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Period: 16th Century
Pair Of 16th Century Italian Memento Mori
Located in Hastings, GB
A truly exceptional pair of Memento Mori 'remember you must die' painted on board, these date to the 16th century and were originally housed in an North Italian Monastery, this incre...
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Italian Gothic Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

Pair Of 16th Century Italian Memento Mori
Pair Of 16th Century Italian Memento Mori

Pair Of 16th Century Italian Memento Mori

Antique 16th Century German (Augsburg) parcel-gilt Silver-Gold Chalice/Goblet
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely exquisite rare Cooper-gilt ,silver-gold and three Sterling Silver angels Chalice originated from Augsburg (Germany ) in th...
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German Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold, Silver, Copper

Antique 16th Century German (Augsburg) parcel-gilt Silver-Gold Chalice/Goblet
Antique 16th Century German (Augsburg) parcel-gilt Silver-Gold Chalice/Goblet

Antique 16th Century German (Augsburg) parcel-gilt Silver-Gold Chalice/Goblet

IMPORTANT AND RARE LITURGICAL PSALTER, Spain, 16th Century (1550-1575)
By Europa
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT AND RARE LITURGICAL PSALTER, Spain, 16th Century (1550-1750) Psalterium iuxta Romanum (Liturgical Psalter according to the Roman Rite) Latin (with Spanish additions), illu...
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Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Parchment Paper

IMPORTANT AND RARE LITURGICAL PSALTER, Spain, 16th Century (1550-1575)
IMPORTANT AND RARE LITURGICAL PSALTER, Spain, 16th Century (1550-1575)

IMPORTANT AND RARE LITURGICAL PSALTER, Spain, 16th Century (1550-1575)

Antique 16th Century Islamic Safavid Al Jazari Combination Locking Brass Casket
Located in Portland, OR
A highly important engraved Islamic combination locking brass casket, based on a design by the 12th Century Arab inventor & artist Ismail Al Jazari. Circa...
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Iraqi Islamic Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Antique 16th Century Islamic Safavid Al Jazari Combination Locking Brass Casket
Antique 16th Century Islamic Safavid Al Jazari Combination Locking Brass Casket

Antique 16th Century Islamic Safavid Al Jazari Combination Locking Brass Casket

Italian Medieval Gothic Carved Stone Saint Statue
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered hand carved stone medieval statue depicting a Saint . Italy 16th century. Weathered, small losses and old repair. H:51cm W:18cm D:13cm
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Italian Gothic Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stone

Italian Medieval Gothic Carved Stone Saint Statue
Italian Medieval Gothic Carved Stone Saint Statue

Italian Medieval Gothic Carved Stone Saint Statue

Hand-colored 16th century copy of the famous Moerentorf Bible
By Henry Moret
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Publisher: Daniel Vervliet and Hendrik Swingen for Jan I Moretus & Jan I van Keerberghen Place / Date: Antwerp, 1599 Biblia sacra. Dat is de geheele heylighe schrifture bed...
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Belgian Baroque Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Paper

Hand-colored 16th century copy of the famous Moerentorf Bible
Hand-colored 16th century copy of the famous Moerentorf Bible

Hand-colored 16th century copy of the famous Moerentorf Bible

Last Supper. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Last Supper. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century. It has faults. An oil on panel painting depicting a figurative image against a neutral background, with a checkered tile...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

Last Supper. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
Last Supper. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.

Last Supper. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.

Monstrance (temple type). Silver. Spain, 16th century with restorations.
Located in Madrid, ES
Portable temple custody. Gilded silver, glass. 16th century, possible restorations. Custody made of gilded silver (the finish has been lost in some points) composed of a base, an ax...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Other

Monstrance (temple type). Silver. Spain, 16th century with restorations.
Monstrance (temple type). Silver. Spain, 16th century with restorations.

Monstrance (temple type). Silver. Spain, 16th century with restorations.

