Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
RENAISSANCE STYLE
Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.
Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.
Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.
Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.
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Style: Renaissance
Madonna with Child, Tondo in Polychrome Terracotta from the 20th Century
Located in Brescia, IT
Madonna with Child, tondo in polychrome terracotta from the 20th century
Round polychrome terracotta sculpture depicting the Madonna and Child
On a blue background, representing ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Attributed to Domenico di Paris - Madonna and The Child, 15th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Attributed to Domenico di Paris, also called Domenico del Cavallo ( Monselice, documented in Ferrara between 1442 and 1501)
Madonna and The Child
Polychromed and gilded Stucco
47,5 ...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Stucco
Pair Of Chapel Tops In Carved And Gilded Wood, Netherlands, 17th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Pair Of Chapel Tops In Carved And Gilded Wood,
Netherlands, 17th Century
Possibility of selling by piece also
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17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Framed 16th Century Italian Ivory Figure of Christ
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
16th century Italian ivory figure of Christ mounted against green felt fabric and framed in a coordinating cream frame.
This piece was once originally pa...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Ivory, Felt
Double Eagle Cartouche Plaque in Carved Limestone
Located in Dallas, TX
Reminiscent of a late 15th century coat of arms, this double eagle cartouche plaque has been hand-carved in limestone in Italy. A square top shield wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Pair of 19th century French Reliefs Carved Knight Profiles Circular Panels
Located in Milan, IT
Coppia di Medaglioni in Legno Intagliato, tondi scolpiti con Profili di Cavalieri, Guerrieri con elmo piumato, puntali e visiera alzata. Di forma circolare, entrambi i bassorilievi o...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Pine
19th Century Tuscan Renaissance Fragment
Located in San Angelo, TX
This is a beautiful 19th century Tuscan Renaissance fragment. Perfect for placement above your mantle, stove, a bed, or use it to dress up a wall b...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Italian Carved Carrera Marble Figural Putti Coat of Arms
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Italian Carved carrara Marble Figural Putti Coat of Arms
Italy Mid-19th century, Apparently Unsigned
A fine Italian architectural element, expertly carved in high r...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Adoration of the Magi, Flanders, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
The Adoration of the Magi.
Panel carved in high relief.
Flanders, 17th century.
Measures: 53 x 32,5 cm.
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Massacre of the Innocents, Normandy, Late 16th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
The Massacre of the Innocents
Carved oak panel
Normandy, late 16th century
(Collection labels on the back)
Measures: 43,5 x 61 cm.
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Oak
PALLADIO 1960's Carved Wood Musical Instrument Wall Sculpture - Pair
By Palladio
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair Renaissance style of wood wall sculptures by Palladio. Solid wood carved in the shape of multiple musical instruments and painted gilt gold. Each has a hanger for wall placeme...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Italian Faience Frieze of Singers
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A detailed tin glazed earthenware plaque in a weathered hardwood frame. The very three dimensional plaque with a blue background featuring five singers with a scroll. The back marked...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Faience, Hardwood
Pair of 17th Century Renaissance Style Carved Panels from France
Located in Dallas, TX
These phenomenal hand-carved architectural panels date to the 1600s. They are completely carved in relief, and they are in the Renaissance style with motifs of scrolling rinceaux at ...
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17th Century French Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Renaissance Style Wall Magazine Rack in Hand Carved Walnut
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful Italian renaissance style wall magazine rack, 1880. Made of solid walnut wood. Characterized by a refined and elaborate decoration carved in the wood. Many decorative eleme...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
16th Century Renaissance Pair of Italian Wall Sculptures Caryatids Oversized
Located in Milan, IT
Unique pair of Italian hand-carved caryatids, dating back to 1500 circa, almost 83 inches 210cm high, this antique pair of dark patina Renaissance sculptures comes from a choral ense...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Beautifully Hand Carved Antique Wooden Corpus of Jesus Christ for Wall Mounting
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique corpus of our Lord Jesus with an amazing patina.
The meaning of this one of a kind sculpture obviously needs no explanation. Havind said that, not everyone looks at the corpu...
Category
Early 20th Century European Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian 20th Century Renaissance Style Carved Wall Plaques
Located in New York, NY
3 Italian Renaissance style (19/20th Century) small oak carved wall plaques with Renaissance figures. (PRICED EACH).
Category
20th Century Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Commedia Mask E. Pattarino
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Fleurdetroit presents for your consideration:
E. Patttarino created these world-famous masks for many dignitaries and private collectors. From Florence Italy, this mid-century artis...
