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Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

RENAISSANCE STYLE

Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.

Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.

Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.

Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.

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Style: Renaissance
Large Antique High Renaissance Style Emerald Natural Pearl Garnet Silver Cross
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite museum quality large antique High Renaissance style emerald, natural pearl, garnet silver pectoral cross 19th century Makers Mark: K.T. for Tauböck, Karl Austro-Hungarian E...
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19th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Period Renaissance Early 16th Century Processional Cross, France
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Exceptional Period Renaissance processional cross early 16th century, France Extremely rare and beautiful processional cross from the early period of the French Renaissance. This ...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Theodore Alexander 16th Century Style German Hammered Bronze Suit Armour Knight
Located in Dayton, OH
Theodore Alexander Medieval Suit of Armour. Styled after an original 16th Century German suit that sold at auction for well over $50,000. Retai...
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Late 20th Century Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Antique Extremely Rare 16th Century German Executioner’s Sword- “Richtschwert”
Located in Doha, QA
A rare and evocative 16th-century German Executioner’s Sword (Richtschwert), forged in Passau, one of the preeminent centers of Renaissance blade craftsmanship. Passau was renowned f...
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16th Century German Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Early Antique Engraved Silver Crucifix, Reliquary Cross Box Pendant 17th Century
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE SILVER CRUCIFIX/LATIN CROSS A striking and decorative piece made from continental silver with a central crucifix engraved with a fairly naive depiction of Christ. The centr...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Chess Board, Chess Game Red Jasper, Marble
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver bi-color chessboard and chess game in "Florence" style. The chessboard is in molten silver with red jasper and white color marble The work was engraved with the anc...
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1970s Italian Vintage Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Marble, Sterling Silver

17th Century Dutch Bronze pharmacy Mortar, dated 1632
Located in Bilzen, BE
17th century Dutch bronze mortar, dated 1632 and with border text "lof God van al anno 1632". Height 12.5 cm, Diameter 14 cm
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1630s Dutch Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Antique Rare Italian Renaissance Tournament Helmet 1520-1550 with Original Stand
Located in Doha, QA
An exceptionally rare and evocative 16th- century Gothic Italian (Pisa) tournament helmet, forged entirely in wrought iron, weight 2.9 kg and presented together with its original pe...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wrought Iron

Antique Judaica Torah Esther Scroll Pre-Expulsion Iberian Peninsula Spain 1470
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely incredible rare and truly unique pre-expulsion Iberian Peninsula handwritten Esther Scroll, inked onto animal leather parchment (15th century, -laboratory teste...
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15th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver, Bronze

Replica non firing Flintlock
Located in Pueblo, CO
This is a very nice display piece for your desk, office, or library. Replica flintlock pistol has all moving parts in metal, the carved hilt I believe is a composite of some sort bu...
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Late 20th Century American Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Composition, Metal

English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Halberd
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with simple wooden shaft and 34-inch iron ax top blade with tassels.
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20th Century English Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Spear
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style spear with a wooden shaft and simple 29-inch iron blade.
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20th Century English Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Rare and Important Renaissance "Judaica" Carved Oak Wood Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
A Rare and Important Renaissance "Judaica" Carved Oak Wood Cabinet, circa 1680 We are pleased to present a rare and important Renaissance Judaica c...
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17th Century German Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Mother-of-Pearl, Oak

Rare and Important Italian White Marble Bust Sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850
Located in Queens, NY
Rare and important Italian white marble bust sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850. A truly exceptionally carved marble relief of Holy Jesus Christ. ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Marble

Healing of the Paralytic. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Healing of the Paralytic. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century. Partially rebuilt. A religious scene set in a prestigious interior, made of two-tone stone, depicting a ser...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

Renaissance Hunting Cranequin, Dated 1589 — With Maker’s Mark in Shield
Located in Bilzen, BE
Renaissance Hunting Cranequin, Dated 1589 — With Maker’s Mark in Shield Origin: Southern Germany or Flanders Date: 1589 (engraved) Material: Forged iron, turned hardwood handle Lengt...
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16th Century German Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wrought Iron

D. Ioannis Chrysostomi Archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani 1556
Located in Bilzen, BE
D. Ioannis Chrysostomi archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Enarrationes in divi Pauli epistolas, ad Timotheum II., Titum, Philemonem, & HebræosD.IOANNIS CHRYSOSTOMI ARCHEPISCOPI CONSTA...
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16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

