Late Renaissance in Northern Europe & Spain 16th Century
Artist: n/a Title: Northern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula in the Sixteenth Century Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Matthias Grunewald, Isenheim Altarpiece (closed), oil on wood panel, 1510-15, Musee d’Unterlinden, Colmar Artist: Matthias Grünewald Title: Isenheim Altarpiece (closed) Medium: Oil on wood panel Size: center panels 9'9½" X 10'9" (2.97 X 3.28 m) overall; each wing 8'2½" X 3½" (2.49 0.93 m) predella 2'5½" X 11'2" (0.75 X 3.4 m) Date: c. 1510–15. Date 1515 on ointment jar Source/ Museum: From the Community of Saint Anthony, Isenheim, Alsace, France / Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar, France
Isenheim Altarpiece (first opening) Artist: Matthias Grünewald Title: Isenheim Altarpiece (first opening) Medium: Oil on wood panel Size: center panels 9'9½" X 10'9" (2.97 X 3.28 m) overall; each wing 8'2½" X 3½" (2.49 X 0.92 m) Date: c. 1510–15 Source/ Museum: From the Community of Saint Anthony, Isenheim, Alsace, France / Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar, France
Alte Pinakothek, Munich Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait Oil on wood panel c. 1500 Alte Pinakothek, Munich Artist: Albrecht Dürer Title: Self-Portrait Medium: Oil on wood panel Size: 26¼ X 19¼" (66.3 X 49 cm) Date: 1500 Source/ Museum: Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Woodcut 15 ½ X 11⅛" 1497–98 Albrecht Dürer Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Woodcut 15 ½ X 11⅛" 1497–98 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Artist: Albrecht Dürer Title: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Medium: Woodcut Size: 15 ½ X 11⅛" (39.4 X 28.3 cm) Date: 1497–98 Source/ Museum: From The Apocalypse / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Junius S. Morgan, 1919 (19.73.209)
Albrecht Dürer Adam and Eve Engraving 9⅞ X 7⅝" 1504 Artist: Albrecht Dürer Title: Adam and Eve Medium: Engraving Size: 9⅞ X 7⅝" (25.1 X 19.4 cm) Date: 1504 Source/ Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased: Lisa Nora Elkins Fund
Albrecht Dürer Four Apostles Oil on wood panel each panel 7'½" X 2'6" 1526 Artist: Albrecht Dürer Title: Four Apostles Medium: Oil on wood panel Size: each panel 7'½" X 2'6" (2.15 X 0.76 m) Date: 1526 Source/ Museum: Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Nymph of the Spring, Oil on panel 19 X 28½“, c. 1537, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder Title: Nymph of the Spring Medium: Oil on panel Size: 19 X 28½" (48.5 X 72.9 cm) Date: c. 1537 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Oil on vellum on wood panel c. 1525 Alte Pinakothek, Munich Albrecht Altdorfer Danube Landscape Oil on vellum on wood panel c. 1525 Alte Pinakothek, Munich Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer Title: Danube Landscape Medium: Oil on vellum on wood panel Size: 12 X 8½" (30.5 X 22.2 cm) Date: c. 1525 Source/ Museum: Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Oil and tempera on wood panel 1525–30 Louvre, Paris Jean Clouet Francis I Oil and tempera on wood panel 1525–30 Louvre, Paris Artist: Jean Clouet Title: Francis I Medium: Oil and tempera on wood panel Size: 37 ¾ X 29⅛" (95.9 X 74 cm) Date: 1525–30 Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Church of Santo Tomé, Toledo, Spain El Greco Burial of Count Orgaz Oil on canvas 16' X 11'10" 1586 Church of Santo Tomé, Toledo, Spain Artist: El Greco Title: Burial of Count Orgaz Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 16' X 11'10" (4.88 X 3.61 m) Date: 1586 Source/ Museum: Church of Santo Tomé, Toledo, Spain
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York El Greco View of Toledo Oil on canvas c. 1610 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Artist: El Greco Title: View of Toledo Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 47 ¾ X 42¾" (121 X 109 cm) Date: c. 1610 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The H. O. Havemeyer Collection. Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.6)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Return of the Hunters , oil on wood panel, 1565, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Title: Return of the Hunters Medium: Oil on wood panel Size: 3'10½" X 5'3¾" (1.18 X 1.61 m) Date: 1565 Source/ Museum: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
