Renaissance Paintings
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
Large Oil Portrait of Victor-amédée King of Sardinia
Located in Southall, GB
A large oil portrait of Victor-amédée king of Sardinia, circa 1718 "Victor Amadeus II" Victor Amadeus II (Vittorio Amedeo Francesco; 14 May 1666 – ...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
Jousting Knights on Checkered Ground Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th Century) painting of two knights on horseback engaged in jousting against a black and beige chequered ground, on unframed canvas with scalloped edges at the top and bot...
Category
20th Century Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique Hand-Painted Porcelain Framed Plaque or Panel of Napoleon Bonaparte
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed hand painted porcelain panel is unsigned, but presumed to have been done in France in approximately 1850 in a Renaissance style. The panel is an iconic depiction o...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Antique English Palmer Family Crest Painted Oil on Board
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique English Palmer Family crest painted oil on board
Elaborate crest painting of the English Palmer family of Dorney Court of Buckinghamshire. Th...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
Large Renaissance Style Painted Porcelain Plaque
Located in London, GB
Large Renaissance style painted porcelain plaque
German, 20th century
Frame: Height 50cm, width 64cm, depth 6cm
Plaque: Height 34cm, width 49cm, depth 0.5cm
In this beautifully painted porcelain plaque, a young woman in fine aristocratic clothing sits in a dark Renaissance style interior scene. She sits in a gold armchair, covered in ornate floral upholstery, stretching out her arm to pluck a rose from a bouquet of flowers on the table beside her. Behind her is a landscape painting with red velvet...
Category
20th Century German Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
16th Century Old Masters Nicolo Cercignani the Transfiguration after Raphael
By Niccolò Circignani
Located in Milan, IT
A late 16th century oil on copper painting by Nicolò Cercignani, an Italian Old Masters artist of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period, depicting the Raphaelesque transfiguration...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Copper
Antique Renaissance Style Porcelain Portrait with Enamel by Lamy
By Lamy
Located in London, GB
Antique Renaissance style porcelain portrait with enamel by Lamy
French, circa 1880
Measures: Frame height 52cm, width 49cm, depth 3cm
Plaque height 33cm, width 30m, depth 0.5cm
This unusually contemporary style porcelain plaque is a beautiful example of French eclectic...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Vanitas, Oil on Panel, Circle of Vincent Sellaer 'c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589'
Located in Madrid, ES
Vanitas. Oil on panel. Surroundings by Vincent Sellaer (c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589).
Oil on canvas that shows, on a background with trees and hills, a child figure sitting on a ...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Other
19th Century Oval Porcelain Plaque by Royal Vienna
Located in London, GB
19th century oval porcelain plaque by Royal Vienna
Austrian, 19th century
Measures: Frame: Height 43cm, width 52cm, depth 2cm
Plaque: Height 2...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Velvet, Giltwood
End 19th Century Oil Painting Hunting Scene Herman Emil Pohle
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, Hermann Emil Pohle. The painting is a genre piece. A Renaissance style hunting scene. The hunting horn is blown before...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"The Entombment of Christ, " Fine Copy of Titian Masterpiece, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted, probably in the 19th or early 20th centuries, this copy of the famed "Le Transport du Christ au Tombeau" painting by Titian (Tiziano) in the collection of the Louvre in Paris, was recently found in the attic of a Hudson Valley monastery. The Louvre original, considered an early painting by the master, dates to the same period as his famous "Pastoral Concert" and shows the strong influence of Gorgione. This scene depicts the collaborative efforts of Joseph of Arimathea, Saint John and Nicodemus as they moved Christ's body from the cross to his tomb, watched by the two grieving Marys -- his mother and Mary Magdalene. It is not known who painted this copy, though of course artists over the years have copied the great Master paintings...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
Antique Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique unframed oil painting on canvas is in the Renaissance style. Two ladies are conversing with the man on the right. Canvas is stretched...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Madonna and Child"
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Oil on canvas painting "Madonna and Child". Blacklight scan show there has been a touch up covering the baby Jesus's genitals done over the centuries. In the original ornate gold fra...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
‘Les Peintures Des Taxidermistes’ No. 2. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The third series of photographs by fine taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren
After observing and analysing so many 17th-century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of ...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
Portrait of La Fornarina after Sebastian Del Piombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fine Grand Tour copy of the Italian Renaissance portrait of "the baker's daughter" for many years attributed to Raphael but now attributed to Sebastian del Piombo...
