Spanish Colonial Paintings
SPANISH COLONIAL STYLE
After the conquest of Mexico in 1521 and the Philippines in 1565, Spain dictated a global culture. The colonization of territories in the Americas, Western Europe, Africa, Oceania and the Pacific imposed the values of Spain, including Catholicism, while the extraction of resources reinforced the empire’s wealth and power. Unlike many styles that came out of European colonialism, such as British Colonial, Spanish Colonial furniture and architecture frequently mixed local heritage with the artistic traditions of Spain.
Spanish Colonial furniture was informed by the shifting styles of Europe as well as Indigenous culture. There were Inca tapestries depicting Spanish coats of arms and Baroque chairs adorned with tropical flora. The butaca, a low easy chair popular in the Caribbean, was inspired by Rococo’s curving forms and the shape of precolonial seating. In New Mexico, Pueblo artisans carved chests with patterns reminiscent of Anasazi art.
Even within the homes of the wealthy, furniture was usually restricted to necessities like benches, desks, cupboards and chests. These were often ornately designed and especially important for storing prized goods like textiles. Spanish Colonial houses were built with adobe and clay and tended to be minimally decorated, so the style’s heavily carved wooden furniture pieces stood out against a home’s white stucco walls.
The Spanish Colonial period mostly came to an end after the territories achieved independence from Spain. However, its aesthetics continued to influence Southwestern style and Spanish Colonial Revival style after Spanish Colonial style was used extensively at San Diego’s 1915 Panama-California Exposition.
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Style: Spanish Colonial
18th Century, Spanish Colonial Religious Painting of San Geronimo
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century painting of San Geronimo, oil on canvas laid on wood board. It was later placed in a restored 19th century wood and gesso frame. There is no signature.
Category
18th Century Unknown Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Spanish Colonial 18th Century Cuzco School Oil on Canvas
Located in Bradenton, FL
A traditional and characteristic 18th century, Spanish colonial oil on canvas painting
depicting the Virgin Mary holding a book with St. Anne an...
Category
18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century Cuzco School Oil On Canvas Archangel Raphael
Located in Hastings, GB
Peruvian Cuzo School Oil on Canvas of the Archangel Raphael, 19th Century.
The Cuzco or Cusco school was a Roman Catholic artistic tradition that began in the 1500's in Peru, foll...
Category
1840s Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Cuzco School Oil on Canvas Pope Gregory XIII
Located in Hastings, GB
An important and truly exceptional 18th century Cuzco School (Spanish School, Peru) Oil on Canvas of Pope Gregory XIII.
Attributed to Marcos Zapata or Marcos Sapaca Inca. (Cuzco, Pe...
Category
1720s Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th C Cuzco School Oil on Canvas Saint Isidore the Labourer
Located in Hastings, GB
Absolutely outstanding late 18th / early 19th Century Cuzco School (Spanish School, Peru) Oil on Canvas of Saint Isidore the Labourer, patron of the peasants.
Isidore the Laborer, a...
Category
Late 18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pine
Cuzco School Oil Painting of the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with this oil-on-canvas painting from the end of 18th century representing the Virgin Mary holding little baby Jesus in her arms.
The painting follows the style of t...
Category
Late 18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Cuzco School Oil Painting of Archangel Michael, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with this oil-on-canvas painting from the 19th century representing Archangel Michael - the chief of the angels and archangels.
The painting follows the style of the...
Category
19th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Cuzco School Oil Painting of Archangel Raphael
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with this oil-on-canvas painting from the 19th century representing Archangel Raphael who is said to guard pilgrims on their journeys and is often depicted holding a s...
Category
19th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Spanish Colonial Retablo "The Crucifixion" with the Virgin Mary and Saint John
Located in Dallas, TX
The Crucifixion, oil on tin Spanish Colonial retablo, including Mary and Saint John, in a carved wooden frame, The Crucifixion is a central p...
Category
19th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Tin
19th Century Framed Retablo of St. Joseph
Located in Ross, CA
Antique retablo showing Saint Joseph with a child Jesus. Vibrantly painted in rich turquoise and burnt orange colors. Matted in cream and velvet in a v...
Category
Late 19th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Tin
Buffalo hunting, fixed under glass, Indo-Portuguese? 18th century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
very colorful Fixé-sous-verre (paint under glass), representing a scene of horsemen hunting buffalo, in an oval, on a black background
Indo-Portuguese or Philippine work, 18th centu...
Category
18th Century European Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Glass
Pair of Antique Wood Decorative Painted Panels
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique wall panels crafted in hardwoods and paint decorated in floral motifs retrieved as architectural remnants from an Addison Mizner Palm Beach Estate.