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1950s Italian Vintage Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
16th Century Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Gold Gilded and Polychromed
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Spanish gold gilded and polychromed Carved-wood sculpture of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. She depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary in her...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Renaissance Carved Wall Plaque
Located in New York, NY
Italian Renaissance (16th Century) oak carved relief wall plaque of religious figure with children.
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Spanish Renaissance Style Ship Wall Plaque
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Renaissance style (20th century) copper wall plaque of Man of War ship.
Category
20th Century Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
The Betrothal and Love of Mary and Joseph, 1500-1600s, Carved Wood Polychromed
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 16th Century Spanish carved-wood and polychromed panel of The Betrothal and Love of Joseph and Mary mounted on a Lucite panel and framed with a walnut wood hand-finished frame.
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Madonna Enthroned with the Child Christ, 17th Century, Gold Gilded on Wood Panel
Located in North Miami, FL
17th Century Italian polychromed and gold gilded on wood panel Sienese style painting of the Madonna Enthroned with the child and two adoring angels behind them. The halos are beautifully adorned with punch work. She is framed by a hand-carved gold gilded and velvet lined frame and sitting on a hand-carved matching base. The piece is mounted on a Lucite panel and framed with a contemporary hand-finished wood molding.
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
16th Century, Saint Isidore, Patron of Farming and Gardening, Carved-Wood
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Spanish carved-wood and polychromed sculpture and altar of Saint Isidore, Patron of Farming and Gardening. He is standing in a red velvet line niche. The altar is adorne...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Renaissance Style Wall Decorative Plaque, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
A pair of Italian Renaissance style wall decorative plaques. the hexagonal shaped plaques has each a fine brass floral design on top and bottom, two...
Category
20th Century Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Grand, 19th Century, Della Robbia Medallion
By Cantagalli
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Extremely large, hand molded, painted, and majolica-glazed, relief sculpture "Tondo" (meaning "art in the round") after famed Renaissance artist, Andrea della Robbia...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Saints John and Matthew, Polychrome Wood, Possibly, Burgos School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of reliefs, San Juan and San Mateo. Polychrome wood. Possibly, Burgos school, 16th century.
Pair of carved and polychrome wood reliefs that each show a seated human figure wri...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Other
19th Century French Gien Renaissance Ceramic Wall Decorations
By Gien
Located in Sofia, BG
Two Gien hand painted ceramic wall decorations.
Stamped and signed at the back.
One of the pieces has a small restoration of the front top part.
France, circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Four Antique Bronze Plaques Depicting Water-Nymphs, by Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Four antique bronze plaques depicting water-nymphs, by Ferdinand Barbedienne
French, 19th century.
Measures: Height 47cm, width 12cm, depth 2.5cm
Finely cast in relief from patinated bronze with parcel gilt patina, these French 19th Century panels each depict a Classical female water-nymph. The relief structure and design is after four panels from the important marble fountain from the Renaissance period in Paris called the Fontaine des Innocents. This was created by the French sculptor Jean Goujon...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Set of Three Patinated Copper Panels with Repoussé Scenes
Located in London, GB
These three circular copper panels were crafted in the 19th century in France. They are decorated with biblical and Christian themes taken from the lives of King Solomon (d. 931 BC) ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Three German Antique Iron Plaques Cast in the Renaissance Style
Located in London, GB
This charming set of three antique German plaques are each cast from high quality 19th century iron, meaning that the detailing on them is of a very hig...
Category
19th Century German Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Iron
17th Century Tuscan Angel Shelf Carved from Single Block of Walnut Circa 1680
Located in Encinitas, CA
17th Century Tuscan Angel Shelf Carved from Single Block of Walnut Circa 1680.
Wonderful hand-carved walnut shelf in the shape of an angel; the top hinged ...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Renaissance wall-mounted sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Renaissance wall-mounted sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage wall-mounted sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, decorative objects, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance wall-mounted sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall-mounted sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Ferdinand Barbedienne, Cantagalli, Eugenio Pattarino, and Gien. 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 wall-mounted sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $722 and tops out at $59,500 while the average work can sell for $3,500.
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