
ex "Kurtz" Violin
ca. 1560 · Spruce
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Musical...
Artworks made 1400 to 1600. 60 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.

ca. 1560 · Spruce
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Musical...

Partially mid-16th century · Steel and gold
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1489-1491 · Hand-drawn and colored manuscript map
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New...

ca. 1525 · Opaque watercolor
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Islamic Art

c. 1425-1450 · Wool
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

c. 1495-1505 · Wool warp with wool
The Met Cloisters, New York, Gallery 17

1590-1620 · Gold
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Jewellery Gallery

16th century · Gold
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1450 · Ink
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

ca. 1540-70 · Brass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on view in Gallery 342...

c. 1504-1508 · Pen and ink on rag paper
Private collection, United States. Owned by Bill Gates since...

c. 1505-1510, Ghent or Bruges · Tempera
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, lent for public display in...
One artwork and its story every Tuesday, with the picture: who owned it, what it made, and what closes soon in the exhibition calendar. No promotion, and nothing we cannot cite.
We send one email to confirm the address and keep nothing else. Every letter carries a one-click unsubscribe. How we handle your data.