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
17th Century English Carved Oak Corbel “the Green Man”
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th Century English carved oak corbel “The Green Man”.
Rare antique decorative architectural ornament of the enigmatic Green Man. Images and carvings ca...
Category
17th Century English Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Venice Hardcover Book by Fulvio Roiter
Stephen Spender 1st Ed. 1979
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Venice by Fulvio Roiter & Stephen Spender.
Venice by Stephen Spender and Fulvio Roiter Vintage Hardcover 1st edition 1979 Photography Coffee Table Book.
With 182 Photographs in Full ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Italian Renaissance Polychromed Pope Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) polychromed small carved figure of Pope
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Moorish Style Round Metal Shield
Located in Queens, NY
Moorish style metal round shield with etched design and four relief half spheres
Tarnish
Category
20th Century Unknown Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Plainsong Manuscript of the Nicene Creed - 3 Parts for Performance
Located in Ilkley, GB
Three-part plainchant polyphonic manuscript of the Nicene Creed probably originating in Spain in the late 16th or early 17th century. This large format manuscript written on paper wa...
Category
17th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cluny Hotel Well - Reduction In Patinated Plaster And Wrought Iron, Late 19th C.
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Cluny Hotel Well (Reduction) : Unusual patinated plaster and wrought iron reduction of the Cluny Hotel Well*, adorned with a gargoyle of a "wild man" (François Sauvage)*.
Signed on...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wrought Iron
Italian Renaissance Crucifix Torchiere
Located in Queens, NY
3 Italian Renaissance style (19/20th Cent) brass crucifix floor torchiere with 13 candleholders (PRICED EACH)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$7,500 / item
1597 German Map of Alexandria by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1597 Map of Alexandria by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, Germany. From "Civitas Orbis Terrarum", part 2, published in Cologne by Bertram Buchholz. Printed in 2 parts. Title: "Alexa...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Italian Renaissance Religious Figures
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Renaissance style polychromed large standing religious figures wearing blue cape (19th Century)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
$22,500 / set
Renaissance Style Small Silver Baby Crib Medal
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a small silver baby crib filigree medal. It depicts an oval medal with the relief of Virgin Mary trying to cover Baby Jesus with a blanket who is la...
Category
20th Century Unknown Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Tabernacle Door, Wood, Metal, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This type of elements are basic in churches, chapels, etc. since they contain the Sacred Forms, reason why it is logical the abundance, with a series of typologies more habitual and traditional or old than others. There are also iconographies more common than others, a certain thematic preference according to the date or school to which the work belongs, etc., always related to the Sacrifice of Christ, Salvation, Transubstantiation, Eucharist, etc. for being a key element for Christianity (especially the Catholic) what they will always contain.
The present work shows a chalice with Sacred Form in what would originally be the interior of the door (very usual iconography) and a somewhat more striking relief to the exterior. Inside that it is a Eucharistic Christ or Eucharistic Savior, the way of presenting it is more usual of the scenes of the Last Supper, being not so frequent to find it alone like this. Compare for example with works such as the door of the tabernacle attributed to Alonso Cano...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
English Renaissance Framed Crest Embroidery
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance embroidery of a crest having a crown top mounted on a red velvet background in an ebonized wood frame.
Category
16th Century English Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Thread, Velvet, Wood
Reliquary Pendant, Flagellation of Christ, Silver, Enamel, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
On one side of the pendant, Christ appears tied to a tall column in the center of the composition, being whipped by two sayones or soldiers with branches, following a customary compo...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel, Other
Framed 1731 Color Engraving, Map of Rotterdam by Matthaus Seutter, "Roterodami"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
"Roterodami". Seutter (1678-1757) was an important German 18th century map maker. Bird's eye view of the city above with full details, neoclassi...
Category
18th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Red Decorated Lacquer Hour Glass
Located in Queens, NY
Red decorated lacquer four unit hour glass
One hour glass is missing
Category
20th Century Unknown Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Gilt Brass Alms Collecting Dish, Nuremberg, Germany, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Alms collection dish made of gilded brass decorated with a series of moldings and details both on the edge and towards the center. In this area there is a figurative motif in light r...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Renaissance-style armour, Spain, circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Renaissance-style armour, Spain, circa 1880
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Arm And Shoulder Armor, Northern Italy (milan Or Brescia), Mid-16th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Arm and shoulder defence, Northern Italy (Milan or Brescia), mid-16th century (circa 1550–1580)
A substantial steel armour element comprising a pauldron, upper arm (rerebrace), arti...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Red Silk Damask Chasuble
Located in Queens, NY
Red silk damask and gold-thread embroidered priest's chasuble (19th Cent)
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Italian Renaissance Style Wrought Iron Floor Armillary Globe
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style wrought iron floor standing armillary globe supported on a 3 scroll leg base.