Devotional plaque with Saint Jerome. Bronze. Spanish school, 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque with Saint Jerome. Bronze. Spanish school, 16th century. Rectangular devotional plaque made of bronze, with a frame and a ring at the top and a figurative decorati...
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European Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Devotional plaque with Saint Jerome. Bronze. Spanish school, 16th century
Devotional plaque with Saint Jerome. Bronze. Spanish school, 16th century

Devotional plaque with Saint Jerome. Bronze. Spanish school, 16th century

“Ressurrection”, Polychromed Wood, Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The relief was probably a door of the Sagrario. The piece follows a customary decoration in the tabernacles of the Renaissance and the Baroque. Compare, for example, with the sevente...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

“Ressurrection”, Polychromed Wood, Spanish School, 16th Century
“Ressurrection”, Polychromed Wood, Spanish School, 16th Century

“Ressurrection”, Polychromed Wood, Spanish School, 16th Century

Important Spanish Solid Silver Altar Cross – 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This remarkable 16th-century Spanish altar cross is a stunning example of ecclesiastical silverwork. Crafted from solid silver, the cross features the traditional depiction of Christ...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Important Spanish Solid Silver Altar Cross – 16th Century
Important Spanish Solid Silver Altar Cross – 16th Century

Important Spanish Solid Silver Altar Cross – 16th Century

French Medieval Carved Stone Panel Depicting A Madonna With Child
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful primitive medieval stone panel, depicting a Madonna with child France before 1600 Weathered and small losses
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French Medieval Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stone

French Medieval Carved Stone Panel Depicting A Madonna With Child
French Medieval Carved Stone Panel Depicting A Madonna With Child

French Medieval Carved Stone Panel Depicting A Madonna With Child

16th Century Carved Religious Panel Sculpture of Poor Souls in Purgatory Hell
Located in London, GB
Antique Religious Relief Sculpture, Poor Souls in Purgatory Sculpture, Sinners in Hell Sculpture, Antique Religious Carving, Antique Church Plaque, Antique Religious Panel, Antique P...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

16th Century Carved Religious Panel Sculpture of Poor Souls in Purgatory Hell
16th Century Carved Religious Panel Sculpture of Poor Souls in Purgatory Hell

16th Century Carved Religious Panel Sculpture of Poor Souls in Purgatory Hell

Antique Map of Denmark and Oldenburg ‘Germany’ by A. Ortelius, circa 1598
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Daniae Regni Typus' and 'Oldenburg Comit'. A nice example of Ortelius maps of Denmark and Oldenburg, which first appeared in the 1584 edition of his Theatrum Orbi...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Denmark and Oldenburg ‘Germany’ by A. Ortelius, circa 1598
Antique Map of Denmark and Oldenburg ‘Germany’ by A. Ortelius, circa 1598

Antique Map of Denmark and Oldenburg ‘Germany’ by A. Ortelius, circa 1598

Period Renaissance Early 16th Century Processional Cross, France
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Exceptional Period Renaissance processional cross early 16th century, France Extremely rare and beautiful processional cross from the early period of the French Renaissance. This ...
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French Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Period Renaissance Early 16th Century Processional Cross, France
Period Renaissance Early 16th Century Processional Cross, France

Period Renaissance Early 16th Century Processional Cross, France

Pair of Tall Eagle Lecterns, Bronze, Etc, 16th Century and Later
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of easels in the shape of an eagle. Bronze, iron. 16th-17th century. Rear supports. Pair of lecterns with tripod-shaped bases, claw-shaped legs with spheres, and a triangular part from which three baluster-shaped legs emerge, with elements in light tones that join at the top of this piece , leaving a vegetal form towards the lower area. The finials are two eagles on spheres, each looking to the side with its head tilted upwards, and situated with its wings half spread; the back is smooth, without the details of the feathers, eyes, beak and claws that do show in the front. The eagles could be from the Spanish school or from the Netherlands, dating from the 16th-17th centuries, while the bases are from the 20th century. It seems that, at least in Spain, the spread of tall lecterns...
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European Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Pair of Tall Eagle Lecterns, Bronze, Etc, 16th Century and Later
Pair of Tall Eagle Lecterns, Bronze, Etc, 16th Century and Later

Pair of Tall Eagle Lecterns, Bronze, Etc, 16th Century and Later

Strongbox Safe Iron Painted Armada Chest Nuremberg Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, small, late-Renaissance, Nuremberg, iron, 'armada box', strongbox or travelling safe with its original, naïve, painted decoration This is a rare, s...
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German Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Strongbox Safe Iron Painted Armada Chest Nuremberg Renaissance
Strongbox Safe Iron Painted Armada Chest Nuremberg Renaissance

Strongbox Safe Iron Painted Armada Chest Nuremberg Renaissance

Holy Face. Oil on canvas. Spanish School, 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Holy Face. Oil on canvas. Spanish School, 16th century. A canvas depicting a face on a light background with no other elements. Iconographically, this is what is commonly called a ...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

Holy Face. Oil on canvas. Spanish School, 16th century
Holy Face. Oil on canvas. Spanish School, 16th century

Holy Face. Oil on canvas. Spanish School, 16th century

Healing of the Paralytic. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Healing of the Paralytic. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century. Partially rebuilt. A religious scene set in a prestigious interior, made of two-tone stone, depicting a ser...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

Healing of the Paralytic. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
Healing of the Paralytic. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.

