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Style: Medieval
A light sensation. 2008, cardboard, oil, 60x84 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
A light sensation. 2008, cardboard, oil, 60x84 cm
Category
Early 2000s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Pandora games. 2010, canvas, oil, 57x77 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Pandora games. 2010, canvas, oil, 57x77 cm
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Isabella" by Joris Ghilini, 27.5 x 17 x 6 in, 2024
Located in Paris, France
"Isabella", 2024
Joris Ghilini's current artistic output takes a variety of forms, from painting and sculpture to site-specific installations. It is rooted in his studio, a place of...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Plexiglass
"Marguerite de Habsbourg" by Joris Ghilini, 29 x 19 x 6 in, 2024
Located in Paris, France
"Isabella", 2024
Joris Ghilini's current artistic output takes a variety of forms, from painting and sculpture to site-specific installations. It is rooted in his studio, a place of...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Acrylic
Centaur and a woman
By Alexis Gritchenko
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This is a very rare to find painting that was exhibited by Alexis Gritchenko at the Athens Museum of Byzantine Art in 1923. Originally, 36 encaustic on cardboard pieces from the Gree...
Category
1920s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Encaustic
Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding in the Biccherna Style Siena Tuscany
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Icilio Federico Joni.
Italian ( b.1866 - d.1946 ).
Painted Gesso, Gilt and Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding in the Sienese Biccherna Style
Book Cover size 11 inches x 8.1 inches ( 28cm x 20.5cm ).
Frame size 16 inches x 13 inches ( 40.5cm x 33cm ).
Available for sale; this painted gesso and gilt “tavolette” wooden book cover in the Biccherna style is by Icilio Federico Joni.
The book cover is mounted and supplied in a contemporary black Tulip Wood frame (which is shown in these photographs) which is glazed with non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. The wooden book cover is curved and float mounted giving a wonderful 3D depth to its presentation.
The gesso and painted surfaces have benefitted from professional restoration which was performed on our instruction, supervision and approval.
This antique book cover is now in very good condition, commensurate with its age.
The frame presentation is new and in excellent condition. Combined, it wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The story of these panels and of their artist is fascinating, and begins in 13th century Siena:
The Biccherna was the person who held the position of Magistrate of Chancellery of Finance from the 13th to the 14th century for the republic and the city of Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. The records of that office were very important because Siena was one of the earliest and most significant banking centres in Italy, and indeed in Europe. It became the fashion to keep banking and taxation records of the region in large books with painted leather covers. These were originally made from wood and leather. In the competition to make these ever more prestigious the bindings and panels on the front and rear of the books were painted by the major artists of the day, such as Giovanni di Paolo. Many of these mainly secular covers are displayed in the Archives of the State of Siena located in the Palazzo Piccolmini.
The Gothic Revival of the 19th century occurred partly as a reaction against the progress of industrialisation in Europe generally. It was however greatly affected by the unification of Italy in the second half of the 19th century. This led to the closure and downsizing of many religious institutions, which resulted in the dispersal of thousands of works of art dating from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Many aristocratic and bourgeois families struggled to pay debts or simply to make ends meet and so they sold off their private collections and family heirlooms. There was then an influx of goods into the antiques market which provided a great deal of work for Italy’s restorers and craftsmen, since many of these pieces were in need of cleaning, repair and, in keeping with the interventionist tastes of the times, radical restoration, before they could be sold on, often to foreign buyers. These early Italian works became so fashionable that demand soon outstripped supply. This in turn gave rise to a new type of artist-craftsman capable of turning out from scratch increasingly convincing reproductions, imitations and out-and-out fakes.
Siena naturally became the epicentre of this thriving cottage industry because of the extraordinary continuity there in traditional craft skills. This technical expertise had been handed down from generation to generation, and it was perhaps inevitable that a number of artists with real talent, the flair of commerce and a genuine love and understanding of antique Sienese art should adapt their skills to these new market conditions. Among these artists were Igino Gottardi, Alceo Dossena, Fulvio Corsini, Umberto Giunti...
Category
Late 19th Century Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding in the Biccherna Style Siena Tuscany
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Icilio Federico Joni.
