sixteenth century (dates CE)

The largest exhibition of Venetian painting ever held in the United States to that point, including 75 paintings assembled by the director of the Legion of Honor Dr. Walter Heil and assistant director Thomas Carr Howe, Jr. The exhibition records span 20 folders, about 0.75 boxes, plus copies of the catalog and clippings.

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.

An exhibition of paintings by the most famous European masters of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, lent by Wildenstein and Co. of New York City. The exhibition records span four folders plus copies of the catalog and a clipping.

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.

An exhibition of about 40 photographs of buildings, sculpture, and furniture displaying the development of the Renaissance in France, emphasizing the conflict between medieval traditions and the new spirit of individualism of the period. The exhibition was arranged by Catherine E. Boyd of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and circulated by The American Federation of Arts. The exhibition records span three folders.

A loan exhibition surveying the development of drawing by French artists from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries, organized by L’Association Française d’Action Artistique and circulated by the Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibition records span eight folders plus a catalog, bulletin, and photographs.

An exhibition of about 50 prints by French artists from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century from the collection of Moore S. Achenbach. The exhibition records span three folders.

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.

An exhibition of sculpture from the Gothic and Renaissance periods of the twelfth through seventeenth centuries in Europe. The exhibition records span 7 folders.

A history of painting that "fools the eye." 100 paintings, ranging from the 15th century to the present day, have been assembled by the Museum from the leading public and private collections of the United States to provide the most comprehensive survey of its kind ever presented in this country. (Source: Calendar May 1949)