Category
1820s Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Spanish School Early 17th Century Oil Painting of Christ and the Virgin Mary
Located in London, GB
An early 17th century painting in oil on canvas from the Spanish School depicting the Lamentation of Christ.
In this moving depiction of the Lamentation Christ...
Category
Early 17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
18th-19th Century Oil on Canvas "The Triumph of Venice" After Paolo Veronese
By Paolo Veronese
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and Large Italian 18th-19th century oval-shaped oil on canvas titled "The Triumph of Venice" After the original work by Paolo Veronese (Venice, 1528-1588). The original of this painting hangs in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice. The 'Ricci' coloration suggests a late 17th-early 18th century date. In 1715 Charles de la Fosse advised Ricci to paint only "Veroneses and no more Riccis", Venice, circa 1800.
Measures:
Height: 45 1/4 inches (115 cm).
Width: 29 inches (73.7 cm).
Frame height: 58 1/4 inches (147.9 cm).
Frame width: 43 1/4 inches (109.9 cm).
Frame depth: 5 1/4 (13.3 cm).
Provenance: Royal Academy of Scotland.
Paolo Veronese (Born 1528, Verona, Republic of Venice - died April 9, 1588, Venice) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Gesso, Canvas
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No. 3, Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The third series of photographs by Fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren
After observing and analyzing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of ...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No.7. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren
After observing and analysing so many 17th-century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of ...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No. 4. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren
After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of ...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
Italian Renaissance Style Triptych
Located in New York, NY
Italian Renaissance style Set of three gilt icon wall plaque with swirl columns and religious figures.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No.5, Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The third series of photographs by Fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren
After observing and analyzing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of work focused on still life masterpieces. They chose photography as the medium to portray their fine taxidermy work interpreted through vanitas still life's.
The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight works.
Vanitas still lifes were enormously popular in the 17th century, often inspired by biblical themes and the saying that “All is vanity”. It reminded the viewer of his or her own mortality. For these series of still lifes Sinke & van Tongeren not only created meaningful scenes of taxidermy, they also mined their enormous collection of great finds to gather the most beautiful and unusual antiques to complement each scene.
Title of this work; ’LA SURVIE DU PLUS FORT‘
Rich textiles are pulled back to reveal a Dutch antique bible that is almost hidden under the powerful presence of the Nile Crocodile skull under an American Alligator skull...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
17th C Neapolitan School Painting Oil Canvas Old Master Mola Giovanni Battista
By Molla
Located in West Hollywood, CA
17th century Neapolitan School Painting Oil Canvas Old Master Mola Giovanni Battista painting of a boy with a bird, in original carved giltwood frame. The cloudy blue skies and trees in the background gives it the sense of depth. This painting is the perfect magic touch to a library, a bedroom wall, living dining room. To decorate the wall on top of a console or credenza. On top of a fireplace mantel (fireplace). Neapolitan painting of the early seventeenth century is characterized by dramatic expression, emphatic naturalism, and intense chiaroscuro derived from the profound influence of Caravaggio (1571–1610), who spent a number of his later years in the port city. The younger Neapolitan artists were also influenced by the classicism of Guido Reni. Naples Napoli was governed for decades by wealthy Spanish viceroys and the Austrian Hapsburgs. Ribera’s naturalistic style resonated throughout the new work produced by the young Neapolitan painters such as Luca Giordano painting through an amplified sense of color and a particular sensitivity toward light Neoclassicism Romanticism. Antique Dealer Los Angeles CA West Hollywood Beverly Hills Gallery Melrose La Cienega. Interior decor and Garden Landscape elements. Collectors and decorative objects. As a house warming gift idea for history lovers and collectors
Mola, Giovanni Battista a French painter of the Bolognese school, was born about 1616 amd doed in rome 1661, and was a scholar of Albano. Student of Simon Vouet, in Italy he met his Namesake The Great Pietro...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Giltwood, Canvas
American Landscape Portrait Canadian Goose Signed Lithograph by Helen Rundell
By Helen Rundell
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
American landscape portrait "Canadian Goose" hand-signed original lithograph by Helen Rundell. This lithograph is numbered 13/250 on the bottom left corner of the piece, and hand sig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Lead
Watercolor in the Manner of Alexei Alexeievitch Harlamoff Russian, 1842-1915
By Alexei Alexeievich Harlamoff 1
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Watercolor in the manner of Alexei Alexeievitch Harlamoff "Russian, 1842-1915" portrait of a young girl, signed Harlamoff on the lower right, Marked A. Harlamoff on the gol...
Category
Mid-19th Century Russian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
17th Century Spanish School Breastfeeding Virgin
Located in Marbella, ES
Beautiful oil on canvas with four protagonists, the Virgin breastfeeding baby Jesus with St. Joseph and a young St. John the Baptist. Typical 17th century composition with the secondary characters in the background. Relined canvas and original gold leaf gilded frame...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque, "Flora" after Titian Signed by Rau
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Antique hand-painted porcelain plaque, "Flora" after Titian signed by Rau. This beautifully executed 19th century porcelain plaque has been hand-painted with a luminous version of Renaissance painter Tiziano Vecellio's famous oil painting...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Portrait of a Young Woman in a Gilt Frame
Located in Woodbury, CT
This unsigned portrait of a young noble woman is executed in the style of Renaissance Venetian painter Palma il Vecchio.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Continental Mythological Antique Oil on Canvas of Venus and Adonis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 19th century continental mythological oil painting on canvas of Aphrodite and Adonis, after the 16th century painting by Titian (now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
...
Category
1850s British Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Qniuue 16 Century Panel
Located in Oosterbeek, NL
A unique collectors piece.
A wooden panel from the middle-ages circa 1550.The panel is from walnut and framed with a Renaissance ornament. A shield with broken tymphane.
This amazi...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Walnut
19th century Bas-Relief by Peter Nocker after Hans Holbein's Darmstadter Madonna
Located in Troy, NY
Exquisitely carved small bas-relief after a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543)
Signed P. Nocker.
Peter Nocker, Austrian, (1826-1880) (see Benezit dictionary of artists)
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Fruitwood
Sepia on Board by Tomasz Rut After Michaelangelo's Ignudi of Sistine Chapel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Sepia studies by Tomasz Rut (Polish, 1961- ) based on Michelangelo's Ignudi as seen on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, mixed-media (sepia cra...
Category
Late 20th Century American Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
Important Self Portrait Artist Tiziano Vecellio 17th Century Renaissance
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Self Portrait Artist Tiziano Vecellio 17th Century
Italy
Renaissance art style
Work Self Portrait
oil on canvas
59 x 36cm.
good conservative ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
20th Century Renaissance Painting Oil on Canvas Sano di Pietro, 1900s
Located in Roma, RM
Copy of the painting of the early twentieth century, in excellent state of preservation, oil on canvas and frame coeval to the painting.
Sano di Pietro, (1405-1481)
St. Jerome and th...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique Old Master Style Portrait Painting
Located in Sheffield, MA
Oil on canvas, Renaissance style old world master style painting of a lawyer. Writing upper left of canvas. Craquelure, some loss to paint surface. H...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
Lucarda, Italian Watercolor on Paper
By Lucarda
Located in Sheffield, MA
A small Venetian scene signed at the lower right corner.
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
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