Italian ( b.1866 - d.1946 ).
Painted Gesso, Gilt and Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding in the Sienese Biccherna Style
Book Cover size 11 inches x 8.1 inches ( 28cm x 20.5cm ).
Frame size 16 inches x 13 inches ( 40.5cm x 33cm ).
Available for sale; this painted gesso and gilt “tavolette” wooden book cover in the Biccherna style is by Icilio Federico Joni.
The book cover is mounted and supplied in a contemporary black Tulip Wood frame (which is shown in these photographs) which is glazed with non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. The wooden book cover is curved and float mounted giving a wonderful 3D depth to its presentation.
The gesso and painted surfaces have benefitted from professional restoration which was performed on our instruction, supervision and approval.
This antique book cover is now in very good condition, commensurate with its age.
The frame presentation is new and in excellent condition. Combined, it wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The story of these panels and of their artist is fascinating, and begins in 13th century Siena:
The Biccherna was the person who held the position of Magistrate of Chancellery of Finance from the 13th to the 14th century for the republic and the city of Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. The records of that office were very important because Siena was one of the earliest and most significant banking centres in Italy, and indeed in Europe. It became the fashion to keep banking and taxation records of the region in large books with painted leather covers. These were originally made from wood and leather. In the competition to make these ever more prestigious the bindings and panels on the front and rear of the books were painted by the major artists of the day, such as Giovanni di Paolo. Many of these mainly secular covers are displayed in the Archives of the State of Siena located in the Palazzo Piccolmini.
The Gothic Revival of the 19th century occurred partly as a reaction against the progress of industrialisation in Europe generally. It was however greatly affected by the unification of Italy in the second half of the 19th century. This led to the closure and downsizing of many religious institutions, which resulted in the dispersal of thousands of works of art dating from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Many aristocratic and bourgeois families struggled to pay debts or simply to make ends meet and so they sold off their private collections and family heirlooms. There was then an influx of goods into the antiques market which provided a great deal of work for Italy’s restorers and craftsmen, since many of these pieces were in need of cleaning, repair and, in keeping with the interventionist tastes of the times, radical restoration, before they could be sold on, often to foreign buyers. These early Italian works became so fashionable that demand soon outstripped supply. This in turn gave rise to a new type of artist-craftsman capable of turning out from scratch increasingly convincing reproductions, imitations and out-and-out fakes.
Siena naturally became the epicentre of this thriving cottage industry because of the extraordinary continuity there in traditional craft skills. This technical expertise had been handed down from generation to generation, and it was perhaps inevitable that a number of artists with real talent, the flair of commerce and a genuine love and understanding of antique Sienese art should adapt their skills to these new market conditions. Among these artists were Igino Gottardi, Alceo Dossena, Fulvio Corsini, Umberto Giunti...
Category
Late 19th Century Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem with oklad by Oliver Samsinger
Located in Segovia, ES
Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem.
Egg tempera on gesso and over a wooden board.
Dimensions in centimeters: 42 x 34 x 2 cm / In inches: 16.54 x 13-39 x 0-79 "
Author: Oliver Samsinger...
Category
1990s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Brass
Adoration
Located in MADRID, ES
Incredible triptych from the end of 15 century.
Category
16th Century Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel
Gotich style Florentine painter - 19th century figure painting - Virgin Child -
Located in Varmo, IT
Florentine painter (19th century) - Madonna with Child on a gold background.
77 x 58 cm.
Oil on polylobed panel.
Condition report: Good state of conservation of the pictorial surf...
Category
Late 19th Century Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ain't yo' Mama, Make yo' own Goddamn Pancakes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Halo presents an amazing cast of historical black figures, most of whom were legendary and mythic characters in their time, but have been nearly lost to the vagaries and biases of hi...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cathay Williams
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Halo presents an amazing cast of historical black figures, most of whom were legendary and mythic characters in their time, but have been nearly lost to the vagaries and biases of hi...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Letitia Munson
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Halo presents an amazing cast of historical black figures, most of whom were legendary and mythic characters in their time, but have been nearly lost to the vagaries and biases of hi...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Familia Huida" Icon painting of the Holy Family, Mary Christ Baby Joseph Angel
By Martha Ochoa
Located in Austin, TX
By Martha Ochoa, contemporary painter of Catholic religious icons that revive Renaissance and Latin American Colonial art.
This painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Virgin of Kataphyge and St. John, after a Byzantine Bulgarian Icon 14th Century
Located in Segovia, ES
The Virgin of Kataphyge with Saint John the Evangelist, after a Bulgarian Byzantine icon of the 14th Century.
Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and wood.
Author: Oliver Samsinger...
Category
Early 1900s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Called Y Galwyd
Located in Brecon, Powys
Every subtle hint of greys and. blacks depict the many characters inhabiting this painting and give it great depth and intricacy. Inherent in this painting by Wayne Summers are symbo...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Christ, the Great High Priest. Greek-Italian style Icon with silver oklad
Located in Segovia, ES
Christ, the Great High Priest. Greek-Italian style Icon with silver filigreed oklad.
Egg tempera, over gesso on wood with a silver cover, "oklad", with pol...
Category
1990s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
'Christ Pantocrator with Mary & St. John', Theotokos, Greek Orthodox, Christian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A very substantial, early 19th century, oil-on-canvas laid down on panel showing a view of the risen Christ Pantocrator flanked by the Virgin Mary and St....
Category
Early 19th Century Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Christ Pantocrator" After an Icon in the style of the Moscow School
Located in Segovia, ES
"Christ Pantocrator". After an Icon in the style of the Moscow school (15th century). Somewhat similar to that of Rublev.
Author: Oliver Samsinguer
Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and on wood.
Dimensions; (H) 42 x (W) 33.5 x (D) 3.5 cm.
(H) 16.54 x (W) 13.19 x (D) 1.38 in.
This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon:
“The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal.
The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability.
Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well.
Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterwards, the gold leaf is
"shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with an agate. Gold leaf is real 24-carat gold .
Now, the actual process of painting begins. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water, and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments.
Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light.
When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Samsinger...
Category
1990s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Virgin of Tijvin (after a Russian Icon in the style of the 18th century).
Located in Segovia, ES
The Virgin of Tijvin (after a Russian icon in the style of the 18th Century).
Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso over wood.
Measurements in centimeters: 45 x 36.5 x 3 cm / In inch...
Category
1990s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Saint Nicolas in the style of Russian icons of the 18th century. With Oklad
Located in Segovia, ES
Icono of Saint Nicolas in the style of Russian icons of the 18th century.
Egg tempera and gesso on wood, covered by a metal oklad made by the artist himself. The oklad, in principle, were made to cover damaged parts of highly revered ancient icons...
Category
1990s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Egg Tempera
Scandinavian Family Portrait, Artist 18th Century, Scandinavian School
Located in Bruges, BE
Scandinavian Family Portrait
Artist 18th century
18th Century
Scandinavian School
Signature: Not signed
Medium: Miniature
Dimensions: Image size diameter 11 cm, frame size 19 x 16 cm
Category
18th Century Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
"Birth of Christ" after a Russian icon of the 15th century. Oliver Samsinger
Located in Segovia, ES
"Birth of Christ", after a Russian icon of the 15th century.
Tempera and gold leaves on gesso, wooden board. Dimensions: (H) 68 x (W) 52 x (D) 4 cm.
This icon sums up the events of the birth of Christ. At the top left the three wise men from the Orient approach on horses.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver...
Category
1990s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Arucol
Located in Torino, TO
The work is a mirror representation of Hieronymus Bosch's well-known painting 'The Cure for Madness', created by the artist with his left hand.
