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Baroque Wall Decorations

BAROQUE STYLE

The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.

Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.

Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.

Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.

Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Baroque
Monumental 18th Century Aubusson Verdure Tapestry
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental 18th Century Aubusson Verdure Tapestry From the historical residence Chateau de Nernier, situated on the French side of Lake Geneva: A magnificent French verdure tapestry, woven in wool and silk at the renowned Aubusson workshops in the early 18th century. This richly detailed piece features a lush woodland landscape with delicate architectural elements and meandering waterways inhabited by elegant wading birds. The composition is framed by an intricately woven floral border that enhances the tapestry’s pastoral...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wool, Silk

Antique Wooden Carved Black Forest Baroque Stag Head with 12 Point Trophy
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Wooden Carved Black Forest Baroque Stag Head with 12 Point Trophy A large antique Black Forest Baroque stag head. Carved in typical abstract style of the early 18th century....
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Early 18th Century German Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Antler, Wood

17th.c French Tapestry Rare Verdure Original 239x330cm Fine Wool & Silk 8x11
Located in New York, NY
17th Century Antique French Tapestry Rare Verdure Fine Wool & Silk 8x11ft "This is an incredible antique 17th century French tapestry...
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1690s French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wool, Silk

19th Century French Pair of Baroque Style Sopraportes - Antique Wood Panels
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century set of two French sopraportes, in good condition. These large rectangular wooden wall panels with stucco applications are abundantly adorned with the typical motives o...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Stucco, Wood

Large 16th-17th Century Flemish tapestry
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
An important LARGE Flemish tapestry 16th-17th century Old Testament subject of King Solomon, standing before his tent in armour and receiving a gift of two peacocks, from an old m...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Textile

Set of four Wrought Iron Skeleton Key Antique German Folk Art, 18th Century
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A lovely collection of old antique iron skeleton keys. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany. A nice addition to your collection or...
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18th Century German Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Metal, Iron

Beautiful Tole Toleware Gilded Wall Console Shelf Germany 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Offered is an absolutely stunning, 1890s or older wall console or shelf. Minor patina gives this piece a classy statement. Made of hand craft wood and gilded. Use just as a decorativ...
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1890s German Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wood

Pair of 18th C. French Tapestry Panels with Cherubs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 18th C. tapestry panels featuring intricate and richly detailed designs. They display classical motifs, including large architectural elements resembling columns adorned wit...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wool

Cuzco School Oil on Canvas Madonna and Child 18th Century
Located in Bradenton, FL
Remarkable Spanish colonial late 18th/early 19th-century Cuzco school painting of Madonna and Child, or Virgin Mary. Oil on canvas Cuzco school painting with a desirable aged patina ...
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18th Century Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Rare Antique French Tapestry "Entre Fenetres", circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Rare Antique French Aubusson Tapestry "Entre Fenetres" Wool & Silk Gold 4'3" x 6'5" (122cm x 196cm) circa 1880 "This is an Rare Antique French Wool & Si...
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1880s French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wool

Antique Late 17th Century Flemish Verdure Square Landscape Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
This is a very fine square Late 17th Century Flemish Verdure landscape tapestry with a beautiful and rich summer scene of a countryside with lush trees and vegetation a castle and wa...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Tapestry, Wool, Silk

6x10 17th Century Antique Tapestry Large Antique French Tapestry Wool & Silk
Located in New York, NY
17th. Century rare antique French tapestry fine wool & silk 5'9" x 10' (6' x 10') 175cmx305cm "This is a very fine high quality rare authentic Antique French Tapestry made wit...
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1690s French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wool, Silk

Large Antique Wooden Carved Black Forest Baroque Stag Head with 10 Point Trophy
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Antique Wooden Carved Black Forest Baroque Stag Head with 10 Point Trophy A large antique baroque stag's head. Carved in the typical style of the late 18th century. It has gla...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Antler, Glass, Wood

19th Century Cuzco School Oil On Canvas Holy Mother and Infant Jesus
Located in Hastings, GB
19th Century Peruvian Cuzo School Oil on Canvas of the Holy Mother holding the Infant Jesus. Painting has been newly framed. The Cuzco or Cusco school was a Roman Catholic artisti...
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Mid-19th Century Peruvian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Period Rectangular Giltwood Italian Salvator Rosa Style Frame
Located in Roma, IT
Salvator Rosa last 17th century giltwood frame. Internal measurements cm 24 x 32.5 Pure example of Italian Salvator Rosa gild wood frame of 17th century. "Salvator Rosa" is the famo...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wood