Category
20th Century Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Gilt bronze pax board, Pietà. 16th-17th centuries, after Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in Madrid, ES
Peacekeeper, Mercy. Golden bronze. Possibly Rome, last third of the 16th century-first quarter of the 17th century, following the model of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Gilded bronze pla...
Category
Early 17th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other, Bronze
19th Century Italian Nativity Female Figure
Located in Pymble, NSW
An Italian nativity figure from, circa 1840 with its original fabric costume.
Carved from wood with articulated arms, gesso finished head, feet and h...
Category
1840s Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Italian Renaissance Style Iron Armillary
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style black iron armillary globe on a round base.
Category
20th Century Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Pair of Tall Eagle Lecterns, Bronze, Etc, 16th Century and Later
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of easels in the shape of an eagle. Bronze, iron. 16th-17th century.
Rear supports.
Pair of lecterns with tripod-shaped bases, claw-shaped legs with spheres, and a triangular part from which three baluster-shaped legs emerge, with elements in light tones that join at the top of this piece , leaving a vegetal form towards the lower area. The finials are two eagles on spheres, each looking to the side with its head tilted upwards, and situated with its wings half spread; the back is smooth, without the details of the feathers, eyes, beak and claws that do show in the front. The eagles could be from the Spanish school or from the Netherlands, dating from the 16th-17th centuries, while the bases are from the 20th century. It seems that, at least in Spain, the spread of tall lecterns...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Niche. Carved and polychrome wood. 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Niche. Carved and polychrome wood. Century XVI.
Wall niche with a rectangular front opening topped by a venerated shape finished in gold with two polychrome angel heads in the corne...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Monstrance (temple type). Silver. Spain, 16th century with restorations.
Located in Madrid, ES
Portable temple custody. Gilded silver, glass. 16th century, possible restorations.
Custody made of gilded silver (the finish has been lost in some points) composed of a base, an ax...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Other
Madonna de la Media after Rafael Antique Framed 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
English Renaissance Style Novelty Shield
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style (20th Century) miniature shield shaped coat of arms wall plaque with metal spears and armor on brown velvet backing.
Category
20th Century Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Italian Renaissance Painted Lifesize Figure of Religious Scholar
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance painted pine life size figure of religious scholar holding book (17/18th Cent)
Replacement finger
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
19th Century English Renaissance Style Walnut Military Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style (18/19th Century) round shaped walnut wall plaque with military motif of spears and armor in relief.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Italian Silver Portal "Marriage of the Virgin"
Located in VALENZA, IT
Portal in chiseled solid silver depicting the "Marriage of the Virgin".
The Marriage of the Virgin is an oil painting on wood (170 × 117 cm) by ...
Category
1990s Italian Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
$3,167 Sale Price
30% Off
16th Century Cast Iron Mortar
Located in Brussels, Brussels
16th century cast iron mortar with two very beautiful handles
Beautiful original object with a great patina and in very good condition.
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
large apothecary
s ivory mortar - 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Large apothecary's ivory mortar
Indo-Portuguese
17th century
16,7 x 10,4 cm
Cites certificate number 2022/BE01446/CE
Category
17th Century Indian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ivory
A French Font In Marble-19 ° Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful font in pink marble from the 19th century
Very beautiful work from the south of France
In superb condition and beautiful patina
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Rare Offering Basket or Basin Germany-16th Century in Brass
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Rare basin (We think it was the basin to wash the feet on hollyThursday) in brass
Rare plat of the german renaissance since it is rather a basin which is much rarer than a offering basket...
Category
16th Century Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
16th Century Walnut Sculptures from Germany
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very elegant sculpture reprenting a Putti (angel) from the German renaissance period -16 century
Rare sculpture in walnut of great quality with a very beau...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
$4,319 Sale Price
20% Off
Console in Polychrome Carved Wood-17th Century-Spain
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant carved and gilded wood from the 17th century - Spain
Very beautiful patina and in very good condition
Can serve and served in the past as a base for a wooden sculpture.