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Califia
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Califia (c. 1510) is the mythical Black warrior Queen and inspiring character in Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo’s 16th century epic poem, Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandian). In Montalvo’s tale, Queen Califia rules on the fabled island of California, a utopia brimming with pearls and gold and inhabited solely by her menacing army of black Amazon women...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Zumbi dos Palmares
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Halo presents an amazing cast of historical black figures, most of whom were legendary and mythic characters in their time, but have been nearly lost to the vagaries and biases of history as seen through a white lens. With Halo, Greenfield brings the stories of Black folk-saints, martyrs, freedom-fighters, survivors, magicians, and visionaries back into view. Many of the figures are from the 1400-1800s, a timeframe that corresponds with Europeans beginning to use racial distinction as a tool to justify slavery. Greenfield honors their
simultaneously disturbing and astounding lives by bestowing them with halos, traditionally seen as reverential symbols of adoration and respect. “I am reimagining what a saint is,” Greenfield says. “Maybe in studying their stories, they can inform us on better ways to live.”
Thought to have been a descendent of central African royalty...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Solitude of Guadeloupe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Halo presents an amazing cast of historical black figures, most of whom were legendary and mythic characters in their time, but have been nearly lost to the vagaries and biases of hi...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Balthazar
Located in Santa Monica, CA
One of the three biblical ‘magi’ or ‘wise men,’ King Balthazar gave the highly prized gift of liquid myrrh to Jesus upon his birth. Balthazar was an African King...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Alirio Palacios, Versiones, 2012, Mixed media on cardboard, 145 x 134 cm
Located in Miami, FL
Alirio Palacios
Versiones, 2012
Mixed media and gold leaf on cardboard (intervened by the artist)
145 x 134 cm
57 x 52.7 in.
The artwork is signed and...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Set of four oil on copper paintings of Stations of the Cross
Located in London, GB
Set of four oil on copper paintings of Stations of the Cross
English, 19th Century
Frame: Height 54cm, width 42cm, depth 2.5cm
Panel: Height 45cm, width 34.5cm, depth 0.5cm
This fine set of four paintings depicts moments drawn from Stations of the Cross. The paintings are oil on copper, with the surface of the copper tooled...
Category
19th Century Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Set of four antique English Christian paintings on copper
Located in London, GB
Set of four antique English Christian paintings on copper
English, 19th Century
Frame: Height 54cm, width 42cm, depth 2.5cm
Panel: Height 45cm, width 34.5cm, depth 0.5cm
This fine set of four paintings depicts moments drawn from Stations of the Cross. The paintings are oil on copper, with the surface of the copper tooled...
Category
19th Century Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Set of four paintings of Christ drawn from the Stations of the Cross
Located in London, GB
Set of four paintings of Christ drawn from the Stations of the Cross
English, 19th Century
Frame: Height 54cm, width 42cm, depth 2.5cm
Panel: Height 45cm, width 34.5cm, depth 0.5cm
This fine set of four paintings depicts moments drawn from Stations of the Cross. The paintings are oil on copper, with the surface of the copper tooled...
Category
19th Century Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Italian painting of Alphonsus Liguori in French Neo-Gothic Frame
Located in London, GB
Italian painting of Alphonsus Liguori in French Neo-Gothic Frame
Italian and French, Late 18th and 19th Century
Frame: Height 61cm, width 39cm, depth 6cm
Panel: Height 28cm, width 22...
Category
Late 18th Century Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by David Popiashvili - Poet
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & gold on canvas
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Georgian Contemporary Art by David Popiashvili - Student
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & gold on canvas
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
What Light in Yonder Window Breaks: Contemporary figurative oil painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Shakespeare's fair Juliet in Romeo's soliloquy is here interpreted as a medieval maiden. Berlin has not only cast his Juliet as a medieval beauty but has also used authentic techniqu...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Two Girls". Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
We are pleased to sell works on behalf of Celia RobertsBorn 1950 in Stafford
Educated at Oxford University 1969-1973 BA Hons in Hebrew.
She has exhibited in the Arterie Gallery in ...
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paint, Bamboo Paper
Georgian Contemporay Art by David Popiashvili - Annunciation
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Georgian Contemporary Art by David Popiashvili - Girl with a Lamb
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by David Popiashvili - Girl with a Cat
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on panel
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Georgian Contemporary Art by David Popiashvili - Sweet Dreams
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Medieval Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Medieval figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Medieval figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mark Steven Greenfield, David Popiashvili, Sax Berlin, and Anastasia Kurakina. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Metal and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Medieval figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 6.3 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $685 and tops out at $35,589, while the average work sells for $4,918.
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