18th Century Silk Brocade Altar Frontals PAIR
Located in Canterbury, GB
A pair of antique Altar Frontals Dating from 18th Century Gold silk ground brocaded with a Crown above Eight Point Stars , Cross, and stylized Pomegranates Lined in crimson silk ...
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Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Silk

Oil Painting of Jesus Christ Carrying The Cross, Italy Early 18th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Religious oil painting on canvas of Jesus Christ carrying the cross on the way to his crucifixion. This European piece of art is probably 17th-18th Century. This art piece was disc...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

Matteo Lovatti (Italian, 1861-1909) 19th-Century Oil on Canvas "Church V State"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Matteo Lovatti (Italian, 1861-1909) A Fine 19th-Century Oil on Canvas Titled 'Church V. State - The Fencing Lesson'. The finely detailed artwork depicting an interior tavern scene, f...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Italian Baroque Sculpture Bas Relief Musical Theme in Gilt Wood Frame
Located in Miami, FL
This captivating bas-relief framed decorative art, meticulously sculpted in resin, captures the essence of the Baroque style. An elegant couple, romantically engage in a musical inte...
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20th Century Italian Baroque Wall Decorations

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Resin, Wood

The Three Ages Of Man Flemish Baroque Oil Painting After Anthony van Dyck 48"
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Dayton, OH
A large antiqued reproduction oil painting after Anthony Van Dyck. Aptly titled "The Three Ages of Man" Features an antiqued canvas with unique craquelure and Baroque scalloped fra...
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Late 20th Century Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Paint

Large Framed Baroque Etching of German Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A vintage professionally framed lithograph of Johann Sebastian Bach. This print was created after the original Elias Gottlob from 1746. This piece is in black on a creamy white paper...
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20th Century German Baroque Wall Decorations

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Metal

18th Century, Italian Giltwood & Paint Decorated Planter - Mirrored Back
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italy, 18th century. This magnificent 18th-century Italian planter is a captivating example of Rococo Baroque craftsmanship, featuring an elegant French blue painted background that...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Mirror, Giltwood, Paint

19th Century French Pair of Baroque Style Stucco Sopraportes - Antique Panels
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique set of two French door casing, in good condition. These vertical wooden wall panels have stucco applications and are abundantly adorned with the typical motives of the Baroque style: centered urns on pedestals with flowers...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Stucco, Wood

18th C Peruvian Cuzco School Oil on Canvas of Archangel Michael defeating Satan
Located in Hastings, GB
Peruvian Cuzco School Oil on Canvas of the Archangel Michael defeating Satan 18th Century. Later Frame. Wear commensurate with age. The Cuzco or Cusco school was a Roman Catho...
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Late 18th Century Peruvian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

Silver Gilt Carved Wood Wall Shelf
Located in Bradenton, FL
Beautiful antique silver gilt hand carved wood wall shelf. Perfect for displaying art work or décor.
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Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Wall Decorations

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Giltwood

Portrait of Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Oil on Canvas, Circa 1725
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A circa 1725 oil on canvas portrait of Louis George Simpert, as Hereditary Prince, the future Margrave of Baden-Baden (Deutsch: Ludwig Georg Simpert, Markgraf von Baden-Baden) portrayed one-quarter length in powdered wig and wearing ceremonial armor and crimson sash newly fitted in a period molded giltwood frame with bead-and-reel inner border from the Eli Wilner collection. Canvas measures 24.5" x 19.25". A related, but later portrait of circa 1735, attributed to the same unknown painter, is held in the collection of Lichtenthal Abbey, Baden-Baden. Biography: Louis George or Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden, born June 7, 1702 at Ettlingen Palace was the son of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden and his wife, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg. Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden from birth, at the death of his father in 1707, he succeeded as Margrave of Baden-Baden at the age of four. As such, his mother was regent of Baden-Baden until he reached his majority on 22 October 1727 at the age of 25. He married Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg April 8, 1721 at Český Krumlov Castle. The couple were the parents of four children, of whom only one survived infancy. After the death of the first Maria Anna in 1755, he married the Princess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria on July 10, 1755; the daughter of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor and his Austrian wife Archduchess Maria Amalia. The second marriage remained childless. Due to his passion for hunting instead of military service, he became known as "Jägerlouis", "hunter Louis", a play on his father's nickname of Türkenlouis ("Turk Louis") due to his famous heroics against the Turkish army at the Siege of Vienna...
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Early 18th Century German Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Antique French Baroque Style Wall Bracket, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
A pair of French Baroque style hand carved gesso and wood floral scroll design wall brackets featuring a scalloped gild painted shelving. This elegant...
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Early 20th Century French Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paint, Gesso

