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1540s

This term has 259 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Period

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Drawing

Study of a bearded male nude, seated in profile to left

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bandinelli, Baccio

An image of Painting

Man in a furred coat

Maker(s)

Painter: Pino, Paolo ((?)attributed to)

An image of Miniature (painting)

Joseph landing in Egypt

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of Miniature (painting)

Sa'di's visit to the idol of Somnath

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

Pyramus and Thisbe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Psyche Gives Presents to Her Sisters

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Villamena, Francesco
Printmaker: Master of the Die (Reworked after)
Draughtsman: Coxie, Michiel I (After)
Publisher: Salamanca, Antonio

Venus and Cupid sleeping

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Primaticcio, Francesco (Associated with?)

Caricature of the Laocöon Group

Maker(s)

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

January and February

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald (After)

An image of Drawing

A standing draped female figure after the antique

Maker(s)

Artist: Girolamo da Carpi

Two Genii Riding Backwards on Two Dolphins

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Barthel

Martin Luther

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cranach, Lucas, the younger

Triumphal Procession with Bacchus in a Carriage

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Barthel

A Peasant with Dung-Fork

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Barthel

Peace

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

St. Matthew

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

Foot soldier seated on a trunk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Barthel

Thetis and Chiron

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pencz, Georg

The Virgin with the Parrot

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Barthel

Diligence

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

Hercules and Cacus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

Capital and base of a Corinthian Column

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

Lust

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

Joy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

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