1562
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.17
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Head of a Buddha (Ayutthaya style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.41
- Medium and Support
- stone
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Parshvanatha shrine (fragmentary condition)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.103
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Ornamental Design: A Grotesque Winged Figure (recto); Beginning of an Architectu
- Artist
- Bernarndino Campi
- Artist Life Dates
- (1522 - 1595)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.11
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown ink with ink wash, heightened with white on brown paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Bowl with carved lotus petals design
- Artist
- Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
- Physical Description
- A rounded bowl, its lower two-thirds carved as a lotus blossom centered on the foot of the bowl, with two bands of double incised lines around the rim area. The pale yellow-brown glaze is worn in some areas. Five spur marks inside.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.97
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with yellow green glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Virabhadra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.75
- Medium and Support
- bronze with ruby and gold accents
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Triumph of Isaac, No. 2 of 8 in the set Patientiae Triumphus...Elegantissimis Im
- Artist
- Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert
- Artist Life Dates
- 1522-1590
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1522-1590
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.123
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- The Deposition of Christ
- Artist
- Guglielmo della Porta
- Physical Description
- A small crowd of figures gathers around the body of a dead man and a fainting woman in the center of this bronze panel. The dead man's body and the two men holding his burial shroud appear in the foreground, while the fainting woman and the three women and the man who support her are positioned immediately above and behind them. Another woman with loose, flowing hair leans forward to kiss the left hand of the dead man, uniting the two parts of this central group. Four other male figures, rendered in slightly smaller scale and lower relief, look on from the sides. Three crosses provide the backdrop to the drama. The central cross is empty, yet two twisting nude males are suspended from the crosses on either side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1515-1577
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1564
- Accession Number
- 1962/2.20
- Medium and Support
- bronze relief
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with mushroom design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Circular tsuba, made of iron. It has two holes in the middle. There are two openwork motifs of mushrooms on the lower left. Rusts on some parts of the piece.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.100
- Medium and Support
- iron
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Christ Disputing
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.135
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Mucius Scaevola
- Artist
- Monogrammist FG
- Artist Life Dates
- 2nd Third of 16th C.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1537
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.37
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: The Giant Antaeus (one of the set of 13 prints)
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.66
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Mountain Bird, After Shen Chou
- Artist
- Qian Gu (Ch'ien Ku)
- Artist Life Dates
- (Suzhou, 1508 - after 1574)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1566
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.140
- Medium and Support
- fan mounted as an album leaf, ink on gold paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Venus and Cupid
- Artist
- Hendrick Goltzius
- Physical Description
- This black and white print shows a nude woman and young boy with wings within an oval shape.The woman is lounging on a draped surface and has her arm around the boy. He is facing toward her and pushing an arrow against her left breast. Other smaller scenes surround these figures including, a woman in a chariot drawn by swans; a man and a woman conversing in a forest; two figures in a landscape scene and two birds nestled together. Outside the oval in the corners of the work are hearts, flaming arrows and roses . At the bottom is Latin lettering.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1558 - 1617
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1596
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.17
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Adam and Eve (Fall of Man)
- Artist
- Hans Baldung Grien
- Physical Description
- This black and white print has a long vertical format showing two nude figures standing in front of a tree trunk. The female is holding an apple in each hand and has her left foot resting on a tablet with the letters HGB. Her face is turned to look at the figure behind her. This figure holds her shoulder with one hand and with the other places a leafy branch in front of her genitalia. On the bottom left corner is a date 1519.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1484/85-1545
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1519
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.91
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- The Good Thief on the Cross
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, School of Kalkar, Germany
- Physical Description
- A bearded man, wearing a loincloth and a long trailing headband, hangs from a cross by his arms, which have split open beneath the ropes that bind them. His left leg hangs downward and passes behind his right foot, which perches precariously on a forked branch. He strains to his left and gazes upward with his mouth open in a tortured movement augmented by the dramatic sweeps of drapery that frame his torso.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1520
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.233
- Medium and Support
- walnut with polychrome
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Charles V and his Brother Ferdinand I
- Artist
- Christoffel Bockstorffer
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1513 - 1553)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1513-1553
- Accession Number
- 1927.1
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Study of a Male Nude with Floating Drapery
- Artist
- Isaac Claesz van Swanenburg
- Physical Description
- This study of a male nude set within a niche combines a skilled portrayal of anatomy with a powerful evocation of movement and emotional intensity. Through the carefully rendered arms and swirling draperies the artist expands and animates the space around the figure, who seems to surge forward even as he turns his head back in a gesture of despair.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1537-1614
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1562-1638
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.54
- Medium and Support
- pen, brown ink and gray wash on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Solicitudo Rustica (Rustic Cares) from the Large Landscapes after Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- Artist
- Pieter Brueghel
- Physical Description
- This print offers an expansive vista over a river valley bordered by high mountains in the distance. In the foreground a peasant sits on the ground hammering the blade of his scythe as another man leans against a tree and gazes into the valley. Boats, towns, and villages dot the landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- c. 1525-1569)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1530-1569
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.92
- Medium and Support
- etching with engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Lot and His Daughters
- Artist
- Lucas Van Leyden
- Artist Life Dates
- 1494-1533
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1530
- Accession Number
- 1953/1.49
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Durga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.52
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- The Large Ex libris of Wolfgang Rehlinger
- Artist
- Heinrich Vogtherr
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1513 - 1568, )
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1544
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.10
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Village Hero (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.139
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Decorative Ewer with Satyrs
- Artist
- Mathias Zündt
- Physical Description
- The ewer in this drawing is decorated with cavorting satyrs, lions, and grotesque masks.
