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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 53 Collections and/or Records:

Stitches and Time: An Exhibition of 500 Years of European, Near Eastern, and American Textiles, October 16, 1954-January 2, 1955

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An exhibition surveying the history of textile art over five centuries across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, arranged from an indefinite loan of textiles from the William H. Crocker estate and supplemented by textiles and decorative arts from the permanent collection. The exhibition records span four folders plus a catalog and installation photographs.

Dates: October 16, 1954-January 2, 1955

Surrealism and Its Forerunners: Prints from Durer to Dali, September 9-October 16, 1955

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of 60 surrealist and fantastical prints from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. The exhibition records span five folders plus photographs.

Dates: September 9-October 16, 1955

Tapestries from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries, [August 10-31] 1943

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An exhibition of 20 European tapestries from the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries, lent by French & Company of New York City. The exhibition records span four folders.

Dates: [August 10-31] 1943

Tapestries Lent by P. W. French & Company, March 31-Summer 1926

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Scope and Contents 15 rare tapestries representing the Flemish and French schools from the 16th to 18th century, lent by Mr. Mitchell Samuels of the P.W. French & Company of New York from Spring to Summer 1926. Included in the exhibition was a set of six Louis XIV tapestries woven by Phillippe Behagle, after the cartoons of LeBrun, Van der Meulen, and Martin. This set of tapestries was the most important of its kind and belonged to Lord Amherst. No exhibition materials remain for the exhibition. Only...
Dates: March 31-Summer 1926

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 Four Seasons of the Garden: Botanical Prints by Crispin van de Passe (c.1565-1637), May 29-June 20, 1954

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of engravings of flowers from the book “Hortus Floridus” by the late sixteenth-early seventeenth century Dutch artist Crispin van de Passe. The exhibition records span two folders.

Dates: May 29-June 20, 1954

The Garden: Classical and Romantic, April 5-May 18, 1952

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of prints surveying the evolution of garden decoration from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries by French, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, and Italian artists. The exhibition records span four folders plus photographs.

Dates: April 5-May 18, 1952

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 Printmaker 1450-1950, September 21-November 3, 1957

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Arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of about 120 prints surveying the development of printmaking by European and American artists from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries, including loans from the National Gallery at Washington, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum, and private collectors. The exhibition records span eight folders plus a catalog and photographs.

Dates: September 21-November 3, 1957

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