c. 1555–56, Konenklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van Belgie, Brussels Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Fall of Icarus, oil on panel transferred to canvas, c. 1555–56, Konenklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van Belgie, Brussels Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Title: The Fall of Icarus Medium: Oil on panel transferred to canvas. Size: 29 X 44⅛" (73.6 X 112 cm) Date: c. 1555–56 Source/ Museum: Konenklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van Belgie, Brussels
Hans Holbein the Younger Henry VIII Oil on wood panel 1540 Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger Title: Henry VIII Medium: Oil on wood panel Size: 32 ½ X 29½" (82.6 X 75 cm) Date: 1540 Source/ Museum: Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome
Princess Elizabeth Oil on oak panel c. 1559 Attributed to Levina Bening Teerlinc Princess Elizabeth Oil on oak panel c. 1559 The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, England. Artist: Attributed to Levina Bening Teerlinc Title: Princess Elizabeth Medium: Oil on oak panel Size: 42¾ X 32¼" (109 X 81.8 cm) Date: c. 1559 Source/ Museum: The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, England. (RCIN 404444, OM 46 WC 2010)
Pierre Lescot, West Wing of the Cour Carré, Palais du Louvre, Begun 1546, Paris Artist: Pierre Lescot Title: West Wing of the Cour Carré, Palais du Louvre Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Begun 1546 Source/ Museum: Paris
Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera, El Escorial 1563–84, Madrid (Detail from an anonymous 18th-century paintin)g Artist: Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera Title: El Escorial Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1563–84 Source/ Museum: Madrid. Detail from an anonymous 18th-century painting
Robert Smythson, Hardwick Hall, Shrewsbury 1591–97, England Artist: Robert Smythson Title: Hardwick Hall, Shrewsbury Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1591–97 Source/ Museum: England
High Great Chamber, Hardwick Hall Artist: Robert Smythson Title: High Great Chamber, Hardwick Hall Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1591–97 Brussels tapestries, 1550s Source/ Museum: n/a High Great Chamber, Hardwick Hall
Artist: Attributed to Bernard Palissy Title: Oval plate in “style rustique” Medium: Polychromed tin and glazed earthenware Size: length 20 ½" (52 cm) Date: 1570–80/90 (?) Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Artist: Jacob Halder Title: Armor of George Clifford, Third Earl of Cumberland Medium: Steel and gold Size: height 5' 9 ½" (1.77 m) Date: c. 1580–85 Source/ Museum: Made in the royal workshop at Greenwich, England / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Munsey Fund, 1932 (32.130.6)
Artist: Nicholas Hilliard Title: George Clifford, Third Earl of Cumberland (1558–1605) Medium: Watercolor on vellum on card Size: oval 2¾ X 2 3⁄16" (7.1 X 5.8 cm) Date: c. 1595 Source/ Museum: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr through the Starr Foundation. F58-60/188
Artist: Tilman Riemenschneider Title: Altarpiece of the Holy Blood (wings open) Medium: Limewood, glass Size: height of tallest figure 39" (99.1 cm) height of altar 29'6" (9 m) Date: c. 1499–1505 Source/ Museum: Sankt Jakobskirche, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Artist: Workshop of Hans Krug (?) Title: Apple Cup Medium: Gilt silver Size: height 53⅓" (21 cm) Date: c. 1510–15 Source/ Museum: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Artist: Caterina van Hemessen Title: Self-Portrait Medium: Oil on wood panel Size: 12 ¼ X 9¼" (31.1 X 23.5 cm) Date: 1548 Source/ Museum: Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland
Artist: Marinus van Reymerswaele Title: The Banker and his Wife Medium: Oil on panel Size: 33 ¾ X 457⁄9" (85.7 X 116.5 cm) Date: 1540 Source/ Museum: Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence