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
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No.6. 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 work focused on still life masterpieces. They chose photography as the medium to portray their fine Taxidermy work interpreted through vanitas still lifes.
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; ’RÉUNION D’OISEAUX ÉTRANGERS’
Cabinets of curiosity were of monumental importance in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Assembling them with interesting and rare objects was a competitive hobby amongst the elite, and to collect a great number of mounted species from everywhere in the world was the Holy Grail of the day. For ‘Réunion d’oiseaux étrangers’, we created that Holy Grail again, but this time stocking our cabinet with seemingly live species. This plentiful composition is staged in a cabinet with different boxes holding rare species such as a Toco Toucan, Scarlet ibis, Cock of the Rock...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
18th Century Icon on Board of the Resurrection of Christ
Located in Hastings, GB
Glorious Icon on Oak board dating to the 18th century and depicting the Resurrection of Christ, this Icon was originally from Mount Athos a mountain on th...
Category
1790s Greek Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
17th Century Icon on Board of Saint Matrona
Located in Hastings, GB
Incredibly rare Icon on Oak board dating to the 17th century and depicting Saint Matrona (Agia Matrona), this Icon was originally from Chios in Greece and was discovered in Vatopedi...
Category
17th Century Greek Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
18th century French school, Virgin Mary and Jesus Child painting after Raphael
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Late 18th century or early 19th century French school, antique painting featuring the Virgin Mary holding Jesus Child, Saint John the Baptist around.
Our work has been painted using ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Oil on copper representing the Martyrdom of an unidentified Saint
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on copper representing the martyrdom of an unidentified saint (the angels passing over the scene) and bringing him the palm and the crown of martyrs, without any specific attribu...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Copper
Allegory of Time. Oil on panel. Circle of Jacob de Backer (act. 1571-1585).
Located in Madrid, ES
Allegory of Time. Oil on panel. Circle of Jacob de Backer (act. Antwerp, 1571-1585).
Exhibition: “Reality, time and artifice. Still life and vanitas in baro...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Other
Italian Renaissance Painting of Our Lady of Peace, 18th Century Religious Art
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Renaissance oil painting of Our Lady of Peace, Mary with Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace on her arm in a dark background, red and green robes, the Mother is represented holding a do...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The Holy Family And Saint John The Baptist Painting 17th Century Religious Art
Located in Lisbon, PT
Faithful to the traditions, the scene depicts the New Testament scene of the two Holy figures of John the Baptist and Jesus meeting with all the symbolism of both holy lives.
A Fle...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
'Circle of' Jan Van Ravesteyn Head of a Bearded Man Oil in Panel
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
(Circle of) Jan van Ravesteyn (The Hague 1572 – The Hague 1657), Head of a bearded Man, oil on panel, 31 by 23,5 cm (measurements are of the panel wi...
Category
16th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Rare Original 17th Century Dutch Oil on Canvas Painting of a Nobleman
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original 17th century Dutch, oil on canvas painting of a noble gentleman.
The condition of the oil is very good, the frame is distr...
Category
17th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Antique 17th Century Lady Portrait Oil on Wood
Located in Doha, QA
This wonderful antique oil on wood painting is masterfully painted on wood and most likely was a part of a wood room paneling (unknown ).
Category
17th Century English Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
Two Early 16th Century Venetian Panel Paintings of Saints and Apostles
Located in Leesburg, VA
Venetian school, early 16th century
Oil on panel, 49 x 56 cm.
Framed (restorations)
These two panel paintings, portraying John the Baptist a...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Adoration of the Magi, School of Frans I Francken
Located in PARIS, FR
The story of the Magi comes from the Gospel of Matthew, which indicates that the Magi from the East, having followed a star, came to Bethlehem to adore the newborn King of the Jews, and offered him gold, myrrh and incense.
In the West, the number of wise men, after many variations, was established at three.
Symbols were quickly associated with them, and they ended up, in the 15th century, personifying the three continents known in the Middle Ages (Asia, Africa, Europe) after having represented, from the 12th century, the three ages...
Category
16th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Manner Titian, Oil on Canvas Sleeping Cupid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Manner of Titian (Tiziano Vecelli - Italian, 1485-1576) An Oil on Canvas "Sleeping Cupid" within a gilt and black decorated gesso frame. A label on reve...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood
Italian Renaissance 16th Century Egg Tempera Fresco on Canvas, Adam and Eve
Located in Firenze, IT
This art piece is a Florentine Renaissance period fresco of late 1500 hand painted with egg tempera representing the temptation of Adam and Eve, this pivotal moment in the history of...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Monumental 16th Century Painting Depicting the Scene of the Visitation of Mary
Located in Torino, IT
Monumental
16th century painting
depicting the scene of the
Visitation of Mary.
Anonymous painter of the Lombard school.
Coeval copy after Federico Bar...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Venetian 16th Century Madonna and Child Jesus Oil on Canvas
Located in Doha, QA
Over the centuries, in period known as Renaissance, more than several painters all over Europe were fascinated by the theme based upon similar subject with Mother and the Child as main figures.
This stunning Madonna with Child oil on canvas painting is approximately from 16th century and could belong to a follower or a circle of Giovanni Bellini...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Set of Four Chinese Paintings in Rosewood Frames, Signed, 19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of Four Chinese Paintings in Rosewood Frames, Signed, 19th Century, Oil Canvas
Stunning example of Oriental works on canvas on wood. Each in a fine custom rosewood frame, matted. The set depicting a story of a band leader...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Portrait of Gentleman from Della Ruota Family, Lombardy, Dated 1624
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Portrait of a Gentleman from Della Ruota family
Lombardy, dated 1624
Oil on canvas
Measures: 105 x 81 cm (without the frame)
The coat of arms at the top left of the portrait identifies the effigy as an aristocrat belonging to the Lombard family Della Ruota, represented at the age of 61 in 1624.
The presence of vanity at the bottom right is a clear reference to the passage of time, to the aging and dying body...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Italian Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th century Italian painting on canvas.
Dimensions:
27.75" H x 38.25" W x 3" D.
Category
18th Century Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Naive School Oil Painting of a Monk, 17th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful naive oil painting of a monk
Great muted colors in unrestored condition
Oil on canvas. No stretcher. There is another religious painting on the verso
Unsigned. Art...
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Leandro Bassano, Portrait of a Savant
By Bassano
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Leandro Bassano (Bassano del Grappa 1557 - Venise 1662)
Portrait of a savant
Venise, XVI century
Oil on canvas; modern frame.
Measures: 117 x 88 ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The Children of Charles I, After Sir Anthony Van Dyck
Located in London, GB
Engraving depicting The Children of Charles I (1600-49), After the 1637 portrait by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641).
18th century, English ...
Category
18th Century English Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No. 1. 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 work focused on still life masterpieces. They chose photography as the medium to portray their Fine Taxidermy work interpreted through vanitas still lifes.
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...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
Alexander Mair Renaissance Hand-Colored Engravings of Astronomy Star Charts
Located in New York, NY
Sst of 20 Renaissance (17th century) engraved, hand-colored etchings for Johann Bayer's book 'Uranometria', a star atlas, in wooden frames with white mat....
Category
17th Century Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
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
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
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
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
‘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. 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
"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
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
‘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
‘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.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
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
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
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
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