
Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I (1503-1564)
dated 1549 · Steel
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.

dated 1549 · Steel
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1579 · Case
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1400-1410 · Wool warp
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters

dated 1527 · Steel
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1507 · Woodcut with letterpress text on a single...
Universitatsbibliothek der...

c. 1565-1568 · Glue-size tempera
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

1516 · Woodcut with letterpress text on twelve...
Library of Congress

1507 · Woodcut with letterpress text on twelve...
Library of Congress

1514 · Engraving on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C

1586 · Steel
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1532-35 · Steel
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1594 · Letterpress printing on laid paper
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C
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