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The Gathering of Manna
Alessandro Allori
Wool and silk · 1595
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Caesar Triumphant
Andrea Andreani
woodcut printed on silk, heightened by hand with gold · 1593
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Caesar Triumphant
Andrea Andreani
woodcut printed on silk, heightened by hand with gold · 1593
Cleveland Museum of Art

Battle at Bergen op Zoom
Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom
silk · 1591

Diana and Her Nymphs with the Ox Hunt
Hans Bol
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6–7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 20 to 34 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.1 mm; silk; S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.7–1.2 mm · 1590
Art Institute of Chicago

Venus and Adonis (?) with the Duck Hunt
Jacques Geubels, I
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2. mm · 1590
Art Institute of Chicago

Pluto and Proserpina with Falconry
Erasmus de Pannemaker, I
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm
Weft; Count: varies from 19 to 60 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.5 mm; silk; S-ply of two elements with no appreciable twist; paired elements with no appreciable twist; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm · 1590
Art Institute of Chicago
![Alexander Kneeling before Jaddus at the Gates of Jerusalem [left section] from The Story of Alexander the Great](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/aaefeacf-62ef-16dc-4ca5-e87262844017/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Alexander Kneeling before Jaddus at the Gates of Jerusalem [left section] from The Story of Alexander the Great
Nicolaas van Orley
Wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count; 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.5 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 28 wefts per cm; wool; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply ol two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.5 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.35–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameter: 0.8 mm · 1590
Art Institute of Chicago

The Liberation of Oriane from a set of Amadis of Gaul
Karel van Mander II
Wool and silk (8-9 warps per cm) · 1585
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portions of a Field Armor
Jacob Halder
Steel, brass, gilding, leather, and silk velvet textile · 1583
Art Institute of Chicago
Eighteen Views of Huzhou
SONG
Album of eighteen leaves; ink and color on silk · 1583
Cleveland Museum of Art
Baoyang Lake
SONG
Album leaf; ink and color on silk · 1583
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mt. Shenchang
SONG
Album leaf; ink and color on silk · 1583
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mt. Dong (Grotto Mountain)
SONG
Album leaf; ink and color on silk · 1583
Cleveland Museum of Art

Portions of a Field Armor
Jacob Halder
Steel, brass, gilding, leather, and silk velvet textile · 1583
Art Institute of Chicago

Josina Hamels
Hendrick Goltzius
Engraving on silk · 1580
Art Institute of Chicago

Jacques de la Faille
Hendrick Goltzius
Engraving on silk, laid down on ivory laid paper · 1580
Art Institute of Chicago

Chasuble with Medallion Depicting John the Baptist
Andrea del Sarto
Linen, plain weave underlaid with silk, plain weave with insert medallion of silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and linen in satin, split and stem stitches; couching and French knots; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with patterning wefts and complementary weft weave tapes; lined with silk, plain weave · 1575
Art Institute of Chicago
Selections from the Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Kokin wakashū) with Design of Pines Along the Shore
Tawaraya Sôtatsu
handscroll; ink on silk with gold and silver · 1573
Cleveland Museum of Art

Pillow cover
Sheldon Tapestry Factory
woven textiles, pillow cover — medium: wool, silk technique: tapestry woven · 1570
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Infantry Garniture of a Target (Shield) and Pointed Morion
Pompeo della Cesa
Steel, brass, gilding, silk velvet, horse hair, silk, and silver-gilt fringe · 1570
Art Institute of Chicago

The Drunkeness of Noah
Cornelis Bos
silk · 1550

God Blessing Noah and His Family
Cornelis Bos
silk · 1550

Noah's Offering in Thanksgiving
Cornelis Bos
silk · 1550