Healing of the Paralytic. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.

16th Century Prie-Dieu 'Praying Kneeler' Made of Walnut and Burl
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Italian Prie-dieu (Praying Kneeler) made of Italian walnut and burl wood.
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Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Walnut, Burl

16th Century Prie-Dieu 'Praying Kneeler' Made of Walnut and Burl
16th Century Prie-Dieu 'Praying Kneeler' Made of Walnut and Burl

16th Century Prie-Dieu 'Praying Kneeler' Made of Walnut and Burl

16th Century Italian Renaissance Carving of a Male Saint
Located in Stamford, CT
16th century Italian carved and polychromed figure of a male saint or prophet with a wonderful presence. Shown holding an open book in his right hand with flames at his feet, mid-16t...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

16th Century Italian Renaissance Carving of a Male Saint
16th Century Italian Renaissance Carving of a Male Saint

16th Century Italian Renaissance Carving of a Male Saint

1573 Ortelius Map: First to Name California, Spanning Tartary to North America
Located in Langweer, NL
"1573 Abraham Ortelius Map of Tartary, Japan, and Western North America" Description of the Map: This is an outstanding example of Abraham Ortelius' map titled "Tartariae Sive Magn...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1573 Ortelius Map: First to Name California, Spanning Tartary to North America
1573 Ortelius Map: First to Name California, Spanning Tartary to North America

1573 Ortelius Map: First to Name California, Spanning Tartary to North America

Raising of Lazarus with Saint Roch and two donors. Oil on panel. 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Raising of Lazarus with Saint Roch and two donors. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century. Oil on panel depicting an interior scene with semicircular arches and Ionic capital...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

Raising of Lazarus with Saint Roch and two donors. Oil on panel. 16th century
Raising of Lazarus with Saint Roch and two donors. Oil on panel. 16th century

Raising of Lazarus with Saint Roch and two donors. Oil on panel. 16th century

1500s Elizabethan Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten
By Robert Medley
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Elizabethan English sterling silver communion chalice and paten; an addition to our diverse religious silverware collection. This exceptional two piece antique Elizabethan sterling silver communion set consists of a chalice and paten/diskos. The chalice has a cylindrical tapering shaped form onto a plain knapped pedestal and spreading circular foot. The body of this sterling silver communion cup...
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English Elizabethan Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

1500s Elizabethan Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten
1500s Elizabethan Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten

1500s Elizabethan Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten

Framed Late 15th Century Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript
Located in Houston, TX
Framed late 15th century illuminated Book of Hours manuscript circa 1500, France. Gouache, ink gold wash and gold burnishing on vellum. Framed within large decorative matt. In very g...
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French Medieval Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold Leaf

Framed Late 15th Century Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript
Framed Late 15th Century Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript

Framed Late 15th Century Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript

Rare 1572 Map of Ancient Rome with Monuments by Ligorio, Braun & Hogenberg
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare 1572 Map of Ancient Rome with Monuments by Ligorio, Braun & Hogenberg This remarkable 16th-century map, *Urbis Romae Situs cum ils quae adhuc Conspiciuntur Veter. Monumet Rel...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Rare 1572 Map of Ancient Rome with Monuments by Ligorio, Braun & Hogenberg
Rare 1572 Map of Ancient Rome with Monuments by Ligorio, Braun & Hogenberg

Rare 1572 Map of Ancient Rome with Monuments by Ligorio, Braun & Hogenberg

Map of Avenches Region Switzerland by Mercator, Original 1585 Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Wiflispurgergov by Gerardus Mercator, Avenches Region, 1585 This rare and finely engraved map, titled *Das Wiflispurgergov*, was produced by Gerardus Mercator and published i...
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Dutch Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Map of Avenches Region Switzerland by Mercator, Original 1585 Engraving
Map of Avenches Region Switzerland by Mercator, Original 1585 Engraving