17th Century Italian Tabernacle Walnut Door - Antique Renaissance Décor Piece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late 17th Century, antique Renaissance Tabernacle door made of hand crafted Walnut, in good condition. The detailed wall panel décor piece is composed wi...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Madonna Della Sedia Antique Framed Hand-Painted Portrait on Porcelain
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This finely executed portrait is unsigned and presumed to have originated from Italy and date to approximately 1900 and done in a Renaissance style. The portrait is hand-painted on a...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Wonderful Antique Painting of Christ and Two Apostles in Ebonized Wooden Frame
Located in Lisse, NL
Meaningful and perfect size, religious work of art. We find it refreshing to see Christ in this original 1913 oil painting as the spiritual master that he was (in a ceremonial act) ...
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Early 20th Century European Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Linen, Wood, Paint

Crucified Christ, Sorrowful Crucifix. Carved and polychrome wood.
Located in Madrid, ES
Crucified Christ, Sorrowful Crucifix. Carved and polychrome wood. Possibly southern German school, 15th century. Polychrome and gilded wood carving showing Christ with the Crown of Thorns, on the Cross, already deceased (eyes closed), with the usual INRI phylactery on the upper crossbar of the Latin cross, three nails (note the crossed feet) and a short, golden and polychrome purity cloth or perizonium. It is known, in German, as “Gabelkreuz” or “Gabelkruzifix” (“Sorrowful Crucifix” in Spanish) to a type of Gothic Crucified Christ that is especially expressive (prioritizing external suffering over other aspects) and that, normally, presents the cross in a of Y or ypsilon (alluding to the Tree of Life), created, apparently, thanks to the influence of the mysticism of the late 13th and early 14th centuries (Saint Brigid...
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15th Century and Earlier European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

Last Supper. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Last Supper. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century. It has faults. An oil on panel painting depicting a figurative image against a neutral background, with a checkered tile...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

PORTUGUESE LAVENDER AND GOMIL D. MARIA IN SILVER 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PORTUGUESE LAVENDER AND GOMIL D. MARIA IN SILVER 18th Century in 750 thousandths silver, with a smooth body and decorated on the edge with a pearl frieze. Contrast mark of c. 1784 ...
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18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Enamel Gold and Rock Crystal Figure of Emperor Maximilian I by Reinhold Vasters
Located in Queens, NY
A rare enamel, gold and rock crystal figure of Emperor Maximilian I by Reinhold Vasters, Aachen, In the Renaissance style, circa 1870. The g...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Rock Crystal, Gold, Enamel

Bronze Figure Of A Winged Putto (probably Eros) Circa 1550–1600
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Bronze Figure Of A Winged Putto (probably Eros) Circa 1550–1600" North Italian Renaissance Bronze Figure of a Winged Putto (Possibly Eros) Attributed to a Paduan or Venetian workshop, ca. 1550–1600 Cast bronze with dark brown patina and signs of verdigris; formerly winged; mounted on a threaded base; both hands drilled for original attributes. Height: 10.6 cm Width (hand to hand): 8.5 cm This finely cast bronze figure represents a dancing or airborne putto, likely an allegorical figure such as Eros or a cherubic spirit, originally intended as a functional decorative element — possibly for a lamp, inkwell, or ceremonial vessel. The figure is modeled with dynamic balance, standing on one leg with both arms extended, and was once fitted with separately cast wings, now missing, as evidenced by deep, symmetrical sockets on the upper back. The facial modeling is serene and idealized, with softly rounded cheeks, almond-shaped eyes, and structured curls in a distinctly Renaissance style, reminiscent of the North Italian tradition of Andrea Riccio...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Bronze Pharmacy Mortar Italy-17° Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant bronze mortar from the 17 century from Italy dated 1630. Really rare mortar due to his big size. In very good condition and beautiful patina.
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Antique Extremely Rare Triple-Combed Burgonet Helmet Ca 1540 Italy
Located in Doha, QA
An exceptionally scarce example of a Renaissance burgonet, originated most likely in Italy and dating to circa 1540. The skull is forged in one piece and surmounted by three low comb...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Renaissance Style Full Suit Plate Armor
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Renaissance Style Full Suit Plate Armor. It depicts a 6.25 feet silver tone suit armor. The breastplate, helmet and leg’s armors are decorated with a repousse portrait of a...
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20th Century Unknown Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Large French 19th Century Gilt Bronze Wall Clock with Religious Inscriptions
Located in London, GB
This large, gilt bronze wall clock is a magnificent and highly unusual piece. At the centre of the design is a circular enamel dial, with Arabic...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Ormolu, Bronze

Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century. With monogram (illegible) and dated (right ear of the saint). Oil on oak panel showing a thin, elderl...
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16th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

