Renaissance Paintings
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
The Holy Kinship of Mary Oil on slatted panel Possibly Willem Key (16th Century)
Located in Chonburi, TH
This impressive 16th-century oil painting on a slatted wooden panel depicts *The Holy Kinship of Mary*, a revered religious subject in Northern Renaissance art. The composition bring...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Manner Titian, Oil on Canvas Sleeping Cupid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Manner of Titian (Tiziano Vecelli - Italian, 1485-1576) An Oil on Canvas "Sleeping Cupid" within a gilt and black decorated gesso frame. A label on reve...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood
$9,850 Sale Price
46% Off
Framed Wooden Panel Birds on a Flowering Tree Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (20th Century) acrylic painting of two birds perched on a flowering tree on a beige background, painted on wood in a rectangular, black wooden frame.
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
Bolognese School of the 16th Century - Mummy of Saint Catherine of Bologna
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Bolognese School of the 16th Century
Mummy of Saint Catherine of Bologna
Oil on Panel
20,5 x 7 x 0,8 cm
This rare painting depicts Saint Catherine of Bologna as a mummy, housed in a ...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
$3,322 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian School, Madonna Of Divine Love, On Panel, 17th/18th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Italian school 17th / 18th century: oil on framed panel, representing The Virgin and Child Jesus, accompanied by Saint Elizabeth and John the Baptist as a child, in the foreground
A...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
Italian Renaissance Style Framed Print Of A Celestial Map "Tychonic Planisphere"
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style framed print of a celestial map depicting the beliefs of the Earth is stationary at the center of the planetary system with the Sun and Moon revolving the E...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Brass
Portrait with Hat Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a painting titled "Portrait with Hat" Showing a man in a cape with feathered plume in his hat
Category
Late 20th Century American Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
Flemish 16th century Madonna in a Rose Garden
Located in Seaford, GB
The Madonna and Child Oil Painting in a Rose Garden – Flemish (Ambrosius Benson School)
Late 16th Century/ Early 17th Century Flemish Oil Painting on Oak Panel
Artist & Background
This exquisite Flemish Renaissance Madonna and Child oil painting, titled Madonna and Child in a Rose Garden, is attributed to a follower of Ambrosius Benson (circa late 16th - early 17th century). Benson, originally from Lombardy, Italy, became a renowned master painter in Bruges, Flanders, in the early 1500s..
Key Features of This Madonna and Child Painting:
Period & Style – Late 16th-century Flemish School, influenced by Gerard David and Leonardo da Vinci.
Medium – Oil on oak panel, a signature technique of Flemish masters.
Composition – The Virgin Mary and Christ Child are set in a serene rose garden, symbolising purity and divine love.
Influence – This artwork reflects both Netherlandish precision and Lombard artistic traditions.
Provenance & Demand: Benson’s followers were widely sought after, and his compositions commanded high market value among collectors.
Antique Hand-Carved Frame Old Master Madonna and Child Artwork
This painting is housed in an original 17th-century hand-carved wooden frame featuring a classic egg-and-dart motif.
Condition Report
Conservation Status: Professionally cleaned.
Historical Cracking: Some age-related panel cracks are common in antique oil paintings.
Restoration: Minor retouching to the Madonna’s face, enhancing original details.
Why Invest in Flemish Renaissance Art?
Historical Significance – Works by Ambrosius Benson’s followers remain highly collectable in the art market.
Museum-Quality Piece – Suitable for private collectors, investors, and art connoisseurs.
European Heritage – A fine example of an Old Master religious painting...
Category
1610s Belgian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Oak, Paint
$8,609 Sale Price
26% Off
19th century Bas-Relief by Peter Nocker after Hans Holbein
s Darmstadter Madonna
Located in Troy, NY
Exquisitely carved small bas-relief after a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543)
Signed P. Nocker.
Peter Nocker, Austrian, (1826-1880) (see Benezit dictionary of artists)
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Fruitwood
RARE Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas of Saint Matthew of Agrigento
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas of Saint Matthew of Agrigento
This striking oil on canvas, executed in Italy in the 17th century, depicts San Matteo di Agrigento (St. Matthew of A...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Italian Renaissance Style Framed Print Of A Celestial Map
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style framed print of a celestial map depicting the beliefs of the Earth is the center of the universe with the Sun and planet rotating around
Category
20th Century Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Ceramic
Allegory of Africa - 16th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Flemish school of the 16th century
Allegory of Africa
After The Allegories of the Continents by Maerten de Vos (engraving by Adriaen Collaert)
Oil on copper
Inscription: "Giulio Ro...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Copper
$53,165 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Oil Portrait of an English Renaissance Lady Framed
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style (19th cent) ebonized framed oil painting portrait of 17th century lady in brown dress with scroll design.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
A Greek Crucifix painted in the Renaissance style.
Located in PARIS, FR
The crucifix painted in the Renaissance style.
Tempera on wood
Inscription: INBI
In the Eastern Church where Greek is the main liturgical language, one would find “INBI” for Ἰησοῦς ὁ...
Category
Early 19th Century Greek Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
Italian Renaissance Bearded Notable Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style portrait of a bearded notable wearing laurel wreath within a gilt wood frame. (18/19th Cent)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Allegory of Time. Oil on panel. Circle of Jacob de Backer (act. 1571-1585).
Located in Madrid, ES
Allegory of Time. Oil on panel. Circle of Jacob de Backer (act. Antwerp, 1571-1585).
Exhibition: “Reality, time and artifice. Still life and vanitas in baro...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Other
Gold Background, Coronation of the Virgin. 14th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Gold Background, Coronation of the Virgin. 14th century.
Venetian work, point of polyptych, tempera and gold on reinforced poplar panel,.Surroundings of Lorenzo Veneziano (1336_1379)...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Renaissance Gilt Framed "Madonna of the Harpies" Painting
Located in Queens, NY
19th Century copy of High Renaissance painting \"Madonna of the Harpies\" by Andrea del Sarto, showing Virgin and child flanked by putti, St. Francis, and St. John the Evangelist wit...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
19th century After Rahael Grand Duke’s Madonna Painting
Located in Seaford, GB
After Raphael's Grand Duke's Madonna
Grand Duke's Madonna after Raphael, a stunning 19th-century oil painting from the renowned Berkley Collection. This remarkable artwork, inspire...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
$1,807 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$2,800 Sale Price
30% Off
The Triumph of Bacchus by Michelangelo Maestri
Located in PARIS, FR
Michelangelo Maestri.
The triumph of Bacchus called The genius of Bacchus.
Gouache on paper, 18th century Roman frame.
Early 19th century.
H. 70,5 - L. 84,5 cm.
The compositions of ...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
Antique Renaissance Style Porcelain Portrait with Enamel by Lamy
By Lamy
Located in London, GB
Antique Renaissance style porcelain portrait with enamel by Lamy
French, circa 1880
Measures: Frame height 52cm, width 49cm, depth 3cm
Plaque height 33cm, width 30m, depth 0.5cm
This unusually contemporary style porcelain plaque is a beautiful example of French eclectic...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Enamel
18th Century Our Lady of Peace, Italian Renaissance, Religious Painting
Located in Lisbon, PT
An 18th-century Italian Renaissance oil painting of Our Lady of Peace, depicting Mary in red and green robes holding the Christ Child and a white dove. Against a dark, atmospheric ba...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$23,858 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Three Ages of Man" Oil on Canvas After Titian 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This very beautiful oil on canvas is a reworking of the left part of the painting The Three Ages of Man" by the Italian Renaissance master of the Venetian school, Tiziano Vecellio, k...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
$9,019 Sale Price
36% Off
LATE 16th CENTURY OIL PAINTING ON PANEL MADONNA WITH JESUS AND JOHN
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful oil painting on wooden catwood panel. The painting has an almost Leonardesque background, characterized by a temple and distant mountains that recall the Holy Land. In the ...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th C. Religious Inspired Painted Wooden Plaques
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of three hand painted wooden plaques, each featuring a religious portrait within a decorative frame. The center panel is a portrait of a man with shoulder length hair and a be...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,400 Sale Price / set
41% Off
17th Century Icon on Board of Saint Matrona
Located in Hastings, GB
Incredibly rare Icon on Oak board dating to the 17th century and depicting Saint Matrona (Agia Matrona), this Icon was originally from Chios in Greece and was discovered in Vatopedi...
