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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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
Original Antique Print After Carlo Dolci " The Daughter of Herodias ". C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Dolci Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
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
Medieval Brussels "Hunts of Maximilian" Belgian Jacquard Wall Tapestry
Located in Doylestown, PA
One of twelve in a series of Belgian Medieval jacquard wall tapestries depicting the "Hunts of Maximilian." Representing the month of March with a center top roundel of a ram, the c...
Fabric, Tapestry
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
$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
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
$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
$6,540Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Renaissance Style Religious Tempera Painting on Gold Ground Wood Panel
Located in Firenze, IT
This Italian tempera painted on gilt wood gold ground panel is a Tuscan religious artwork in the style of late Renaissance - early Gothic period. The sc...
Gold Leaf
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
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
16th Century Old Masters Nicolo Cercignani the Transfiguration after Raphael
By Niccolò Circignani
Located in Milano, MI
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...
Copper
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
16th Century Venetian Red Velvet Fabric with Gold Embroidery and Coat of Arms
Located in Doha, QA
An exceptional and rare 16th century Venetian textile, richly embroidered with 1.2 kilograms of gold metallic thread on deep red silk velvet. This beautifully preserved fabric exempl...
Gold
Original Antique Print After Rubens, Jesus Christ Descent from the Cross, C.1850
By Peter Paul Rubens
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Rubens Fine steel engraving. Published C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
Franco Belgian 17th Century Tapestry of Military Figures
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Franco/Belgian (17th Century) woven tapestry with military figures titled The Hostage. Antique condition, fading and wear, tears in places
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
$2,808Sale Price|20% Off
Overscaled Framed Nolli Map of Rome
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 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
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
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
Sanguine Academic Study of a Male Arm, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
An elegant 18th-century red crayon drawing depicting a muscular male arm grasping a staff, executed with fine hatching, subtle shading, and anatomical precision indicative of academi...
Crayon
Sappho and Phaon Contemporary School Oil Painting After Jacques-Louis David 72"
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Dayton, OH
A Monumental contemporary school painting of "Sappho and Phaon" After Jacques-Louis David. The oil is on canvas and framed in gold with French relief. Phaon was said to be so beaut...
Canvas, 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
Antique Flemish Verdure Figural Tapestry
Located in Evanston, IL
Northern Europe, circa 1780–1820 Handwoven wool tapestry Size: 6'1" x 7'9" This antique European tapestry depicts an idyllic pastoral gathering set within a richly woven verdure land...
Wool
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 " 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
Antique Italian Renaissance Silk Brocade Fragments Florence Mid-16th Century
Located in Doha, QA
An exquisite and very rare 16th century renaissance Silk brocade fragments mounted and artistically displayed in the Glas case on the antique linen. Both fragments are greatly preserved and originated by its design from famous Palazzo Pitti in Florence. The ornaments contain flowers, jaguars, birds and Fleur De Lis- the symbol of royalty. The colours remain vibrant and parts of golden embroidery/ threads are in very good condition considering the age. Both fabric...
Gold
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
The Venetian Minuet Reverie: A Rococo Tapestry Masterpiece of Carnival Splendor
By Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Located in Dallas, TX
72967 Vintage French Tapestry Inspired by The Minuet Carnival Scene, 05'07 x 07'01. The Venetian Minuet Reverie: A Rococo Tapestry Masterpiece of Carnival Splendor. An ode to cultivated indulgence, this vintage Venetian tapestry...
Canvas
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
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
Original Antique Print After Rubens " Wild Boar Hunt ". C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Rubens Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
English Renaissance Style Green Velvet Gold Damask Banner
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style (19/20th Century) green velvet and gold damask hanging banner with embroidered border and fringe at bottom
Damask
Italian Renaissance Madonna & Child Oil Painting, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (modern) oil painting of Madonna & Child in antique gold carved frame
Paint
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
$5,589Sale Price|30% Off
Renaissance relief - Italy, probably Rome, 16th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Renaissance relief depicting two female figures dressed in a chiton Italy, probably Rome, 16th century Marble, wooden frame (provenance label on the back) 28 x 20 x 5 cm This beau...
Marble
Oil on canvas by Francesco Perezzoli the birth of Venus Italy early 18th century
By Francesco Perezzoli
Located in Milan, IT
A northern early XVIII century oil on canvas painting by Francesco Perezzoli (1661–1722), depicting The Birth of Venus. The work is housed in a period giltwood frame, smooth in its c...
Canvas, Giltwood
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
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
$19,950Sale Price|30% Off
"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...
Paint
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
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
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
Antique Italian Gilded Carved Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Italian gilded carved panel from the late 19th to early 20th century. Dated to circa 1900, this ornately carved panel could be a wall hanging, pediment, overdoor or even ...
Pine, Giltwood
19th Century English Renaissance Tapestry Portraits in Gilt Frames
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of English Renaissance style tapestry portraits of a nobleman and lady both wearing large white lace collars in gilt frames (19th Cent)
Fabric
17th Century Italian Faience Madonna with Child Relief Wall Plaque
Located in Milano, MI
A fashinating 17th century Italian Virgin with Child, an hand-made rectangular shaped relief devotional plaque in polychrome glazed terracotta depicting a Madonna with Child, dating ...
Terracotta
Collection of Rare Italian Renaissance Drawings 16th Century Studies
Located in Doha, QA
A rare and fascinating group of three drawings, beautifully presented together in modern frames with UV-protective glass and surrounded by high-quality black pasteboard mounts. This ...
Paper
Pair, 19th Century Allegorical Reverse Glass Paintings Depicting Saint Barbara
Located in Atlanta, GA
**Pair of 19th Century Allegorical Reverse Glass Paintings Depicting Saint Barbara** This remarkable pair of **19th-century allegorical reverse glass paintings** captures the vene...
Glass, Giltwood, Paint
16th C. Portuguese Renaissance Painting “Our Lady of Navigators”.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
16th C. Portuguese Renaissance Painting “Our Lady of Navigators” Dutch Ripple frame. Very early and extremely rare Old Master Painting from the 16th century Portuguese School depict...
Wood
Heraldic cartouche in carved and gilded wood, Belgium, 19th century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Heraldic cartouche in carved and gilded wood, Belgium, 19th century
Giltwood
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
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
Beige and Blue Painted Tapestry of Maidens with Unicorns, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style (20th Century) beige and blue painted tapestry of two maidens flanked by unicorns holding heraldic banners in a pastoral scene with a millefleur background....
Ceramic
Deruta Maiolica Moulded Plate Probably 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A DERUTA MAIOLICA MOULDED PLATE Probably 19th Century. Painted with kneeling Cupid on a rock holding a heraldic shield surrounded by a seascape with...
Tin
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
English Renaissance Tapestry of Noblemen, 17th Century, Antique
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style horizontal tapestry of seated English Lord with standing noblemen and other figures Antique condition, fading and wear - hangs by a combination of stagger...
Other
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
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