Renaissance Mounted Objects
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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Antique Hand Carved Gilt Wooden Church Statue of Saint Francis & Clare of Assisi
Located in Lisse, NL
For the collectors of unique and remarkable works of religious art.
About ten years ago I was fortunate enough to have been invited to Italy for a week. In that week we visited the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, the place where the world famous Saint Francis was born and where he is buried. For these unique sculptures to have found their way to us, again felt like a blessing. These amazing workmanship and aesthetically pleasing saint statues, we feel, were not created for one person alone, they were made to be seen and appreciated by a larger community. Those who know about Saint Francis will probably know about Saint Clare...
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19th Century European Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
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Wood
15th Century Italian Renaissance Giltwood Carving
Located in Houston, TX
15th Century Italian Renaissance Giltwood Carving .
This magnificent 15th century Italian Renaissance gilt wood carving with a serpent is displayed on a revolving iron base. This mou...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
16th-17th Century French Carved Oak Panel with an Angel Figure
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered oak panel with an wonderful primitive angel figure. On the bottom of this angel you can also see two small eagle heads.
France, circa 1550-1650, weathered, small...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Oak
15th Century Italian Renaissance Bronze Medallion
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Renaissance bronze medallion made by Master IOFF in the mid 15th century, showing the mythological scene of Ariadne on Naxos.
Made in the mid-15th ...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
Red Ceramic and Gilt Bronze Antique Ewer Urn
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very ornate French antique ewer urn with a gleaming, red ceramic jug body and gilt bronze foot and trimmings, dating from the beginning of the 20th century ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Renaissance Style Bronzes by Jean Baptiste Germain, C1880
Located in Central England, GB
This very fine pair of French bronze figures are by the highly acclaimed French sculptor Jean Baptiste Germain (1841 0 1910). They depict...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
15th Century French Carved Limestone Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare 15th century French carved limestone fragment depicting the back of a man's head with a wavy hair texture, and mounted on a c...
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15th Century and Earlier French Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Marble
15th Cen Four Pillars of the Christian Faith Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Luke
Located in North Miami, FL
15th century Italian carved wood, polychromed and gold gilded sculptures of four Pillars of the Christian Faith (Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Luke, Saint Matthew).
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Jesus Christ the Conqueror Raising the Flag After his Resurrection, 16th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Italian carved-wood and polychromed sculpture of Jesus Christ the conqueror raising the flag after his resurrection.
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Angelic Carved Wood Sculptures, 16th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of 16th Century Italian carved polychromed angelic sculptures.
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Saint Ambrose Archbishop of Milan and Saint Augustine Bishop of Hippo, 16th Cent
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of 16th Century Italian wood carved figures of Saint Ambrose Archbishop of Milan and Saint Augustine Bishop of Hippo, two of the four original Doc...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood
Sculpture of John The Baptist, 16th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 16th Century Spanish gold gilded and polychromed carved wood sculpture of John The Baptist.
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
16th C. Hand Carved Capital Stone Base Architectural Element Sculpture Pedestal
Located in West Hollywood, CA
16th C. hand carved Capital stone base architectural element sculpture pedestal. Very rare 16th century Renaissance corner Capital. Hand carved limestone Chapiteau Capital from a Cloister in France. From an ornamental point of view, it is the coronation, the upper part of a post or a column or pilaster pillar. A beautiful Architectural element garden ornament.
It can used as a Base for a coffee glass table or as a side table for drinks or to mount books. A stunning Fragments to be used as stand for a sculpture. Use it as a pedestal or as a mounted decorative object. In an entryway a bathroom a living room, in an office, it will create an incredible focal point. It can make a beautiful base for a floor lamp by a leather reading chair...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Italian Renaissance Style Soapstone Carvings
Located in New York, NY
4 Italian Renaissance style (19th Century) carved soapstone wall plaques of Medieval scenes under glass in black frames.
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
Soapstone
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Large French 19th Century Hand Carved Wooden Fragment of a Marionette
Located in Buisson, FR
Very nice handcarved fragment of a marionette.
France, circa 1850. Weathered, small losses and old repairs
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18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
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19th c. Gilt Bronze Vase
Located in Fairfax, VA
A beautiful two color bronze vase. Crafted in France during the 19th century and featuring bronze doré, this piece is truly a work of art.
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Male Head, Carved Stone, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
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Pair of Gilt Bronze Grand Tour Urns on Marble Bases
Located in Hudson, NY
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Gilt and Patinated Bronze Ewer on Stand, Attributed to Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
The exceptional bronze casting, in stunningly intricate detail, on this beautiful sculptural piece has been attributed to master metalworker Ferdinand Barbedienne. The piece takes th...
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Polychrome carved wood Virgin and Child from the 15th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD VIRGIN AND CHILD FROM THE 15TH CENTURY
ORIGIN: SOUTH GERMANY, SWABIA, NUREMBERG REGION
PERIOD: 15th CENTURY
Height: 94,6cm
Width : 28 cm
Depth : 18 cm
Lime wood
Original Polychromy
Good state of conservation
From 1430 onwards, sculpture underwent a profound stylistic renewal which continued until 1530, the so-called late Gothic period. In the Germanic countries, original sculptures flourished in an expressive and sensitive vein.
This renewal was inspired by the art of Nicholas of Leiden, who was active in Strasbourg in the 1460's. His style broke with the refined and delicate art of the international Gothic style in force throughout Europe around 1400. The figures became more authentic and realistic. The bodies became denser. Clothes are animated by deep, broken folds, the fabrics are heavy and have a great decorative value. In addition, the polychromy is intended to be illusionistic. The painting makes it possible to restore the texture of the materials, the richness of the textiles and the natural skin tone of the characters.