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Saints John and Matthew, Polychrome Wood, Possibly, Burgos School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of reliefs, San Juan and San Mateo. Polychrome wood. Possibly, Burgos school, 16th century.
Pair of carved and polychrome wood reliefs that each show a seated human figure wri...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Pax or Pax Board, Bronze, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Paper holder bronze, 16th century.
Portapaz made of bronze with an "asymmetric" handle on the back, which presents a decoration in light relief framed in an architectural compositio...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Saint on a bed. Polychromed wood. Flemish school, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Dream of a saint. Carved and polychrome wood. Flemish school, 16th century.
Relief made of carved and polychrome wood that shows an old man with a particular headdress (reminiscent of some chaperones) lying on a bed and accompanied by two friars dressed in habits, who talk to each other. Iconographically, the figure of the old man lying on the bed (note the cushion that raises the upper part of the body, following the common use of the time) who has not died (probably) because he was not completely lying down, is reminiscent of how he was usually represented, for example, to San Antón, San Jerónimo, etc. It is not very likely that it is the subject of the Transit or Death of Saint Francis of Assisi due to the absence of the Stigmata and due to age. It would be part of a cycle of scenes in the altarpiece of a church, an accompaniment that would give the viewer more clues about the identity of those represented. Stylistically, Flemish sculpture...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Wrought Iron Grille gate, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Typologically, it is a partial architectural grating with an ornamental and defensive purpose at the same time. Likewise, it clearly shows some of the striking decorative and typolog...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wrought Iron
Silver Chrism Vessel or Chrismarium, No Original Lid, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Crismera Silver in its color. 16th century. Cover not original.
Silver chrome in color with a circular foot decorated with an engraved composition of vegetable elements and a flat circular body with two "ese" handles with vegetal motifs and a small neck at the top covered with a lid topped by a ring (which it is not the original of the piece). The body has engraved, on the one hand, a cross on a pedestal with a shroud hung from it, all within an engraved frame; On the other hand, with a frame similar to that mentioned, appear the letters "ihs" (cristogram of ancient origin, already used in the Early Christian, which gave rise to varied etymologies and was adopted as a seal by San Ignacio...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
1562 Map of Toscana Nuova Tavola by Girolamo Ruscelli
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A 1562 map of Toscana Nuova Tavola by Girolamo Ruscelli. Tuscany is the heart of Italy & birthplace of the Italian language. Early hand-coloring. Copper plate engraving. Interestingl...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Possibly Saint Hubert or Saint Eustace, Wood, Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Possibly Saint Hubertus or Saint Eustace. Carved, polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century.
Carving in polychrome and gilded wood, sim...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Bronze Mortar, Tuscany, Second Half of 16th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Bronze mortar with garlands, flowers and putti - Tuscany , second half of 17th century.
Measures: height 10
diameter : 13 cm
Artisans and healers used mortars for grinding food...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Saint Anthony with the Child Jesus, Wood, Mechelen School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Anthony with the Child Jesus. Wood. Mechelen School, 16th century.
Sculpture in carved wood worked, as was usual in that center, on the front because it was designed to be pla...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Bronze Pax or Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Paper holder bronze, 16th century.
Bronze paper holder with flat handle on the back that features a light relief decoration on the front. Under an auction of openwork elements of cle...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Pax or Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Paper holder bronze, 16th century.
Bronze paper holder with a flat curved handle on the back that features a relief decoration organized in the front through an architectural composition with a classical influence usual in the Renaissance. Under the columns on the sides there are two heraldic shields (without bonnet, laces with tassels on three levels) with a Latin cross in the middle zone; the center shows a birth of Christ under a winged dome with heads of winged angels in the corners; at the top and under a semi-circular arch, the bust of Saint Dominic...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
17th century apothecary
s ivory mortar - Indo-Portuguese
Located in Bruxelles, BE
17th century apothecary's ivory mortar
Apothecary's ivory mortar 9
Indo-Portuguese
17th century
Cites certificate number IT/CE/2023/MI/01108
11 x 9,5 cm
Category
17th Century Indian Antique Renaissance Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ivory
Renaissance collectibles and curiosities for sale on 1stDibs.
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