The Horizon Book of the Renaissance
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Horizon Book of the Renaissance. Boxed, cloth-covered hardcover book. Published by American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., of New York in 1961. Printed in the United States of Am...
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1960s American Vintage Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Choir stalls. Walnut wood. Spanish School, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Choir stalls. Walnut wood. Spanish School, 16th century. Fragment of a choir stall, made of walnut, carved in its color, featuring three seats with their respective folding miserico...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Walnut

English Renaissance Style Iron Longsword
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style large iron longsword with cross design and woven handle
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20th Century English Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

20th Italian Renaissance Religious Crucifix
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style religious carved crucifix (19th century).  
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20th Century French Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Walnut

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...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Oak

Italian Renaissance Bronze Crucifix
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance Gothic style (19th Cent) bronze religious crucifix with filigree cross on 4 legged base with silver plate Christ figure (19th Cent.)
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Very Fine Gilt Bronze, Cloisonné Enamel and Porcelain Holy Water Stoup
Located in London, GB
A very fine gilt bronze, cloisonné enamel and porcelain holy water stoup French, late 19th century Measures: Height 54cm, width 34cm, depth 9cm This b...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Enamel, Ormolu

19th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Carved Miniature Blanket Chest or Coffer
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare and fine quality 19th century Italian Renaissance walnut carved miniature blanket chest or coffer. Fine carving in walnut wood on the fron...
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1830s Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Halberd
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with eight sided wooden shaft with nail heads and 52¬Ω-inch iron open design ax blade.
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20th Century English Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Nursing Virgin Mary. Oil on panel. Hispano-Flemish School, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Virgin of the Milk. Oil on panel. Hispano-Flemish School, 16th century. It has faults and restorations. Panel depicting the Virgin wearing a tunic and cloak, her hair partially c...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

Renaissance Style, Gebruder Knake Upright Piano Carved Oak High Relief
Located in Leeds, GB
Renaissance style, Gebruder Knake upright piano with an ornately carved, oak case. Entire cabinet carved with arabesque style, flowers and foliage in hi...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Italian Renaissance Walnut Queen Headboard
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (18th Century) walnut headboard with an open design top under a panel door design (originally a confessional having a Jesuit logo)
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18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Walnut

A 20th Century Architectural Wooden Model of a Renaissance Baptistry / Church
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely rendered octagonal sided wooden model of a Renaissance Baptistry or Church of very good proportions scale, showing distinctive Islamic influences as observed in the ei...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Walnut, Plywood

The Secret Language of the Renaissance by Richard Stemp
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Secret Language of the Renaissance, decoding the hidden symbolism in Italian art, by Richard Stemp. Hardcover book with dustjacket. First edition, published in 2006 by Duncan Bai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Madonna and Child, Classical 19th Century Painting
Located in Miami, FL
Madonna and child, Classical 19th century painting. This lovely oil painting was purchased in Spain. The artist is unknown. The painting still maintains its original finish and ha...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Halberd
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with eight-sided wooden shaft with nail heads and an iron ax-shaped blade.
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20th Century British Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Spanish 16th C. Renaissance Wood Tabernacle, The Pelican in her Piety.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Spanish 16th Century Renaissance Ecclesiastical Wood Carved Tabernacle, The Pelican in her Piety. Magnificent polychrome and gilded wooden Tabernacle with a masterfully hand carved ...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Pine, Giltwood, Paint

Italian Renaissance Carved Wood Crucifix
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) carved wood crucifix on square base with figure
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Halberd
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with a wooden shaft and large 34-inch iron blade.
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20th Century British Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Monumental Pair of Medieval Antique Italian Church Armorial Shields
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent pair of large one-of-a-kind medieval Italian armorial shield church architectural elements. Dating to around the late 15th century, hand-crafted in Italy, most impressive size, standing over 6-feet tall, bow front shaped shield form, polychrome painted Memento Mori - The Wars of the...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Paint

English Renaissance Style Halberd Spear
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style Halbert spear with a crossed leather-covered shaft and polished steel blade.
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20th Century English Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Steel

Antique Gothic Judaica Box with Kabbalistic Seals and Sacred Texts
Located in Doha, QA
This rare and evocative Medieval Gothic box contains a powerful combination of Salomon’s Kabbalistic seals, a sacred ex libris dedicated to God, and a Star of David inscribed with He...
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15th Century and Earlier German Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Paper

Strongbox Safe Iron Painted Armada Chest Nuremberg Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, small, late-Renaissance, Nuremberg, iron, 'armada box', strongbox or travelling safe with its original, naïve, painted decoration This is a rare, s...
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16th Century German Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

