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sixteenth century (dates CE)

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Century in the proleptic Gregorian calendar including the years 1500 to 1599 (or 1501 to 1600).

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Bit and Spur: A Horse Show, October 14-November 14, 1953

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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.

Dates: October 14-November 14, 1953

Exhibition of Early Asiatic Art: Original Persian and Indian Miniatures, January 10-March 3, 1952

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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.

Dates: January 10-March 3, 1952

Faces and Figures, [June]-June 29, 1957

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of 80 prints of portraits of famous historical figures from the sixteenth to mid-twentieth century. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span two folders.

Dates: [June]-June 29, 1957

Four Centuries of Nautical Prints, August 6-September 7, 1953

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of prints of marine and nautical subjects sixteenth to twentieth century artists. Ship models and navigational instruments lent by the San Francisco Maritime Museum were also shown in this exhibition at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span five folders.

Dates: August 6-September 7, 1953

From Durer to Dali: Five Centuries of Religious Prints, December 10, 1954-January 8, 1955

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of surveying Christian religious prints by artists of the fifteenth to twentieth centuries. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span five folders plus photographs.

Dates: December 10, 1954-January 8, 1955

Nativity Prints from Martin Schongauer to Sister Mary Corita, November 24, 1956-January 5, 1957

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Arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of prints surveying depictions of the Christian story of Nativity. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span two folders.

Dates: November 24, 1956-January 5, 1957

The Birth of Christ: Interpretations by Artists from the 16th Century to the 20th Century, November 21, 1953-January 3, 1954

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of about 50 prints depicting the birth of Jesus Christ of Christianity by Old Masters of the sixteenth century through twentieth century artists. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span five folders.

Dates: November 21, 1953-January 3, 1954

The Passion of Christ by Old and Modern Masters, February 15-April 1, 1956

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of about 60 etchings, engravings, lithographs, and serigraphs depicting the story of Jesus Christ of Christianity by Old Master artists and contemporary artists. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span two folders.

Dates: February 15-April 1, 1956

The Saints and Their Attributes, November 20-December 29, 1952

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of about 60 religious engravings, etchings, and woodcuts by Old Master printmakers of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. The exhibition records span five folders.

Dates: November 20-December 29, 1952

Wit and Humor: Prints and Books from the Schmulowitz Collection, April 1-30, 1955

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An exhibition of about 60 prints from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts alongside a selection of books from the Nat Schmulowitz Collection of Wit and Humor from the permanent collection of the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span seven folders.

Dates: April 1-30, 1955