
The Emperor's Carpet
Second half of the 16th century · Silk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Artworks made 1400 to 1600. 69 recorded, each with a cited chain of ownership. The era is read from the year on each record; the record's own date line is what counts.

Second half of the 16th century · Silk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1454 · Printed from movable metal type on vellum
Library of Congress

c. 1590-1600 · Oak
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

December 1499 · Letterpress printing in roman type
Museo Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid

c. 1503 · Basalt
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 161

1500 · Ink and watercolor pigment on two joined...
Museo Naval, Madrid

1502 · Ink
Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena

1513 · Engraving on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C

c. 1565-73 · Marble of different colours
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1530 · Oil on panel
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

1404-1438 · Iron gall ink
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

c. 1436-38 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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