"Madonna with Child and Angels". Italy, 15th-16th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze in its color and gold, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, enamel. In the centre of the work is presented, enthroned, the figure of Mary, with a mantel (fireplace) on her shoulders and hair and holding on her knees the child, who appears addressing one of the angels. The virgin is also sheltered by an ogee arch supported on turned columns, and raised visually by steps. This composition achieves a very striking contrast: the dark bronze figure, in contrast to the lapis lazuli background and the part of the arch and the outside of it, in gilded bronze. Under the steps there is a heraldic enamel shield with a key on an azure background. The angels, kneeling, are flanking this figure, and, appearing in dark bronze, visually share the "category" of religious figures with Mary, while their (lower) position gives more status to both the Mother and Jesus. The rest of the composition is completed with a delicate landscape: constructions and walls on mountains, clouds in the sky, plants, stones, etc. To the outside, another lapis lazuli frame is placed decorated in the corners with appliques, giving way to carved and polychrome wood. The lapis lazuli is a semiprecious stone already known in the seventh millennium BC., found in deposits from the Caucasus to Mauritania. From the end of the middle ages, it increased its export to Europe, its use being more frequent since then both to use it as a pigment in paintings after grinding it (giving rise to the finest and most expensive of the blues, and of the colors in many occasions), as for backgrounds of paintings, incrustations in works of art, jewelry and, a little later, in the well-known "hard stone works". The figure of Mary still shows an influence of Gothic models, although more European than Italian, along with elements that could already show a closeness to the Renaissance: although the nakedness of Jesus is already shown in Gothic works (Madonna with Angels by Fra Angelico ), the creation of space by playing with the cloth in front of Christ can be appreciated in more advanced paintings (Virgin with Child by Domenico Ghirlandaio, National Gallery of London); the presence of a powerful throne can be seen frequently in Italian Madonnas of the Quattrocento (and before), but not quite as presented here. As for the landscape, it is necessary to compare it, for example, with that of the fresco of the Condotiero Guidoriccio de Fogliano (Simone Martini, finished in 1328). This is a work of great technical and aesthetic quality, not to mention the materials chosen for its creation, comparable only to outstanding examples from around the world, such as those preserved in the Palazzo Madama in Torino (Italy), where the coral It also has an important role. It is essential to mention, also, works such as the plate of hard stones (lapis lazuli between them) with a relief of Mary with the Child in...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Enamel, Other

Antique Colored Belgium Map Flandria Gallica Flanders Henricus Hondius
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique hand colored map of Flanders, Belgium, engraved by Henricus Hondius. Sans frame - 21.25” x 18”.
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

RARE ‘De Conjugio Episcoporum et Diaconorum’ by Johannes Bugenhagen – 1525
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE EDITION hardback copy of De Conjugio Episcoporum et Diaconorum ad uenerandum Doctorem VVolfgangum Reissenbush monasterii Lichtenbergensis Prae ceptorem ...
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16th Century German Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paper

Antique Continental Renaissance Church Lavabo
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent medieval Renaissance period architectural holy water font lavabo. Born in a Christian church in Continental Europe during the middle ages, likely Italian 16th or 17th century, exquisitely hand-crafted by a highly skilled artisan, with exceptional craftsmanship, ornate and finely detailed, the rare and one of a kind forged bronze and brass upper presenting with gothic shaped palm frond back, domed lid with tall finial decorated in relief, the fountain reservoir is decorated with central mounted Star of Bethlehem four pointed pentagram star embellishment as well as other applied ormolu adornments, a narrow elongated spigot with valve dispenses the holy water below. A later gilt brass stoop catches the water, the nicely styled, demilune shaped wall mounted antique...
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17th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass, Bronze, Ormolu

English Renaissance Curved Brass Sword and Leather Scabbard
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance (19th Century) curved sword with brass fluted handle and black leather scabbard. Condition: Good; Minor losses
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19th Century British Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Italian Liturgical Pax Brede Or Osculatorium From The 16th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Italy 16th century A liturgical Pax Brede or Osculatorium. The carved wooden board “Kiss of Peace” representing Christ as a man of sorrows. The pax has the shape of an ancient templ...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold Leaf

17th Century Italian Massive Silver Crucifix with Golden Wood Frame, circa 1900s
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Very rare and precious 1600s Italian massive silver crucifix in bulletin board golden wood frame Measures cm: H 40, W 26, D 6 About: On an iconogr...
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

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