Pair Of Italian Carved And Giltwood Wall Brackets
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of Italian carved and giltwood wall brackets. Beautifully carved with acanthus leaves and scrollwork. Nice wide shelf atop a base that cumulates into a pineapple-like shape at b...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Giltwood

Vertical 18th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry
Located in Miami, FL
Vertical 18th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry Wool and silk tapestry verdure scenery depicting a peaceful scenery with lush trees and vegetation, hamlet scenery. Vivid colors and gr...
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Mid-18th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wool, Silk

18th Century, Old Master European Landscape Painting Italian School
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian School, 18th century. A masterful example of 18th-century Italian School artistry, this Old Master landscape painting captures the sublime beauty of an idealized European co...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Antique 17th Century Square Flemish Verdure Landscape Tapestry 6.3 x 6.9 ft
Located in New York, NY
This is a gorgeous antique square 17th Century flemish Verdure landscape tapestry with two slight figures in a beautiful and rich summer scene of a countryside with lush trees and ve...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Tapestry, Wool

1900 Antique French Tapestry Wool & Silk Game 7x7 Square 196cm x 201cm
Located in New York, NY
1900 Antique French Tapestry Wool & Silk Game 7x7 Square 6'5" x 6'7" 196cm x 201cm "This is an outstanding antique French Aubusson tapestry in a fantastic large square size- This wo...
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Early 1900s French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wool, Silk

Antique Painting Grape and Melon Eaters After Bartolome' Murillo 18th Century
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in London, GB
This is a delightful antique Spanish oil on canvas painting after Bartolome' Esteban Murillo, depicting two peasant boys eating grapes and melon, Circa 1780 in date.  It features a ...
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Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Vintage Large Framed Tapestry-French Baroque Art Work
Located in Bussiere Dunoise, Nouvel Aquitaine
Summer Sale: Enjoy FREE IN-HOME delivery to France and special Shipping Offers for many other Countries. Perfectly crafted Artwork from the 70s in a magnificent golden Frame. Wonder...
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1970s French Vintage Baroque Wall Decorations

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Metallic Thread

19th Century Florentine Baroque Style Giltwood Hand Carved Mirror Frame
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This is a beautiful hand carved and gilded mirror frame. It is a dramatic wall hanging with a stunning depth of more than 3 inches. The circa 1880...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wood

Dutch Old Master Painting Cuyp (1612 - 1652)
By Benjamin Gerritzoon Cuyp
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th century Dutch Old Master painting with provenance, Barnyard with farm animals and peasants. This Dutch oil on canvas painting is a jewel among the g...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Large Antique Italian Tapestry, circa 1880. Cesare Auguste Detti
By Cesare Auguste Detti
Located in Miami, FL
An antique French fine tapestry, circa 1880. A battle scene. About the Tapestry: Antique French Rural Idyllic Tapestry C. Detti This tapestry depicts a detailed fighting scene and d...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wool, Cotton

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna Della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Italian 19th century oil painting on canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520). The circular painted canvas depicting a seated Ma...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

18th Century, Painting Architectural Capriccio, att. to Isaac De Moucheron
Located in IT
18th Century, Painting with Architectural Capriccio with figures, attributed to Isaac De Moucheron Measures: canvas cm H 108 x L 152; with frame cm H 132 x L 176 x 8 The painting i...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Antique 18th Square Century Flemish Verdure Green Landscape Tapestry with Birds
Located in New York, NY
This is a gorgeous antique square 18th century flemish verdure landscape tapestry with birds depicting a beautiful and rich summer scene of a countryside with lush trees and vegetati...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Tapestry, Wool

Great Italian Fresco Early 1700s Dominican Fathers by Francesco Malcotto
Located in Milano, MI
Monumental early 18th-century Italian fresco depicting Dominican Friars by Francesco Malcotto, who made this painting for Milan, for the Renaissance basilica Santa Maria delle Grazie...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Portuguese Eighteenth Century Decorative Wall Shelf
Located in Ballard, CA
Unique Baroque wall shelve from Portugal, adorned with beautiful gilt and faux marble, Having arrived in Portugal later than it did in the rest of Europe, baroque art was to take on ...
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18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Fruitwood