Map of Avenches Region Switzerland by Mercator, Original 1585 Engraving

European 16th Century Hand Carved Wooden Virgin Mary Polychrome Statue
Located in Oostende, BE
This 16th century hand-carved wooden Virgin Mary polychrome statue comes from a church in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (Europe), and was bought directly fr...
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Belgian Gothic Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut

European 16th Century Hand Carved Wooden Virgin Mary Polychrome Statue
European 16th Century Hand Carved Wooden Virgin Mary Polychrome Statue

European 16th Century Hand Carved Wooden Virgin Mary Polychrome Statue

Antique Map of Douai 'France' by Braun & Hogenberg, circa 1575
Located in Langweer, NL
Beautiful map in excellent condition. This map depicts the city of Douai (France) and originates from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum'.
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Douai 'France' by Braun & Hogenberg, circa 1575
Antique Map of Douai 'France' by Braun & Hogenberg, circa 1575

Antique Map of Douai 'France' by Braun & Hogenberg, circa 1575

Bronze Mortar - Italy - 16th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb Italian Renaissance bronze mortar with his pestle - 16th century Very beautiful model with AN in its center surmounted by a cross below . The mortar is decorated with several...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Mortar - Italy - 16th Century
Bronze Mortar - Italy - 16th Century

Bronze Mortar - Italy - 16th Century

16th-Century Map of the Ottoman Empire and Near East: Turcici Imperii Descriptio
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Original 16th-Century Map of the Ottoman Empire and Near East: *Turcici Imperii Descriptio* by Ortelius, 1571 This rare copperplate engraving, Turcici Imperii Descriptio, i...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

16th-Century Map of the Ottoman Empire and Near East: Turcici Imperii Descriptio
16th-Century Map of the Ottoman Empire and Near East: Turcici Imperii Descriptio

16th-Century Map of the Ottoman Empire and Near East: Turcici Imperii Descriptio

Hand bell or bell, “from Malinas”. Bronze. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand bell or bell, “from Malinas”. Bronze. 16th century. Hand bell with clapper made of bronze and decorated on the outside with a slight relief. The base has, between bands, an ins...
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European Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze, Other

Hand bell or bell, “from Malinas”. Bronze. 16th century.
Hand bell or bell, “from Malinas”. Bronze. 16th century.

Hand bell or bell, “from Malinas”. Bronze. 16th century.

Small Silver “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath
Located in Middleburg, VA
Small Silver “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath. These are often Extremely well Crafted with Extraordinary inlaid Silver Designs accentuated with “Neillo”. This Inlaid Handl...
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Turkish Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Small Silver “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath
Small Silver “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath

Small Silver “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath

"Madonna with Child and Angels". Italy, 15th-16th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze in its color and gold, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, enamel. In the centre of the work is presented, enthroned, the figure of Mary, with a mantel (fireplace) on her shoulders and hair and holding on her knees the child, who appears addressing one of the angels. The virgin is also sheltered by an ogee arch supported on turned columns, and raised visually by steps. This composition achieves a very striking contrast: the dark bronze figure, in contrast to the lapis lazuli background and the part of the arch and the outside of it, in gilded bronze. Under the steps there is a heraldic enamel shield with a key on an azure background. The angels, kneeling, are flanking this figure, and, appearing in dark bronze, visually share the "category" of religious figures with Mary, while their (lower) position gives more status to both the Mother and Jesus. The rest of the composition is completed with a delicate landscape: constructions and walls on mountains, clouds in the sky, plants, stones, etc. To the outside, another lapis lazuli frame is placed decorated in the corners with appliques, giving way to carved and polychrome wood. The lapis lazuli is a semiprecious stone already known in the seventh millennium BC., found in deposits from the Caucasus to Mauritania. From the end of the middle ages, it increased its export to Europe, its use being more frequent since then both to use it as a pigment in paintings after grinding it (giving rise to the finest and most expensive of the blues, and of the colors in many occasions), as for backgrounds of paintings, incrustations in works of art, jewelry and, a little later, in the well-known "hard stone works". The figure of Mary still shows an influence of Gothic models, although more European than Italian, along with elements that could already show a closeness to the Renaissance: although the nakedness of Jesus is already shown in Gothic works (Madonna with Angels by Fra Angelico ), the creation of space by playing with the cloth in front of Christ can be appreciated in more advanced paintings (Virgin with Child by Domenico Ghirlandaio, National Gallery of London); the presence of a powerful throne can be seen frequently in Italian Madonnas of the Quattrocento (and before), but not quite as presented here. As for the landscape, it is necessary to compare it, for example, with that of the fresco of the Condotiero Guidoriccio de Fogliano (Simone Martini, finished in 1328). This is a work of great technical and aesthetic quality, not to mention the materials chosen for its creation, comparable only to outstanding examples from around the world, such as those preserved in the Palazzo Madama in Torino (Italy), where the coral It also has an important role. It is essential to mention, also, works such as the plate of hard stones (lapis lazuli between them) with a relief of Mary with the Child in...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Enamel, Other