- Artist Life Dates
- c. 1498-1572
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1551-1572
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.21
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown ink with ink wash on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- St. Catherine of Siena Blessing a Sick Child (?)
- Artist
- Niccolò Circignani
- Artist Life Dates
- 1517/24 - 1596
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1592-1596
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.16
- Medium and Support
- graphite, brown ink and wash on thin, slightly textured beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Baking Bread, Labor of the Month for December
- Artist
- Jean de Court, called Vigier
- Physical Description
- This enamel roundel depicts three figures in an interior. In the foreground a man with a soft pointed cap maneuvers small round loaves of bread in an oven with a long wooden paddle. Behind him a woman with an elaborate headdress and another figure prepare more loaves for baking. The silvery gray tones of this grisaille enamel impart the scene with a subtle luminosity.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1541-1564
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1540-1560
- Accession Number
- 1977/1.168
- Medium and Support
- enamel
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Basin
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.37
- Medium and Support
- Saracenic brass
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- St. Jerome in His Study
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- This engraving depicts a comfortable domestic interior. An old bearded man sits poring over a book at table in the back of the room. A lion and dog rest on the floor in the foreground. Various other objects appear around the room, including a skull, books, slippers, a crucifix, and a pair of scissors.
- Artist Life Dates
- Nüremberg, 1471-1528
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1514
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.1
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Portrait of Jerome Schurstab
- Artist
- Hans Lautensack
- Artist Life Dates
- 1524-1561/6
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1554
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.97
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Portrait of Pietro Aretino
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1550
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.76
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- The two elders convicted of false witness by the young Daniel (one from the set
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1555
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.50
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Female Figure (or Saint)
- Artist
- Palma il Giovane
- Artist Life Dates
- (Venice, 1544 - 1628, Venice)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1544-1628
- Accession Number
- 1947/2.7
- Medium and Support
- pen and wash on toned paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Standing Bacchus with Goat
- Artist
- Giulio Romano
- Artist Life Dates
- 1499-1546
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.33
- Medium and Support
- pen and light brown ink on cream paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Dish,
- Artist
- Anonymous Hispano-Mooresque
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.121
- Medium and Support
- faience with luster
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- The Prodigal Son Wasting His Substance
- Artist
- Hans Sebald Beham
- Artist Life Dates
- 1500-1550
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1540
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.25
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Four Episodes in the Life of a Saint
- Artist
- Andrea Boscoli
- Artist Life Dates
- (1550 - 1606)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.75
- Medium and Support
- pen, ink, wash and black chalk, laid down
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Buddha, standing in double abhaya mudra (Ayutthaya style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.45
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Bhagavati (Bhairava)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.58
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Mars and Venus Surrounded by Nymphs and Putti
- Artist
- Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio
- Physical Description
- The nude figures of four women, a man, a winged boy, and numerous putti stand in front of a curtained bed. The man stands near the center of the crowd and gasps, apparently in shock, as his jacket is pulled off by the young boy behind him. The woman seated on the bed beckons toward the man.
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1505-1565
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1530-1540
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.86
- Medium and Support
- engraving on cream laid paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Lime pot with a handle in the shape of areca fruit
- Artist
- Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
- Physical Description
- A small container made by inverting a wheel-thrown jar with a rounded bottom, cutting out a circle in the new 'shoulder' of the jar, and attaching a flat bottom. The handle, which is simply attached at both ends, takes the form of an areca fruit. The vessel as a whole has a pale straw-colored glaze, with a rich green iron glaze dripped over the handle and the upper part of the pot.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.99
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with green and crackled white glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Summer Retreat
- Artist
- Xie Shichen (Hsieh Shih-ch'en)
- Physical Description
- This is a very dense landscape painting. There are waterfalls, clouds, trees and cliffs present in the painting. The colors consist of muted greens and browns. Towards the lower half of the painting, there is a view of an interior with four figures present, three of which are sitting at a low table. There is a staircase on the lower right, with a man standing on it, looking upwards. There is also a house on a cliff towards the upper right of the painting. There is calligraphy in the upper right hand corner, with a red seal. There is another red seal, although a bit faded, in the lower left corner of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1478- after 1567
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.161
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- In a wooded background with a small temple sheltering the lingam. Floral
- foreground. From a Ragamala Series.
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Uttar Pradesh, Chaurapancasika Style
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550-1575
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.105
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on birch bark
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Large Vase (fahua)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.248
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled blue glaze
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Epiphany
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian (Venetian)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1540-1550
- Accession Number
- 1947/2.8
- Medium and Support
- pen, wash and crayon on white paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Tapestry
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.328
- Medium and Support
- wool?
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Tea Bowl, 'ido chawan' type
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.535
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Betrayal of Christ, Plate 3 from the engraved Passion
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Artist Life Dates
- Nüremberg, 1471-1528
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1508
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.13
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Deep footed bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- The mouth is straight. The side is gently curved to the bottom. The foot is hgh and narrow. It was repaired.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.75
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with crackled creamy white glaze, gold repairs
- relevance
- rank 3.72153
- Title
- Battle of the Romans under Scipio against the Carthaginians
- Artist
- Agostino di Musi
- Physical Description
- A group of men wage battle against each other in a rocky landscape. Some of the men wear ancient Roman armor while others are only partially clothed. The combatants wield spears and swords, and some are on horseback. The mounted soldier in the center of the scene holds a large banner. A burning city is visible in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Venice, 1490 - 1540)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- after 1531
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.211
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.72153