The dissemination of images through engraving and the great mobility of the artists led to the success of this style, which conquered the Upper Rhine, Swabian, Tyrolean and Franconian regions, contributing to the formation of a common stylistic identity in these regions. The economic boom in the flourishing German cities was conducive to the development of original production. Attracted by this prosperity, numerous workshops were set up in order to meet the orders of religious communities, the Church and the laity, including a clientele of middle-class rockers.
This precious Virgin and Child is depicted standing on a crescent moon, her head encircled by a crown of tall flowers. Her long wavy hair spreads over her shoulders, framing her beautiful oval face. Under fine eyebrows drawn with a brushstroke, her almond-shaped, slightly drooping eyes look at the Child with infinite softness. She is dressed in a long red dress with a rounded neckline, belted under the chest. The heavy fabric of her dress spreads out in broken folds at her feet. On her shoulders she wears a golden cloak. The drapery has deep folds. She holds out her right hand while she holds the Christ Child with her left.
Christ, with his well-defined hair, is naked. His cheeks are highlighted with red, he holds an apple in his left hand and with the other hand makes a sign of blessing towards the faithful.
Virgins with Child on a crescent moon were very popular in the second half of the 15th century, especially as the central subject of altarpieces in southern Germany and Austria. The crescent moon on which Mary is standing is reminiscent of the Woman of the Apocalypse. Often equated with the Virgin Mary.
This episode is taken from the Book of Revelation (12:1-6)
1 Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. ; 2 She was pregnant, and she cried out because she was in labor, in pain from giving birth. ; 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: it was a great fiery red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads. ; 4 His tail swept down a third of heaven's stars and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth so that when she gave birth, he might devour her child. ; 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child who is to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was snatched up to God and his throne. ; 6 Then the woman fled into the desert, where God has prepared a place for her. There she will be taken care of for one thousand two hundred sixty days.
Some theologians see in this woman a reference to the Virgin Mary and in the child, Jesus.
This remarkable work is a very fine example of sculpture from Swabian workshops in the last decades of the 15th century. It presents all the characteristic stylistic elements: a highly girdled silhouette, an abundant drapery with angular folds, but also a great physical presence accentuated by the polychromy that restores the anatomical details. This group is made of a wooden log. The deep folds of the drapery highlight the movement of the Virgin holding the child.
Bibliography :
Sophie Guillot de Suduiraut, Dévotion et Séduction, Sculptures souabes des musées de France, vers 1460-1530, Paris musée du Louvre-Éditions somogy, 2015
“Revelation 12 - Common English Bible...
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Wood
Thai Sukhothai Cast Bronze Buddha Head, 15th/16th Century, Thailand
Located in Austin, TX
An exquisite Thai cast bronze Buddha head, Sukhothai kingdom, circa 15th century, Thailand.
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Pair of Late 19th Century Bronze Busts by A. Mahuex
Located in New York, NY
A pair of late 19th century bronze busts
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Depicting busts of young boys sitting on a black marble base.
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Bronze
Antique Traditional Hand-Painted Wooden Russian Doll, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional Russian 'Matrioska' doll wooden figure. Hand-painted.
Made by unknown manufacturer in Russia, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
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Italian 19th Century Carved Wooden Saint Figure
Located in Buisson, FR
Very nice saint figure. Hand carved wood with glass eyes
Italy, circa 1800-1850. Weathered, small losses.
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Wood
19th Century Gilt Bronze Ewer Classical Renaissance Decorative Pitcher
Located in Labrit, Landes
Gilt bronze Ewer Pitcher 19th century gilt bronze Renaissance Revival
Heavy and solid
Decorative and impressive
Good antique condition.
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Located in Leesburg, VA
Renaissance bronze plaquette of the Lamentation from the school of Raphael
Attributed to Cesarino da Perugia
Rome, Italy; ca. 1522-24
Bronze (plaquette); black marble (mount)
Approximate size: 10.5 x 7.3 cm (plaquette)
The present plaquette, depicting a scene of the Lamentation, has long been associated with a Tuscan-Roman origin and more recently has been identified as the work of Cesarino da Perugia, a goldsmith active in Rome and friend of Raphael. The scene’s composition, in fact, derives from Raphael’s sketches...
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Rare 16th Century Carved and Pierced Oak Renaissance Panel with Acrylic Mount
Located in Dallas, TX
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Acrylic, Oak
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16th-17th Century French Carved Oak Panel with a Nobleman
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered and unique oak panel with a nobleman.
France, circa 1550-1650, weathered, small losses.
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French, 17th Century Carved Wooden Renaissance Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
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France, circa 1600-1650. Weathered.
Measurement is inclusive the wooden base.
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Large French Female Renaissance Bust, Austin, 1970
Located in Vero Beach, FL
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Located in London, GB
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Located in Buisson, FR
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France, 17th century. Weathered, small losses and o...
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Italian, 17th Century Carved Wooden Renaissance Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful fragment with traces of its original color
Italy, circa 1600. Weathered, losses.
Measurement is inclusive the wooden base.
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Wood
Terracotta Santos Fragment
Located in London, GB
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French 18th Century Allegorical Bronze Renaissance Style
Located in New York, NY
Bronze allegorical sculpture of a Pan-like visage from 18th century France in Renaissance style.
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Mounted Objects
Materials
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Large Pair of Antique Patinated Bronze Sculptures of Mercury and Fortuna
By Giambologna
Located in London, GB
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Renaissance mounted objects for sale on 1stDibs.
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