Category
17th Century Greek Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
Monumental 16th Century Painting Depicting the Scene of the Visitation of Mary
Located in Torino, IT
Monumental
16th century painting
depicting the scene of the
Visitation of Mary.
Anonymous painter of the Lombard school.
Coeval copy after Federico Bar...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$25,633 Sale Price
20% Off
Renaissance Oil Painting of Boys and Dog
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) oil painting of 2 boys and dog with basket of fruit in a gold carved frame (AFTER Bartolome Esteban Murillo)
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Gold
Antique Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique unframed oil painting on canvas is in the Renaissance style. Two ladies are conversing with the man on the right. Canvas is stretched...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Baroque Religious Painting Of Immaculate Conception, Gilt Frame, 17th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
This 17th-century Baroque painting, in oil on copper, captures a serene portrayal of the Immaculate Conception, draped in yellow silk robes with accents of green and red. The divine ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Copper
$6,396 Sale Price
23% Off
Antique 19th Century Oil on Canvas Madonna of The Chair After Raphael
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Antique 19th Century Oil on Canvas Madonna of The Chair After Raphael
Dimensions : 55.5" Tall X 45.5" Wide X 5.5" Deep
This painting is out of this world! Painted in Italy in the ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
LATE 16th CENTURY PAIR OF OIL PAINTINGS ON WOODEN PANELS
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant pair of oil paintings on wooden panels, depicting Jesus and the Madonna in their youthful physiognomy. Originally part of a larger wooden altarpiece, these two works are now ...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Sybille with turban and fruit bowl, Oil on canvas, 19th century
Located in NICE, FR
This sensual painting depicts a silk-turbaned Sybille carrying a bowl of fruit (peaches and grapes) and richly dressed in a light white linen chemise, a luxurious fuchsia-pink tunic ...
Category
1860s French Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Spanish Explorer Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting of the Spanish explorer Columbus in Black cape and coat
Category
Late 20th Century American Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
End 19th Century Oil Painting Hunting Scene Herman Emil Pohle
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, Hermann Emil Pohle. The painting is a genre piece. A Renaissance style hunting scene. The hunting horn is blown before...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique Hand-Painted Porcelain Framed Plaque or Panel of Napoleon Bonaparte
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed hand painted porcelain panel is unsigned, but presumed to have been done in France in approximately 1850 in a Renaissance style. The panel is an iconic depiction o...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Portrait of Gentleman from Della Ruota Family, Lombardy, Dated 1624
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Portrait of a Gentleman from Della Ruota family
Lombardy, dated 1624
Oil on canvas
Measures: 105 x 81 cm (without the frame)
The coat of arms at the top left of the portrait identifies the effigy as an aristocrat belonging to the Lombard family Della Ruota, represented at the age of 61 in 1624.
The presence of vanity at the bottom right is a clear reference to the passage of time, to the aging and dying body...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Spanish Renaissance Parchment Music Manuscripts
Located in Queens, NY
4 Spanish Renaissance style (16th Cent) parchment music manuscript leaves from a choir book (Gradual) in burl wood frames (PRICED EACH)
Category
20th Century Unknown Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
$1,250 / item
Spanish Renaissance Madonna Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Spanish Renaissance style (20th Cent) oil painting portrait of Madonna in gold frame
Category
20th Century Unknown Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
Vintage Signed Mona Lisa Oil Painting in a Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Signed Mona Lisa Oil Painting in a Frame
Provide your space with Renaissance appeal with this vintage oil painting reproduction of the Mona Lisa. This piece is signed by the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
American Landscape Portrait Canadian Goose Signed Lithograph by Helen Rundell
By Helen Rundell
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
American landscape portrait "Canadian Goose" hand-signed original lithograph by Helen Rundell. This lithograph is numbered 13/250 on the bottom left corner of the piece, and hand sig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Lead
Pastoral Dutch Village Landscape Attributed to Jacob de Villiers (17th Century)
Located in Berlin, DE
This atmospheric village landscape, attributed to Jacob de Villiers (1616–1667), presents a wonderfully serene glimpse into rural life in the Dutch Golden Age. The composition brings...
