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Axe
Swedish
15th century
Horseman’s Ax of Cardinal Ippolito de’ Medici (1511–1535)
Italian
ca. 1530–35
A naked man at left showing an axe to a woman at right
Marcantonio Raimondi
ca. 1510–27
A naked man at left showing an axe to a woman at right
Marcantonio Raimondi
ca. 1510–27
Novella del Grasso Legnaiuolo
January 1554
Sacrificial Instruments Based on Ancient Relief Sculpture, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Nicolas Beatrizet
ca. 1550–75
Sacrifice on the Campus Martius, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Anonymous
16th century
Sacrificial Instruments Based on Ancient Relief Sculpture, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Nicolas Beatrizet
ca. 1550–75
Sacrificial Instruments Based on Ancient Relief Sculpture, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Nicolas Beatrizet
ca. 1550–75
Halberd of Archduke Ernst of Austria (1553–1605)
German
dated 1593
Helm for Foot Combat
possibly British
ca. 1500–1520
Hunting Knife Combined with Wheellock Pistol
Ambrosius Gemlich
blade ca. 1528–29, etched with a calendar for the years 1529–34; barrel dated 1540 or 1546
Halberd of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg (reigned 1587–1612)
German
dated 1589
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)
ca. 1555–60
Ceremonial Miner's Axe
German, Saxony
dated 1594
Ceremonial Miner's Axe
German, Saxony
dated 1581
Ax (Berdiche or Balta)
Syrian or Egyptian
ca. 1500
Ax
Syrian
ca. 1450–1500
Pendant Design with a Domed Church and Urn Above Axe-Shaped Ornaments
Jan Collaert I
before 1573
Pendant Design with a Circular Temple and Burning Pot Above Axe-Shaped Ornaments
Jan Collaert I
before 1573
Design for the Verso of a Pendant with Grapevines Above Axe-Shaped Ornaments
Jan Collaert I
before 1573
Design for the Verso of a Pendant with an Oval Motif Between Strapwork
Jan Collaert I
before 1573
Design for the Verso of a Cross-Shaped Pendant Above a Pair of Oval Ornaments and Axe-Shaped Ornaments
Jan Collaert I
before 1573
Halberd
German
late 15th century
War Hammer
Italian
15th century
Title Plate, from Pendant Designs with Deities in Niches and Flower-Arabesques
Jan Collaert I
before 1573
The Virgin Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Jacopo di Arcangelo (called Jacopo del Sellaio)
late 1480s
Design for the Verso of a Pendant with a Flower-Piece at Bottom Center
Jan Collaert I
before 1573
Cross-Shaped Pendant Design with Hope Standing in a Circular Temple
Jan Collaert I
before 1573
Mountain Landscape
Tenshō Shūbun
early–mid-15th century
Seated Hercules in the act of shooting at the stymphalian birds
Vittore Gambello
ca. 1515–20
Design for a Sword-belt, Knife, and Stylus
Pierre Woeiriot de Bouzey II
ca. 1555
Pollaxe
French, Burgundy
ca. 1450
Prince Riding Prancing Horse
late 16th century
The Adoration of the Magi
Justus of Ghent (Joos van Wassenhove)
1472–74
Landscape
Unidentified
late 15th century
Standing Figure of Saint Stephen and the Head of Another Figure Within the Framing Outlines of a Rectangle, Crude Sketch of the Head of Another Figure, Undecipherable Sketch of a Polygonal or Circular Object with Small Projections
Domenico Ghirlandaio (Domenico Bigordi)
1492–94
Rectangular Pattern with an Interlaced Geometric Central Figure
1450–1550
Geometric Interlaced Pattern with Two Rectangular Compartments and a Central Knot
1450–1550
Geometric Interlaced Pattern with Two Rectangular Compartments and a Central Knot
1450–1550