"Madonna with Child and Angels". Italy, 15th-16th Centuries
"Madonna with Child and Angels". Italy, 15th-16th Centuries

"Madonna with Child and Angels". Italy, 15th-16th Centuries

Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel – Antique Map by Seb. Münster, 1574
Located in Langweer, NL
Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel – Antique Map by Sebastian Münster, 1574 This rare and finely colored woodcut map of Northern Netherlands depicts the provinces of Friesl...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel – Antique Map by Seb. Münster, 1574
Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel – Antique Map by Seb. Münster, 1574

Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel – Antique Map by Seb. Münster, 1574

Renaissance Period Hand Carved Oak Panels, 16th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of two 16th century oak panels, one representing a character accompanied by a dog, the other a character in flames, probably saints. These ...
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French Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Oak

Renaissance Period Hand Carved Oak Panels, 16th Century
Renaissance Period Hand Carved Oak Panels, 16th Century

Renaissance Period Hand Carved Oak Panels, 16th Century

Antique Map of North Africa by Ortelius, c.1580
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Barbariae et Biledulgerid Nova Descriptio'. Original antique map of North Africa. The map covers the regions of Barbaria and Biledulgerid, essentially the territo...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Map of North Africa by Ortelius, c.1580
Antique Map of North Africa by Ortelius, c.1580

Antique Map of North Africa by Ortelius, c.1580

Unique Historical Horse Bit from the 16th-17th Century
Located in Nový Bor, CZ
Unique historical horse bit probably from the 16th or 17th century. It is very well preserved for its age, the condition corresponds to its age, there is no major mechanical or rust ...
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Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Unique Historical Horse Bit from the 16th-17th Century
Unique Historical Horse Bit from the 16th-17th Century

Unique Historical Horse Bit from the 16th-17th Century

16th Century Map of Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, ca. 1574
Located in Langweer, NL
Ptolemaic map of the Arabian Peninsula based on the 1548 map of Giacomo Gastaldi. It covers nearly all of the peninsula, but does not include the head of the Red Sea. The coastlines ...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

16th Century Map of Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, ca. 1574
16th Century Map of Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, ca. 1574

16th Century Map of Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, ca. 1574

Antique Map of Greece from Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1595
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique map titled "Graecia Sophiani." This is a very detailed and decorative engraved map, with two decorative cartouches and a hand-colored initial on the verso, from Abra...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Map of Greece from Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1595
Antique Map of Greece from Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1595

Antique Map of Greece from Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1595

Rare Original 16th Century Antique Map of Greece, 1598
Located in Langweer, NL
Beautiful and rare antique map of Greece with Albania, Mecedonia, Romania, Dalmatia and the peninsula of Salento to the Golf of Taranto. Also clearly shown the islands of the Aegaian...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Rare Original 16th Century Antique Map of Greece, 1598
Rare Original 16th Century Antique Map of Greece, 1598

Rare Original 16th Century Antique Map of Greece, 1598

Italian Liturgical Pax Brede Or Osculatorium From The 16th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Italy 16th century A liturgical Pax Brede or Osculatorium. The carved wooden board “Kiss of Peace” representing Christ as a man of sorrows. The pax has the shape of an ancient templ...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold Leaf

Italian Liturgical Pax Brede Or Osculatorium From The 16th Century
Italian Liturgical Pax Brede Or Osculatorium From The 16th Century

Italian Liturgical Pax Brede Or Osculatorium From The 16th Century

Important German Tabernacle Museum Piece 16th-17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Important German Tabernacle Museum Piece 16th-17th century IMPORTANT GERMAN TABERNACLE IN MUSEUM 16TH-17TH CENTURY EXCEPTIONAL SOUTHERN GERMAN TABERNACLE...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Fruitwood

