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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Nazmiyal Collection 17th Century French Silk & Wool Tapestry 12' 5" x 16' 7"
Located in New York, NY
Astonishing Collectible 17th Century Antique French Silk and Wool Renaissance Tapestry: Aristocrats at Leisure in an Idyllic Countryside Setting, Country of Origin: France, Circa Dat...
Wool, Silk
Original Antique Print of The Holy Family After Guido Reni. 1841
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image after Guido Reni Fine steel engraving Published by Fisher. Dated 1841 Unframed. Free shipping
Paper
$3,198Sale Price|20% Off
17th-Century Ecce Homo – Thorn-Crowned Christ with Soldiers
Located in ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE, Malaga
17th Century A powerful and finely executed religious painting depicting Christ crowned with thorns and accompanied by two soldiers. The dramatic composition focuses on the sufferin...
Wood
Vintage Venetian Renaissance Style Brocade Panels, 100% Silk, Italy, C.1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare and grand Venetian Renaissance style silk brocade panels (two panels per length - total of three sets available as one continuous length or sold separately) - opulent woven patt...
Silk
18th Century Carved Corpus Christi, Christ on the Cross, Italian
Located in Toronto, CA
This is an exquisite, carved wooden polychrome figure of Christ on the cross, 18th Century, most probably Italian. This rare carving very closely follows in the tradition of Giambolo...
Wood
Vintage French Wall Tapestry, Wine Harvest Scene by JP Paris Gobelin, 1960s
Located in COLMAR, FR
This vintage French wall tapestry beautifully merges Renaissance-inspired imagery with the refined graphic style of the 1960s. Printed on thick woven cotton, it portrays a lively win...
Metal
18th Century French Embroidered Silk & Metallic Thread Cope
Located in Rochester, NY
18th century French cope / liturgical vestment cape - embroidered silk / metallic gold thread / linen. A deaccesion from the Memorial Art Gallery Rochester, NY. Overall good original...
Metallic Thread
16th Century Ligurian Stone Half-Capital
Located in London, GB
A rare 16th Century Italian stone Corinthian half-capital, carved in Ligurian slate, mounted on a simple wrought iron bracket for wall hanging.
Slate, Iron
$425 / item
Pair of Carved Wooden Wall Sconces
Located in Annville, PA
These stylish and elegant, hand sculpted, Pair of Carved Wooden Wall Sconces bring a classic look to any home decor setting. It’s the perfect...
Wood
Antique 16th Century Flemish Verdure Feuilles de Choux Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A rare 16th Century Flemish Verdure Feuilles de Choux Tapestry Panel (Oudenaarde or Enghien) Feuilles de Choux (cabbage leaves in French) t...
Tapestry, Wool, Silk
Original Antique Print of Tobit And The Angel After Domenichino. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image after Domenichino Fine steel engraving Published by Jones circa 1850 Unframed. Minor tear top edge ( 0.5 inches ) Free shipping
Paper
$984Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Italian Oil Painting on Four Panel Folding Screen
Located in Nashville, TN
Late 19th century Italian screen with a gorgeous oil painting of floral scene. The oil paint colors are vibrant and in good condition. The frame is made of canvas over a wooden frame...
Canvas
18th Century Italian Silk & Silver Metallic Thread Lampas Brocade Panel
Located in Rochester, NY
Exceptionally fine 18th century Italian silk and silver metallic thread lampas brocade panel with nicely aged color. Red silk backing w/ attached strip of fabric for a hanging rod. ...
Metallic Thread
An 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 the master 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 1800s. 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...
Wood, Gesso, Canvas
Mona Lisa Portrait, Hand-Painted Renaissance Style, Late 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting titled "Mona Lisa"
Paint
17th Century Flemish Old Master Painting Circle of Frans Francken.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th Century Flemish Old Master Painting Circle of Frans Francken Rare 17th century Flemish School painting, circle of Frans Francken the Younger (1581-1642). This Cabinet picture, ...
Wood, Giltwood
Original Antique Print After Daniele Crespi, Entombment of Christ, circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Daniele Crespi Fine Steel engraving. Published by Blackie C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 11 ft 4 inx12 ft 10in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish King Solomon Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 11 ft 4 in x 12 ft 10 in (3.45 m x 3.91 m)
Wool, Silk
Italian Renaissance Style Triptych, Gilt Wood Plaque, 19th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style Set of three gilt icon wall plaque with swirl columns and religious figures.
Wood
Framed Etching of Vases by Giovanni Piranesi
Located in Bradenton, FL
The dramatic large, almost 4 foot tall etching is framed with a green ground and gold double border with cream French matting. Copper-plate engraving by Italian artist Giovanni Piran...
Paper
16th Century Flemish Tapestry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A magnificent Biblical tapestry in wool and silk likely made in the Flemish weaving center of Oudenaarde. With a history of tapestry production dating to 1368, the city created some of the finest tapestries of late Medieval and Renaissance Europe that were widely sought after across the continent. The 16th century...