Dutch Oil on Canvas, "Dogs Fighting a Heron", after Abraham Hondius (1625-1695)
Located in Atlanta, GA
this large scale painting depicting two hunting dogs engaged in a fight with a larger heron in a marshy landscape at dusk, with a duck at lower right and a frog lower left, in a rest...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Paint

Large Flemish 17th-18th Century Baroque Pictorial Tapestry "the Royal Garden"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large Flemish 17th-18th century baroque pictorial tapestry "The Royal Garden". The large tapestry depicting an allegorical park-scene of R...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wool, Silk

Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns, Mignard
By (circle of) Pierre Mignard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 17th century oval oil on canvas "Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns" Circle of Pierre Mignard (French, 1612-1695) within...
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17th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Pair Of Oil Paintings Of Concert Of Birds
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Pair of Oil Paintings of Concert of Birds. They depict different birds perched in a branch of a tree. It appears that there is a music paper attached to the tree in one of ...
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20th Century Unknown Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas

17th Century Large Dutch Painting Still Life with Fruit and Game, Oil on Canvas
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This large, old master still life painting is a perfectly balanced composition of fruit and game birds. In the foreground a rabbit is stretched out. A copper kettle and a basket are ...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Paint

Attributed to Giorgio Lucchesi, Oil on Canvas "Madonna & Child" After Murillo
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attributed to Giorgio Lucchesi (1855-1941) A large and impressive early 20th century oil on canvas "Madonna and Child" after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo...
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1910s Italian Vintage Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine Italian 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520). The circular painted canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved gilt wood and gesso frame, which is identical to the frame on Raphael's original artwork. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola painted in 1514 and currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting. A retailer's label reads " Fred K/ Keer's Sons - Framers and Fine Art Dealers - 917 Broad St. Newark, N.J." - Another label from the gilder reads "Carlo Bartolini - Doratore e Verniciatori - Via Maggio 1924 - Firenze". Circa: 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Canvas diameter: 28 inches (71.1 cm) Frame height: 54 inches (137.2 cm) Frame width: 42 1/2 inches (108 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, March 28 or April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region, where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke. The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope - Urbino formed part of the Papal States - and who died the year before Raphael was born. The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments. His poem to Federico shows him as keen to show awareness of the most advanced North Italian painters, and Early Netherlandish artists as well. In the very small court of Urbino he was probably more integrated into the central circle of the ruling family than most court painters. Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts. Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture. Growing up in the circle of this small court gave Raphael the excellent manners and social skills stressed by Vasari. Court life in Urbino at just after this period was to become set as the model of the virtues of the Italian humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino in 1504, when Raphael was no longer based there but frequently visited, and they became good friends. He became close to other regular visitors to the court: Pietro Bibbiena and Pietro Bembo, both later cardinals, were already becoming well known as writers, and would be in Rome during Raphael's period there. Raphael mixed easily in the highest circles throughout his life, one of the factors that tended to give a misleading impression of effortlessness to his career. He did not receive a full humanistic education however; it is unclear how easily he read Latin. Early Life and Works His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried. Raphael was thus orphaned at eleven; his formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother. He probably continued to live with his stepmother when not staying as an apprentice with a master. He had already shown talent, according to Vasari, who says that Raphael had been "a great help to his father". A self-portrait drawing from his teenage years shows his precocity. His father's workshop continued and, probably together with his stepmother, Raphael evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. In Urbino, he came into contact with the works of Paolo Uccello, previously the court painter (d. 1475), and Luca Signorelli, who until 1498 was based in nearby Città di Castello. According to Vasari, his father placed him in the workshop of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother". The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari and another source, and has been disputed—eight was very early for an apprenticeship to begin. An alternative theory is that he received at least some training from Timoteo Viti, who acted as court painter in Urbino from 1495.Most modern historians agree that Raphael at least worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500; the influence of Perugino on Raphael's early work is very clear: "probably no other pupil of genius has ever absorbed so much of his master's teaching as Raphael did", according to Wölfflin. Vasari wrote that it was impossible to distinguish between their hands at this period, but many modern art historians claim to do better and detect his hand in specific areas of works by Perugino or his workshop. Apart from stylistic closeness, their techniques are very similar as well, for example having paint applied thickly, using an oil varnish medium, in shadows and darker garments, but very thinly on flesh areas. An excess of resin in the varnish often causes cracking of areas of paint in the works of both masters. The Perugino workshop was active in both Perugia and Florence, perhaps maintaining two permanent branches. Raphael is described as a "master", that is to say fully trained, in December 1500. His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, who had worked for his father, was also named in the commission. It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, including the Mond Crucifixion (about 1503) and the Brera Wedding of the Virgin (1504), and for Perugia, such as the Oddi Altarpiece. He very probably also visited Florence in this period. These are large works, some in fresco, where Raphael confidently marshals his compositions in the somewhat static style of Perugino. He also painted many small and exquisite cabinet paintings in these years, probably mostly for the connoisseurs in the Urbino court, like the Three Graces and St. Michael, and he began to paint Madonnas and portraits. In 1502 he went to Siena at the invitation of another pupil of Perugino, Pinturicchio, "being a friend of Raphael and knowing him to be a draughtsman of the highest quality" to help with the cartoons, and very likely the designs, for a fresco series in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. He was evidently already much in demand even at this early stage in his career. Influence of Florence Raphael led a "nomadic" life, working in various centres in Northern Italy, but spent a good deal of time in Florence, perhaps from about 1504. Although there is traditional reference to a "Florentine period...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Flemish 17th C Genre Painting Circle of David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690).
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Flemish 17th Century Genre Painting Circle of David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690). This cabinet painting depicting a woman shelling peas is from the Flemish School of the 17th ...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wood