Important German Tabernacle Museum Piece 16th-17th Century
Important German Tabernacle Museum Piece 16th-17th Century

Important German Tabernacle Museum Piece 16th-17th Century

Biblia Cum Concordantijs Veteris & Novi Testamenti & Sacrorum Canonum, 1519
Located in Delft, NL
Biblia cum concordantijs veteris & novi testamenti & sacrorum canonum, 1519 A Bible by auteur Alberto da Castello, printed by Luca-Antonio Giunta, Latin Anno 1519, Venice 27-532-55 pages First alphabetical list- Tabula Tertia, after that comes the 1st full page woodblock plate. This title page in red and black with a surrounded frame in woodcut. Above the page “San Jerome” illustrated and below the page the printers mark “ Giunti’s Mark” from the family of printers in Florentine. The initials L A of Luca-Antonio Giunta. After this page starts a full-page woodcut illustration after that are 3 pages not numbered and then starts numbered page 2 – 532 On page 401 is also a full-page woodcut plate There are ca 345 small woodcuts...
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Italian Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Biblia Cum Concordantijs Veteris & Novi Testamenti & Sacrorum Canonum, 1519
Biblia Cum Concordantijs Veteris & Novi Testamenti & Sacrorum Canonum, 1519

Biblia Cum Concordantijs Veteris & Novi Testamenti & Sacrorum Canonum, 1519

The FIRST Canter Edition of AESCHYLUS
Located in Middletown, NY
Aeschylus. Edited by Willem Canter. Aeschyli Tragoediae VII. In quibus praeter infinita menda sublata, carminum omnium ratio hactenus ignorata, nunc primum proditur; opera Gulielmi C...
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European Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold Leaf

The FIRST Canter Edition of AESCHYLUS
The FIRST Canter Edition of AESCHYLUS

The FIRST Canter Edition of AESCHYLUS

Sebastian Münster's 16th Century Map of the British Isles, ca.1590
Located in Langweer, NL
GREAT BRITAIN -- "ENGELLANDT mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottlandt so vorzeiten Albion und Britannia haben geheissen". (Basel, c. 1590). Partly handcolored woodcut double-page map from S. Munster's 'Cosmographey'. 330 x 408 mm. (Lower margin cut short (touching the line), tiny hole in upper margin, sl. foxed/browned, lower right corner a bit thumbed). Sebastian Münster's 16th Century Map of the British Isles from 'Cosmographia Universalis...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Sebastian Münster's 16th Century Map of the British Isles, ca.1590
Sebastian Münster's 16th Century Map of the British Isles, ca.1590

Sebastian Münster's 16th Century Map of the British Isles, ca.1590

Spanish Carving of Saint John the Evangelist, School of Juan de Ancheta
By Spanish Manufactory
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding Spanish carving of San Juanito, 16th century, school of Juan de Ancheta. Juan de Ancheta (1533 - November 30, 1588) was a Spanish sculptor in the Romanesque style. His w...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold

Spanish Carving of Saint John the Evangelist, School of Juan de Ancheta
Spanish Carving of Saint John the Evangelist, School of Juan de Ancheta

Spanish Carving of Saint John the Evangelist, School of Juan de Ancheta

Antique 16th Century Florentine carved Jesus Christ with Shroud in Glas Display
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely outstanding and extremely expressive sculpture of Crucified Jesus Christ in carved polychrome wood, on the background of a 16th century Silk Florentine fine fab...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold

Antique 16th Century Florentine carved Jesus Christ with Shroud in Glas Display
Antique 16th Century Florentine carved Jesus Christ with Shroud in Glas Display

Antique 16th Century Florentine carved Jesus Christ with Shroud in Glas Display

Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century. With monogram (illegible) and dated (right ear of the saint). Oil on oak panel showing a thin, elderl...
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European Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century.
Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century.

Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century.

