1540s Collection

The Virgin and Child, 1540. Creator: Titian
The Virgin and Child, 1540.

Portrait of Matthäus Schwarz, 1542. Creator: Christoph Amberger
Portrait of Matthaus Schwarz, 1542.

Portrait of a Young Woman, 1543. Creator: Paris Bordone
Portrait of a Young Woman, 1543.

St Simon. Plate 4. From: Christ and the Apostles, 1545. Creator: Lambert Suavius
St Simon. Plate 4. From: Christ and the Apostles, 1545. St Simon is shown in a very classicised pose, concentrating intently on the religious tome that he is reading

St Paul. Plate 10. From: Christ and the Apostles, 1545. Creator: Lambert Suavius
St Paul. Plate 10. From: Christ and the Apostles, 1545. St Paul is looking to his left, and holds a tablet in his left hand

St Philip. Plate 8. From: Christ and the Apostles, c.1545. Creator: Lambert Suavius
St Philip. Plate 8. From: Christ and the Apostles, c.1545. St Philip is depicted, like all the others in the series, full-length. Although elderly, he has impressive musculature

St James Major. Plate 6. From: Christ and the Apostles, 1545. Creator: Lambert Suavius
St James Major. Plate 6. From: Christ and the Apostles, 1545. St James Major is depicted leaning against a pole in an elaborate niche which looks like an architectural model

St Bartholomew. Plate 5. From: Christ and the Apostles, c.1545. Creator: Lambert Suavius
St Bartholomew. Plate 5. From: Christ and the Apostles, c.1545. This is one of the most vivid prints in the series: apprehension is evident in Bartholomew's pose - has he detected an enemy or vice

Philip Melanchthon, 1540. Creator: Heinrich Aldegrever
Philip Melanchthon, 1540. Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) was a leading figure of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. His importance for the Reformation lay in the fact that he systematised Martin

Adam and Eve at work. From: The story of Adam and Eve, 1540. Creator: Heinrich Aldegrever
Adam and Eve at work. From: The story of Adam and Eve, 1540. Based on Genesis 3:17-19, it depicts a scene after the expulsion from Paradise

Jesus Christ. Plate 12. From: Christ and the Apostles, 1548. Creator: Lambert Suavius
Jesus Christ. Plate 12. From: Christ and the Apostles, 1548. This is the twelfth of 14 engravings depicting Christ, St Paul and the Twelve Apostles

St Andrew. Plate 3. From: Christ and the Apostles, c.1545. Creator: Lambert Suavius
St Andrew. Plate 3. From: Christ and the Apostles, c.1545. This figure of St Andrew makes eye contact with the viewer; this, together with the sharply foreshortened wall to the right

Young Woman in Antique Dress and Two Children, 1540. Creator: Leon Davent
Young Woman in Antique Dress and Two Children, 1540

Portrait of a Baby Boy, 1540-1549. Creator: Agnolo Bronzino
Portrait of a Baby Boy, 1540-1549. The artist painted portraits of many members of the Medici family, and this picture may represent Duke Cosimo's and Eleonora da Toledo's son Garcia

Adoration of the Magi, 1540-1549. Creator: Pieter Coecke van Aelst
Adoration of the Magi, 1540-1549

Vilhelm (1516-1592), Duke of Jülich, Cleve and Berg, c1540s. Creator: Anon
Vilhelm (1516-1592), Duke of Julich, Cleve and Berg, married to Maria, Archduchess of Austria, c1540s

Portrait of a Woman in a Leopard Cloak, c1545. Creator: Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen
Portrait of a Woman in a Leopard Cloak, c1545. The luxuriousness of this gentlewoman's stole or mantel of European lynx is set off against a variation of a simple linen beguin headdress

Portrait of Fra Lorenzo da Bergamo, 1542. Creator: Lorenzo Lotto
Portrait of Fra Lorenzo da Bergamo, 1542. The Dominican preacher Fra Lorenzo from the city of Bergamo, Italy. Dressed in the robes of his order, Fra Lorenzo is linked with St

Portrait of a Woman with Pinks, c1540. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of a Woman with Pinks, c1540. A three-fourths length standing portrait, this painting depicts what appears to be a middle aged or older woman