Category
Early 20th Century American Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Spanish Colonial Cuzco School Madonna Virgin Mary Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable Spanish colonial late 18th/early 19th-century painting of Lady of the Rosary, Madonna and Child, or Virgin Mary. Oil on canvas Cuzco school painting...
Category
19th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Cuzco School Painting Of Madonna Nursing Child
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage Cuzco School oil on canvas mounted on board, Madonna nursing child. Depiction of a Colonial Style Madonna with child in her right arm. Carved gilt wood frame. Measurements in...
Category
18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique Spanish Colonial Oil on Canvas Painting of Saint Anthony
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful 18th century Spanish colonial oil on canvas painting of Saint Anthony with the infant Jesus. There are a few old repairs as shown on photos...
Category
18th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
18th Century Spanish Colonial oil on canvas MARY QUEEN OF HEAVEN
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
An outstandig early 18th Century Spanish Colonial oil on canvas depicting Mary and The Holy Trinity,
or "Mary Queen of Heaven".
You can notice th...
Category
Early 18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Floral & Parrot Wall Panels / Paintings 1920's
Located in Fulton, CA
A pair of hand painted panels with urn, parrot and floral motif. Circa. 1920's. California Rancho or Spanish Revival style. Warm, old world glow and patina. Can be mounted to a wall side by side or separately. Originally part of a 3 or 4 panel floor screen...
Category
Early 20th Century American Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint
Large Framed Painting “La Merienda” by A. Minguez
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
“La Merienda” written at the bottom of this cartoon, refers to a light meal served between lunch and dinner. At the top is written “Goya”, which pertains to the known Spanish artist,...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil on Canvas Painting of a Floral Arrangement
Located in Dallas, TX
Oil on canvas painting of a floral arrangement with faintains, birds, pears, cherrys and peaches.
Spanish colonial 18th Century
Category
18th Century Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Spanish Colonial Cuzco Painting of Archangel Michael
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very good Spanish Colonial, Cuzco School (Cuzqueno) painting of the Archangel Michael. The painting appears to have little or no restorations and, as such, is in remarkable condition. We have chosen to leave that painting as found as the patina highlights the depth and character of the painting. We have listed separately two complementary larger paintings of the Virgin Mary and the Archangel Michael acquired from the same estate.
The Cuzco school is a Peruvian Spanish Colonial religious artistic tradition in which Incan spirituality was incorporated into Catholic iconography. These Peruvian paintings incorporate artistic forms that distinguish Cuzqueno paintings from other Spanish Colonial artistic traditions. The Jesuit order, arriving in the mid-16th century, was the principal Catholic order whose mission it was to convert the Inca to Christianity and introduce Christian iconography and European type painting techniques to the Inca capital of Cuzco.
Cuzco School paintings...
Category
Mid-18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
18th Century Spanish Colonial School, Cuzco, Angel
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th century Spanish Colonial School, Cuzco: Angel, oil on tin. Framed, in good condition. Rich colors of red, blue and white. Inscribed in upp...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Tin
Zocalo Oil Painting by Mexican Artist Jesus Ortiz Tajonar
By Jesus Ortiz Tajonar
Located in Miami, FL
Zocalo Oil Painting by Mexican Artist Jesus Ortiz Tajonar
Offered for sale is an original oil painting of Mexico City by the Mexican artist Jesus...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Spanish Colonial Saint and Angel Oil on Panel Painting
Located in New York, NY
Spanish colonial oil on panel painting depicting a kneeling saint or bishop being adorned with floral wreath by an angel in the upper left corner....
Category
18th Century Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Wood
Spanish Colonial Cuzco School 18th C. Oil on Canvas St. Joseph with Christ Child
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th century oil on canvas, St. Joseph with Christ child.
The unidentified artist who painted this bucolic scene, dominated by the figure of the sixteenth-century Portuguese monk Sa...
Category
18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique Spanish Colonial Oil On Canvas Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
Rare 18th century Spanish Colonial "Christ Ascending" on Canvas. There is a figure of Christ below a cross.
Category
Late 18th Century Central American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Paint
Antique Ernesto Fontana Original Oil Painting, 19th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Ernesto Fontana Original Oil Painting. It is beautifully mounted in a period gilded frame. Signed lower left.
Additional information:
Materials: Canvas, Giltwood
Color: Gold...
Category
19th Century Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
a. De Cortés - Latin American Painting on Panel - Unframed - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
A. DE CORTÉS - Vintage Latin American school airbrush still life painting on panel - signed lower right - untitled - unframed - late 20th century.
Excellent vintage condition - st...
Category
Late 20th Century South American Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Paint
Spanish Colonial, Virgin Mary, Original O/C Painting, XVIII Century
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial
Virgin Mary
Original Oil on Canvas Painting
XVIII Century
DETAILS
Original period frame.
PAINTING DIMENSIONS
Height: 17.5 inches
Width: 12.75 inches
...