Antique 17th Century Baroque Italian Silk, Metallic Thread Embroidery Panel
Located in New York, NY
Fine 17th century Baroque period silk and metallic thread embroidery panel. Excellent vibrant colors of bold burgundy, pale cream and beautiful, elegant teal with a border of textur...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Metallic Thread

Antique Ornament Gold Wood Frame, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Ornament Gold Wood Frame. Manufactured France, circa 1930. Materials: Wood Dimensions: D 3.5 x W 30 cm x H 35.5 cm In original condition, with minor wear consistent with...
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1930s French Vintage Baroque Wall Decorations

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Wood

Hand-Carved Silver Giltwood Decorative Sculpture
Located in Sheffield, MA
Silver and gold gilt decorative sculpture pediment with scroll work, sunflowers and leaves. Could be used over a mirror, bed as corona or door having the right width or above headboa...
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20th Century Italian Baroque Wall Decorations

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Vermeil, Silver

19th Century German Berlin Cast Iron Charger with Signs of the Zodiac
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century German, likely Berlin Iron Works, cast iron charger with mythological figures of goddesses, putti, various animals and fish in relief. T...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Iron

Antique 17th Century Flemish Verdure Landscape Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
This is a gorgeous antique square 17th century flemish Verdure landscape tapestry without figures in a beautiful and rich summer scene of a countryside with lush trees and vegetation...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Tapestry, Wool

Early 17th Century French Verdure Landscape Tapestry with Birds
Located in New York, NY
This is a gorgeous antique Early 17th century Flemish Verdure landscape tapestry depicting a beautiful and rich summer scene of a countryside with lush trees and vegetation, and bird...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Silk

Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff Oil on Board Cossacks Warriors on Horsback
By Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff (Austrian/Russian, 1850-1924) a fine oil on board "Charging Cossack Warriors on Horseback" within an ornate giltwood frame, circa 1890 Born in 1850 in Linz (Austria) Stoiloff died in Vienna in 1924. According to a research of Russian literature, he studied in the 1880s at St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. He was very well known for his Russian horse...
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Late 19th Century Russian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Set of 16 Blue and White Delft Tiles with Animals and Figures, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Germany Ansbach 18th century A set of 16 blue and white, with manganese tint, tiles with decorations of animals and figures. Very fine painting and much detail in the animals and fi...
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Baroque and Rococo Architecture and Decoration Great Large Heavy Art Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Baroque and Rococo Architecture and Decoration Book by Alastair Laing, Anthony Blunt, and Christopher Ernest Tadgell. A study of a period in art ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Baroque Wall Decorations

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Paper

Charming child portrait of Swedish king Charles XI from the late 17th Century
By David Ehrensrahl
Located in Knivsta, SE
Extremly charming oil painting. Child portrait of the Swedish king Charles XI (1655-1697) from the late 17th Century in the circle of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628-1698). No frame....
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Late 17th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Wall Decorations

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Paint

Baroque wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Baroque wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque wall decorations made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Rembrandt van Rijn, Basilius Besler, and Flemish. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for wall decorations differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $495,000 while the average work can sell for $4,328.

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