Wool, Silk
Madonna and Child, oil on Metal in a Gilt Frame, After Raphael, 19th Century
By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in NICE, FR
This 19th century painting depicts the Madonna and Child, inspired by the celebrated works of Raphael. The Virgin tenderly embraces the Child, echoing the warmth and harmony that def...
Metal
15th Century Antique Brussels Millefleur Tapestry 6' X 5'
Located in Los Angeles, US
A wall hanging tapestry, simply put, is a textile specifically designed and woven to portray an artistic scene with the intent of hanging it on a wall. Antique tapestries, those that...
Wool, Cotton
Large oil on canvas after Titian 'A girl with a basket of Fruit' 19th C.
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
A large antique oil on canvas, 19th century or earlier, after Titian, depicting A Girl with a Basket of Fruit. The composition is based on Titian’s celebrated mid-16th-century work (...
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$4,112Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Madonna and Child after Raphael in Gilt Florentine Frame
Located in ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE, Malaga
A finely executed 19th-century Italian painting depicting the Madonna and Child, created after a celebrated composition by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483–1520), one of the greatest ...
Wood
Original Antique Print of The Madonna And Child After Murillo. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Murillo Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
$295 / item
Coat Rack Shelf
Located in Annville, PA
The Mahogany Coat Rack Shelf by Niagara Furniture is a great accessory that is both useful and decorative. Created from the finest mahogany solids and ...
Mahogany
Haviland Limoges France La Chasse a La Licorne Decorative Plate 1974 Limited Ed.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Robert Haviland & C. Parlon Limoges France Decorative Plate 1974 Limited Ed. Limited Edition collectible plate "The Lady and the Unicorn" by Robert Haviland & Co and Limoges France. Haviland Limoges France Limited Edition Porcelain Collector Plate "La Dame a La Licorne". La Chasse a La Licorne Limoges Haviland C. Parlon Collectible Plate. 1970s French Limoges limited edition and 22-karat gold collectors plate by Haviland & Parlon. This coveted and rare collector plate display a scene from the famous late fifteenth century Renaissance Paris French tapestries of unicorn hunting scene ," La Chasse A La Licorne". The plate is hand painted with an incredible amount of detail, bright and bold colors with a 22-karat gold rim. Made of porcelain with a glossy finish, this round plate features a stunning multicolor fairy tale design with a unicorn theme. The plate is handmade and painted, and is part of the Limoge product line series. This vintage Haviland Limoges La Chasse a la Licorne Unicorn Plate...
Porcelain
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 10 ft 2 in x10 ft 9in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish Silk And Wool Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 10 ft 2 in x 10 ft 9 in (3.1 m x 3.28 m)
Wool, Silk
Original Antique Print of A " Dentist " After Gerrit Van Honthorst. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image of a dentist Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
Impressive large medallion plate enamel bronze mythology Renaissance style Spain
Located in Wien, AT
A true masterpiece, by Bronzes Artisticos Espana, a wall plate, richly decorated over and over with mythological szenes and glass stones and procelain cartridges. This large medalli...
Metal, Copper, Enamel
Extra Large and Museum Quality Gothic Art Bracket Shelf Corbel w Angel Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Amazingly hand carved church wall bracket with a winged angel sculpture. This stunning and all handcrafted, Gothic Revival wall bracket has the mo...
Oak
20th Century Perugian Hand-Painted Wooden Panel - Renaissance Motifs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This decorative hand-painted wooden panel is executed in the Renaissance style, featuring an elegant vertical composition of floral and ornamental motifs. Delicate scrollwork, classi...
Wood, Pine, Paint
Impressive Hand-Tinted Albumen Mammoth Plate Print of Basilica San Marco Venice
By Paolo Salviati
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Impressive Hand-Tinted Albumen Mammoth Plate Print of Basilica San Marco in Venice, circa 1880. Attributed to Paolo Salviati (1818-1894). Possibly the largest photographic image ...
Paper
Albrecht Dürer - Saint Eustace
Located in Paris, FR
Albrecht Dürer, Saint Eustace. Copper engraving, 1501. Carved later in the 16 century. Signed with the monogram A.D (Albrecht Dürer) Why not having on a...
Paper
Rare Framed Renaissance Engravings of Moravian Nobility, Central Europe, ca.1600
Located in Doha, QA
A rare and visually compelling suite of three Renaissance-period engravings, likely originating from a Central European historical or dynastic publication produced in the late 16th o...
Glass, Wood, Paper
$2,457Sale Price|30% Off
Nolli Map of Rome Print, Framed Renaissance Style, 2025, 8'5'' x 7'
Located in New York, NY
Print of la pianta grande di Roma (The Large Plan of Rome), also known as The Nolli Map by Pietro Campana, Carlo Nolli, and Rocco Pozzi. Framed in a 1.5” wide dark burl wood frame. ...
