sixteenth century (dates CE)
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
A Historical Survey of the Graphic Arts: The Development of Various Techniques in Printmaking, October 22-November 27, 1955
From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition explaining the history of printmaking, including about 100 woodblock prints, as well as original printing plates and blocks, from the fifteenth through twentieth century. The exhibition records span eight folders plus photographs.
Ancient Arts of the Andes, July 23-September 19, 1954
A major exhibition of more than 400 native, indigenous, and folk art objects tracing the history of the South American Andean region from about 1200 BCE until the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century. The exhibition was a collaboration between the Legion of Honor, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The exhibition records span 19 folders plus a catalog, bulletin, and photographs.
Bit and Spur: A Horse Show, October 14-November 14, 1953
From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of prints of horses by sixteenth to nineteenth century artists. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span four folders.
California Collects: North and South, March 7-April 6, 1958
An exhibition of paintings by European artists from the Renaissance to the twentieth century as represented in public and private collections in California, sponsored by the Art Council of the University of California, Los Angeles and the Patrons of Art and Music auxiliary of the Legion of Honor. The exhibition records span six folders plus a catalog and photographs.
Ceramics from the Collection of Mrs. A.B. Spreckels, [January-April 1938]
An exhibition of ceramics lent by Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, co-founder of the Legion of Honor. No materials remain for this exhibition.
Chiaroscuro in Printmaking, January 24-March 2, 1952
From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of prints surveying the development of chiaroscuro as a printmaking technique from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. The exhibition records span four folders plus photographs.
Early Spanish Primitive Painting, August 19-September 17, 1961
An exhibition of 15 paintings by fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth century Spanish artists, lent by the Schaeffer Galleries of New York and arranged by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The exhibition records span three folders plus photographs.
Ecclesiastical Sculpture, November 1, 1945-January 6, 1946
An exhibition of religious sculpture lent by an anonymous private collector. The exhibition records span five folders plus installation photographs and coverage in the CPLH bulletin.
Exhibition of Early Asiatic Art: Original Persian and Indian Miniatures, January 10-March 3, 1952
An exhibition of miniature prints by thirteenth to twentieth century Persian and Indian artists from the collection of William P. Cleary, arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span five folders.
Exhibition of French Painting from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, June 8-July 8, 1934
A major exhibition of 267 representative works intended to map the development of painting in France since the fifteenth century. The exhibition records span 39 folders (about 2 boxes) plus copies of the catalog and clippings.