EditorialFontainbleau School. Middle-second half of the 16th century. Pageant Shield. Steel. Chased. Made in the 1550s for King Henry II of France (1547-1559). His initials and those of his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, are in the shield's border. The chased com...
EditorialA Kneeling Man Holding a Staff [recto]. Dated: mid 1550s. Dimensions: overall: 23.6 ? 34.8 cm (9 5/16 ? 13 11/16 in.). Medium: charcoal heightened with white on blue laid paper.
EditorialJacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Portrait of a Man, Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (Italian, Venice 1518/191594 Venice), 1550s, Oil on canvas, 44 3/8 x 35 in. (112.7 x 88.9 cm), Paintings.
EditorialFontainbleau School. Middle-second half of the 16th century. Pageant Shield. Steel. Chased. Made in the 1550s for King Henry II of France (1547-1559). His initials and those of his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, are in the shield's border. The chased com...
EditorialMarguerite de Cambis, Baronne d'Aigremont, French translator of Boccaccio, fl. 1550s. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a figure in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VIII 86 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiques ...
EditorialUnidentified painter, Unknown woman, formerly known as Elizabeth, 1549-1597, Princess of Sweden, duchess of Mecklenburg, painting, 1550s, oil on canvas, Height, 100 cm (39.3 inches), Width, 77 cm (30.3 inches).
EditorialVictorious Soldiers with Trophy, 1550s. Pellegrino Tibaldi (Italian, 1527-1596). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 13.7 x 20.2 cm (5 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.); secondary support: 13.7 x 20.2 cm (5 3/8 x 7 15/16 in....
EditorialThe biography of Sir Thomas More (d. 1535), written by his son-in-law, William Roper (d. 1578), during the reign of Queen Mary (r. 1553–58), is reputedly the earliest personal biography in the English language. This page describes More’s trial in 1...
EditorialThe biography of Sir Thomas More (d. 1535), written by his son-in-law, William Roper (d. 1578), during the reign of Queen Mary (r. 1553–58), is reputedly the earliest personal biography in the English language. This page describes More’s trial in 1...
EditorialA Standing Sibyl with a Scroll. Dated: mid 1550s. Dimensions: sheet: 36.8 ? 23.5 cm (14 1/2 ? 9 1/4 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper.
EditorialFontainbleau School. Middle-second half of the 16th century. Pageant Shield. Steel. Chased. Made in the 1550s for King Henry II of France (1547-1559). His initials and those of his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, are in the shield's border. The chased com...
EditorialSamson Destroying the Temple. Dated: 1550s. Dimensions: sheet: 27.1 ? 24.4 cm (10 11/16 ? 9 5/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk.
EditorialLandscape with a Woman Fleeing at the Sight of a Soldier. Dated: 1550s. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 16.1 x 23.8 cm (6 5/16 x 9 3/8 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper.
EditorialA Standing Sibyl with a Scroll. Dated: mid 1550s. Dimensions: sheet: 36.8 ? 23.5 cm (14 1/2 ? 9 1/4 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper.
EditorialBreastplate, ca. 1530?35, Nuremberg, German, Nuremberg, Steel, H. 15 in. (38 cm); W. 13 1/2 in. (34.5 cm), Armor Parts-Breastplates, The armorer Valentin Siebenb?rger is recorded from the 1530s to the 1550s with commissions for the city of Nuremberg an...
Editorial'Coffin of Imam 'Ali', Folio from a Falnama (The Book of Omens) of Ja'far al-Sadiq, mid-1550s?early 1560s, Attributed to Iran, Qazvin, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 22 5/16 in. (56.7 cm), Codices, This folio is from a manuscri...
EditorialBurgonet with Buffe, ca. 1555?60, Italian, Steel, gold, leather, textile, H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); H. of comb 3 in. (7.6 cm); W. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); D. 15 in. (38.1 cm); Wt. 6 lb. 6 oz. (2892 g), Helmets, The elegant shape and beautiful decoration of ...
EditorialFontainbleau School. Middle-second half of the 16th century. Pageant Shield. Steel. Chased. Made in the 1550s for King Henry II of France (1547-1559). His initials and those of his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, are in the shield's border. The chased com...