Paper
Original Antique Print of Cockerels After Melchior D'Hondecoeter. 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after D'Hondecoeter Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
17th century Dutch Renaissance Delft Tile Panel, consisting of four tiles.
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Haarlem 1610 – 1630 A nice panel of four so-called Haarlemmer (city) ornament tiles, in Italian style, with less-is-more decoration. The decoration is influenced by ...
Ceramic
German Bronze Historicism Charger Depicting Entry of Henry IV into Paris in 1594
By Ilsenburg Foundry
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Fine German Bronze Historicism Charger Depicting Entry Of Henry IV Into Paris March 22, 1594 Second half 19 century. A finely cast "Historicism" charger commemorating "The Entry Of Henry IV Into Paris, 22 March in 1594. The image is loosely based on a painting by Francois Gerard...
Bronze
Italian Renaissance Style Blue Velvet Banner
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Century) blue velvet hanging banner with embroidered center.
Italian Renaissance Style Still Life Painting, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (20th Cent) gilt framed oil still life painting of fruit, jug, and basket
Brass
Original Antique Print of King Charles Spaniels And Children After Van Dyck
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Van Dyck Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
Original Antique Print After Correggio, Ecce Homo, circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Correggio Fine Steel engraving. Published Fisher, London, circa 1850 Unframed.
Paper
Original Antique Print After Salvator Rosa. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Rosa Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
Antique 16th Century Navy Blue and Gold Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry 16th century In an open architectural setting, the central crowned and enthroned female figure flanked by three handmaidens, a fourth to the left urging a boy towards a kneeling woman on the right with an apple in her right hand, on the left a wooded landscape with a man walking in the distance, a man striking another over the head in the mid-ground, and a man, a woman, and a handmaiden approaching the scene in the foreground, on the right a man gesturing while others flee up a staircase and out of the scene, within a flower and fruit cluster surround punctuated along the top and bottom edges by balustrades and sphinxes, and along the sides by a figure, a mask, and a beaded and crowned man...
Tapestry, Silk, Wool
Antique Marquetry Inlaid Scenic Tarsia Panel of Raffigurante "Il Carro Dell'Auro
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Marquetry Inlaid Scenic Tarsia Panel of Raffigurante "Il Carro Dell'Aurora"
Wood
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 10 ft 8 inx 11 ft 3in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish Silk And Wool Biblical Scene Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 10 ft 8 in x 11 ft 3 in (3.25 m x 3.43 m)
Wool, Silk
Racinet, Auguste, L'Ornement Polychrome, Renaissance Set of 4 Firmin-Didot Paris
Located in New York, NY
Fine, scarce set of four original chromolithographs of Renaissance designs from Racinet's seminal L'Ornement Polychrome published by Firmin-Didot 1869-1873 and 1885-1887. Architectur...
Paper
Decorative 20th Century Architectural Painting in Gouache — Venetian Palazzo
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extraordinary architectural wall relief painting depicting the elegant façade of a Venetian palazzo in the Renaissance style. This highly decorative 20th-century piece is hand-pa...
Canvas
Original Antique Print After Hans Holbein " The Madonna ". C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Holbein Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
Icon representing Saint George fighting the dragon in the 16th century style.
Located in PARIS, FR
Tempera and gold background on panel. 28.2 x 24.7 cm. Cracks and reinforcements. 18th century Crete School. Greece Here is the iconographic image of the boy being rescued by St...
Wood
Saint Radegonde Exorcising a Demon – Burgkmair Circle, c.1516 Woodcut
Located in Langweer, NL
Saint Radegonde Exorcising a Demon – Burgkmair Circle, c.1516 Woodcut A powerful and visually striking early 16th-century woodcut depicting Saint Radegonde performing an exorcism, t...
Paper
Original Antique Print After Alessandro Turchi " David ". C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Turchi Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
Antique pencil drawing Feet, artist F. Mucke, Austria 1802
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Original antique pencil drawing of a foot from the 19th century. Ask an artist, and he will tell you that the art of drawing hands and feet is ...
Paper
Original Antique Print of A " Chemist " After David Teniers. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image of a chemist or pharmacist Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
Original Antique Print After Van Dyck " Martin Engelbrecht ". C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Van Dyck Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
"Early 17th Century Oil Painting of Lamentation, Spanish Renaissance"
Located in CA, CA
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...
Paint
17th Century, Italian Oil on Panel Painting Depicting Madonna della Purità
Located in IT
17th Century, Italian Oil on Panel Painting Depicting Madonna della Purità The painting, executed in oil on a circular wooden panel and presented in an imposing carved and gilded wo...
Wood, Giltwood
17th century Dutch Delft Tile Panel with Pomegranates, consisting of four tiles.
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Circa 1600 – 1625 A vierpas (quatrefoil) of four tiles, pure Dutch Renaissance. With leaf and flower ornaments and pomegranates on the sides. This decor is known to ...
Ceramic