Madonna and Child with Saints, 1540-1549. Creator: Bonifacio de Pitati
Madonna and Child with Saints, 1540-1549

The Last Supper, c1545. Creator: Giorgio Vasari
The Last Supper, c1545

Battle of the Amazons, 1543. Creator: Enea Vico
Battle of the Amazons, 1543

Portrait of Philip Melancthon, 1540. Creator: Heinrich Aldegrever
Portrait of Philip Melancthon, 1540

Judith, 1547. Creator: Sebald Beham
Judith, 1547

Peasants Brawl, between 1546 and 1547. Creator: Sebald Beham
Peasants Brawl, between 1546 and 1547. Series: The Peasant's Feast or the Twelve Months, pl. 9

Ruggero in the Garden of Alcina, c1545. Creator: Giulio Bonasone
Ruggero in the Garden of Alcina, c1545

The Wounded Scipio, c1546. Creator: Giulio Bonasone
The Wounded Scipio, c1546

The Birth of John the Baptist, c1546. Creator: Giulio Bonasone
The Birth of John the Baptist, c1546

The Fall of Troy and the Escape of Aeneas, mid-1540s. Creator: Giorgio Ghisi
The Fall of Troy and the Escape of Aeneas, mid-1540s

Silenus, a Satyr and a Goat, c1540. Creator: Giorgio Ghisi
Silenus, a Satyr and a Goat, c1540

The Sacrifice, c1530s/1540s. Creators: Antonio da Trento, Parmigianino, Niccolo Vicentino, Andrea Andreani
The Sacrifice, c1530s/1540s

Portrait of Antoine de Bourbon (1518-1562), King of Navarre, 1540s. Creator: Corneille de Lyon (1500/10-1575)
Portrait of Antoine de Bourbon (1518-1562), King of Navarre, 1540s. Found in the Collection of the Royal Castle, Warsaw

Judith with the Head of Holophernes, between circa 1535 and circa 1540. Creator: Rosso Fiorentino
Judith with the Head of Holophernes, between circa 1535 and circa 1540

Holy Family with Saint Francis in a Landscape, 1542. Creator: Giorgio Vasari
Holy Family with Saint Francis in a Landscape, 1542

Adoration of the Shepherds, 1548. Creator: Unknown
Adoration of the Shepherds, 1548. From The Passion

Allegorical Figure of Peace, between 1530 and 1540. Creators: Lorenzo de Musi, Marcantonio Raimondi
Allegorical Figure of Peace, between 1530 and 1540

Diana and Her Chariot, Printed 1541. Creator: Marcantonio Raimondi
Diana and Her Chariot, Printed 1541

The Year's End, 1546. Creator: Sebald Beham
The Year's End, 1546. From The Peasant's Feast or the Twelve Months, pl. 7

November and December, between 1546 and 1547. Creator: Sebald Beham
November and December, between 1546 and 1547. From The Peasant's Feast or the Twelve Months, pl. 6

July and August, 1546. Creator: Sebald Beham
July and August, 1546. From The Peasant's Feast or the Twelve Months, pl. 4

May and June, between 1546 and 1547. Creator: Sebald Beham
May and June, between 1546 and 1547. From The Peasant's Feast or the Twelve Months, pl. 3

March and April, between 1546 and 1547. Creator: Sebald Beham
March and April, between 1546 and 1547. From The Peasant's Feast or the Twelve Months, pl. 2

Peasants Behind the Hedge, 1547. Creator: Sebald Beham
Peasants Behind the Hedge, 1547. From The Peasant's Feast or the Twelve Months, pl. 10

Peasants Feast, between 1546 and 1547. Creator: Sebald Beham
Peasants Feast, between 1546 and 1547. From The Peasant's Feast or the Twelve Months, pl. 8

Cloelia Crossing the Tiber, c1546. Creator: Giulio Bonasone
Cloelia Crossing the Tiber, c1546

Flora and Her Nymphs, c1546. Creator: Giulio Bonasone
Flora and Her Nymphs, c1546

David and Goliath, 1540. Creator: Giovanni Battista Scultori
David and Goliath, 1540

The Death of Procris, c1540. Creator: Giorgio Ghisi
The Death of Procris, c1540

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