Rare and Interesting Small Antique Woodcut Map of the Mediterranean, 1568
Located in Langweer, NL
Very rare untitled antique woodcut map showing the region of the missionary journeys of Apostle Paul. It shows the Mediterranean with Greece, Asia Minor (Turkey), Northern Africa, So...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Rare and Interesting Small Antique Woodcut Map of the Mediterranean, 1568
Rare and Interesting Small Antique Woodcut Map of the Mediterranean, 1568

Rare and Interesting Small Antique Woodcut Map of the Mediterranean, 1568

Saint on a bed. Polychromed wood. Flemish school, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Dream of a saint. Carved and polychrome wood. Flemish school, 16th century. Relief made of carved and polychrome wood that shows an old man with a particular headdress (reminiscent of some chaperones) lying on a bed and accompanied by two friars dressed in habits, who talk to each other. Iconographically, the figure of the old man lying on the bed (note the cushion that raises the upper part of the body, following the common use of the time) who has not died (probably) because he was not completely lying down, is reminiscent of how he was usually represented, for example, to San Antón, San Jerónimo, etc. It is not very likely that it is the subject of the Transit or Death of Saint Francis of Assisi due to the absence of the Stigmata and due to age. It would be part of a cycle of scenes in the altarpiece of a church, an accompaniment that would give the viewer more clues about the identity of those represented. Stylistically, Flemish sculpture...
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European Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

Saint on a bed. Polychromed wood. Flemish school, 16th century.
Saint on a bed. Polychromed wood. Flemish school, 16th century.

Saint on a bed. Polychromed wood. Flemish school, 16th century.

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...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

Saints John and Matthew, Polychrome Wood, Possibly, Burgos School, 16th Century
Saints John and Matthew, Polychrome Wood, Possibly, Burgos School, 16th Century

Saints John and Matthew, Polychrome Wood, Possibly, Burgos School, 16th Century

Austria by Wolfgang Lazius – A Magnificent 16th-Century Map from Ortelius
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Avstriae Descrip – Wolfgang Lazius’ Map of Austria, 16th Century Description: This extraordinary map of Austria pays homage to the Austrian humanist and cartographer Wo...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Austria by Wolfgang Lazius – A Magnificent 16th-Century Map from Ortelius
Austria by Wolfgang Lazius – A Magnificent 16th-Century Map from Ortelius

Austria by Wolfgang Lazius – A Magnificent 16th-Century Map from Ortelius

Disegno del Doni; Partito in più ragionamenti, ..scoltura e pittura
Located in Middletown, NY
FIRST and ONLY EDITION Doni, Anton Francesco Disegno del Doni; Partito in più ragionamenti, ne quali si tratta della scoltura et pittura .... Venice: Gabriel Giolito Di Ferrari, 15...
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English Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paper

Disegno del Doni; Partito in più ragionamenti, ..scoltura e pittura
Disegno del Doni; Partito in più ragionamenti, ..scoltura e pittura

Disegno del Doni; Partito in più ragionamenti, ..scoltura e pittura

Original 16th Century Engraving of a Medieval Tournament, ca.1578
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Das rennen und stechen'. Engraving of a Medieval tournament. This print originates from 'Thurnier Buch. Von Anfang, Ursachen, ursprung und herkommen (..)' b...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Original 16th Century Engraving of a Medieval Tournament, ca.1578
Original 16th Century Engraving of a Medieval Tournament, ca.1578

Original 16th Century Engraving of a Medieval Tournament, ca.1578

Friesland, Groningen and Overijssel – Rare Woodcut Map by Münster, c. 1550
Located in Langweer, NL
Frisia, Groningen and Overijssel – Rare Woodcut Map by Münster, c. 1550, Germany This highly decorative 16th-century woodcut map titled “Von dem Teutschen Land: Seelentfrie” was pub...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Friesland, Groningen and Overijssel – Rare Woodcut Map by Münster, c. 1550
Friesland, Groningen and Overijssel – Rare Woodcut Map by Münster, c. 1550

Friesland, Groningen and Overijssel – Rare Woodcut Map by Münster, c. 1550

Prie-Dieu or Oratory in Walnut and Burl Walnut, circa 1600
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant oratory or prieu dieu (prayer Kneeler) in walnut and burr walnut from northern Italy circa 1600 Very beautiful Italian Renaissance furniture...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Walnut

Prie-Dieu or Oratory in Walnut and Burl Walnut, circa 1600
Prie-Dieu or Oratory in Walnut and Burl Walnut, circa 1600

Prie-Dieu or Oratory in Walnut and Burl Walnut, circa 1600

French Medieval Painted Wooden Madonna
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and extremely rare medieval wooden Madonna with traces of her original color Original period piece, South of France, circa 1500 or older Weathered, small losses and old repair...
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French Medieval Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

French Medieval Painted Wooden Madonna
French Medieval Painted Wooden Madonna

French Medieval Painted Wooden Madonna

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