Category
18th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Spanish Colonial, Madonna and Child, Original Oil on Wood Painting, XVIII C
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial
Madonna and Child
Original oil on wood painting
XVIII century
DETAILS
Original period frame.
PAINTING DIMENSIONS
Height: 6-3/8 inches
Width: 7.5 inches
Depth:...
Category
18th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Wood
Kay Yum, Untitled Portrait Painting on Canvas, Framed, Mexico, circa 1960
Located in Chatham, ON
KAY YUM - Untitled (Portrait of a Mexican Girl) - Mid Century Latin American oil painting on canvas - contained in a vintage frame with linen line...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Softwood, Paint
Spanish Colonial, Penitent Mary Magdalene, Original O/C Painting, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial
Penitent Mary Magdalene
Original oil on canvas painting
XIX century
Details
Original period frame.
Painting dimensi...
Category
18th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Spanish Colonial, Mother of God and Jesus w/ Lambs, O/W Painting, XVIII Century
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial
Mother of God and Young Jesus with Lambs
Original Oil on Wood Panel Painting
XVIII Century
DETAILS
Original period frame.
PAIN...
Category
18th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Wood
Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, 16th Century, Oil on Canvas
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Spanish Colonial Oil on canvas painting of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. In this representation of the Virgin Mary being f...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Spanish Colonial Painting of Jesus with Child, in 19th Century Gilt Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish Colonial painting of Jesus with child from the 19th century. This antique Spanish Colonial painting from Latin American is a beautiful depic...
Category
19th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Framed Antique Spanish Colonial Painting Cuzco School
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely antique oil on linen painting from Spanish Colonial period late 18th-early 19th century. In the style of Classic Cuzco School, the painting depic...
Category
19th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1950 Oil on Canvas, The lagoon, Valencia, Spain Signed C.Lopez
Located in Miami, FL
1950 oil on canvas, The lagoon, Valencia, Spain signed by Lopez with a beautiful frame
Traditional landscape of Valencia Called "Albufera".
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Saint Ferrer", Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico, DF
A 19th century oil on tin folk retablo San Vicente Ferrer, a Dominican Friar who traveled 21 straight years spreading his faith as a missionary. Saint Vince...
Category
Early 19th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
20th Scene of This Time, Sea, Spanish Oil on Canvas, Gonzalez Alacreu
Located in Miami, FL
Gonzalez Alacreu is already a Classic, as is also a great impressionist, since Impressionism is the Classic art of the last two centuries of painting, and when we see children and wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Paint
St Hedwig
Located in Mexico, DF
This 19th century Mexican oil on tin 'oracion' (prayer) is dedicated to Santa Eduviges. Saint Hedwig is the patroness saint of Bavaria, brides, jealousy and difficult marriages -- kn...
Category
Early 19th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Large 18th century Spanish Colonial Religious Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large oil painting of the holy family on hand woven canvas.
Peruvian or Bolivian.
Acquired from an estate in the San Francisco Bay Area f...
Category
18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
San Camilo
Located in Mexico, DF
This 19th century oil on tin folk retablo represents 'San Camilo de Lelis', often referred to as the 'Red Cross Saint' -- a reference to the Red Cross worn on his black habit.
San C...
Category
Early 19th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Other
Spanish Colonial Screen
Located in Mexico, DF
Fantastic Spanish Colonial school screen. Probably from Peru. This screen, with a kind of European landscape, give us an idea of the influence ...
Category
18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Virgin of Guadalupe, Oil on Copper, 18th Century
Located in Mexico, DF
Virgin of Guadalupe with flowers and appearances of the Virgin to Juan Diego, oil on copper, 18th century. This item does not belong to the mexican...
Category
Early 18th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Other
St John the Baptist
Located in Mexico, DF
Jose de Alcibar, infant Saint John, signed and dated 1802, oil on copper. This item does not belong to the mexican heritage as it has been acquired and...
Category
Early 19th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Retablo of NS de Refugio de Los Pecadores, or Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful depiction of N.S. Refugio de Pecadores, patron saint of Zacatecas. She appears crowned and holds the crowned Child. She wears a scarf across her right shoulder and her bl...
Category
19th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Tin
"The Precious Blood of Christ" / "La Preciosa Sangre de Cristo" Spanish Colonial
Located in Dallas, TX
one of the most desirable of all of the retablos from this fascinating religious art form, this subject of this piece is called La Preciosa Sangre de Cristo, or Eucharistic Man of So...
Category
19th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Tin
Spanish Colonial paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Spanish Colonial paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 19th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage paintings created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, other and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Spanish Colonial paintings made in a specific country, there are and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for paintings differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $235 and tops out at $380,000 while the average work can sell for $2,950.
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