
The Harvesters
1565 · Oil on oak
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.

1565 · Oil on oak
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1597 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

After 29 April 1493 · Letterpress print on paper
Library of Congress

c. 1460-1470 · Free-blown blue glass
Museo del Vetro, Murano

1457 · Ink and tempera pigment in six colors
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze

c. 1510-15 · Fluted steel with leather straps and a mail...
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

1585-1600 · Soft-paste
Musee du Louvre, Paris

1526 · Letterpress
British Library, London

1580 · Walnut
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California

1540-1543 · Gold
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Kunstkammer

c. 1515 · Glazed terracotta
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

c. 1485 · Glazed terracotta
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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