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1550s

This term has 196 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Period

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Ornament with Vase and Fantastic Figures

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

Ornament with Fantastic Dolphins

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

Dancing Couple

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

An image of Painting

Unknown woman, possibly Queen Mary I

Maker(s)

Painter: Ewouts, Hans

An image of Painting

Self-portrait, with the Colosseum, Rome

Maker(s)

Painter: Heemskerck, Maerten van

An image of Drawing

A Flemish village

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Master of the Small Landscapes

An image of Drawing

A ruined gateway in Rome with figures in foreground

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Cock, Hieronymus

An image of Drawing

Christ appearing to St Gregory

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Carlo Urbino (Attributed to)

An image of Miniature (painting)

A prince with six companions and an attendant drinking in a garden

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

Jonah Released by the Whale

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Designer: Bol, Hans (After)
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus

The Façade of Saint Peter's, Rome, 1549, as designed by Antonio da Sangallo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Designer: Sangallo, Antonio da, the younger (After)
Publisher: Salamanca, Antonio

Caricature of the Laocöon Group

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boldrini, Niccolà (Attributed)
Designer: Vecellio, Tiziano (After)

Jonah Surveying the City of Nineveh, from Beneath a Gourd Tree

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Designer: Bol, Hans (After)
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus

Albrecht Dürer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lorichs, Melchior

Virgin and Child with the Pear

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wierix, Hieronymus
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (After)
Publisher: Visscher, Jan Claesz.

The Elders Accused of Adultery

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

Sophonisba

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

Susanna surprised by the Elders

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

Avarice

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

The Fight with the Nemean Lion

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

Hercules Carrying the Columns of Gaza

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

The Good Samaritan Loading the man on his donkey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

The Rich Man Dies

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

Hercules and the Hind

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

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