Category
17th Century German Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
$1,708 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Renaissance Fruit Still Life
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style still life of fruit with gold serving pieces displayed in front of a green drape in a gilt carved frame
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
17th C Neapolitan School Painting Oil Canvas Old Master Mola Giovanni Battista
By Molla
Located in West Hollywood, CA
17th C Neapolitan School Painting Oil Canvas Old Master Mola Giovanni Battista . Circa 1600’s important Painting Oil on Canvas painting of a boy with a bird, in original Hand carved...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Wood, Giltwood
$28,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Oil Painting Large Saint Matthias the Apostle
Located in Buxton, GB
This Huge Unique French Oil Painting features a captivating scene of Saint Matthias in bold coloured hues. Measuring 2m x 1.5m in size, this canvas mural is the perfect addition to a...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique Portrait Antonio de Leyva Prince of Ascoli (1480-1536) Oil on Canvas
Located in Doha, QA
Antonio de Leyva, Duke of Terranova, Prince of Ascoli (1480–1536) was a Spanish general during the Italian Wars. During the Italian War of 1521, he commanded Pavia during the siege o...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The Virgin in the Chair (19th Century, after Raphael)
Located in Paris, FR
The Virgin in the Chair (Madonna della sedia) was painted by Raphael in 1513-1514, during his Roman period.
It represents Mary, holding the Child Jesus in her arms, and John the Bapt...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
Jousting Knights on Checkered Ground Painting on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (20th Century) painting of two knights on horseback engaged in jousting against a black and beige chequered ground, on unframed canvas with scalloped edges ...
Category
20th Century Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Leandro Bassano - 17th century - Portrait of a Savant
By Bassano
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Leandro Bassano (Bassano del Grappa 1557 - Venise 1662)
Portrait of a savant
Venise, XVI century
Oil on canvas; modern frame.
Measures: 117 x 88 ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$18,987 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Oil Portrait of Victor-amédée King of Sardinia
Located in Southall, GB
A large oil portrait of Victor-amédée king of Sardinia, circa 1718 "Victor Amadeus II" Victor Amadeus II (Vittorio Amedeo Francesco; 14 May 1666 – ...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
17th Century Spanish School Breastfeeding Virgin
Located in Marbella, ES
Beautiful oil on canvas with four protagonists, the Virgin breastfeeding baby Jesus with St. Joseph and a young St. John the Baptist. Typical 17th century composition with the secondary characters in the background. Relined canvas and original gold leaf gilded frame...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vanitas, Oil on Panel, Circle of Vincent Sellaer
c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589
Located in Madrid, ES
Vanitas. Oil on panel. Surroundings by Vincent Sellaer (c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589).
Oil on canvas that shows, on a background with trees and hills, a child figure sitting on a ...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Other
Virgin and Child, northern France or Flanders, early 17th century.
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on oak panel representing the Virgin and Child.
Note the richness of the clothing, the necklace worn by the Virgin, and the beautiful pose of the Child.
Beautiful appearance, som...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
Pair of Portraits on Ivory 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of portraits on ivory. Old renascentist portraits on ivory plate with golden wooden frame. Each measures: 21x21 and 11x11 cm.
Good condition.
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paint
$1,305 / set
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No.7. Art Print Photo by Sinke
Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren
After observing and analysing so many 17th-century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of ...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
Qniuue 16 Century Panel
Located in Oosterbeek, NL
A unique collectors piece.
A wooden panel from the middle-ages circa 1550.The panel is from walnut and framed with a Renaissance ornament. A shield with broken tymphane.
This amazi...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$23,141
Sepia on Board by Tomasz Rut After Michaelangelo
s Ignudi of Sistine Chapel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Sepia studies by Tomasz Rut (Polish, 1961- ) based on Michelangelo's Ignudi as seen on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, mixed-media (sepia cra...
Category
Late 20th Century American Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Wood
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No. 1. Art Print Photo by Sinke
Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren.
After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of work focused on still life masterpieces. They chose photography as the medium to portray their Fine Taxidermy work interpreted through vanitas still lifes.
The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight works.
Vanitas still lifes were enormously popular in the 17th century, often inspired by biblical themes and the saying that “All is vanity...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No.6. Art Print Photo by Sinke
Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren
After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of work focused on still life masterpieces. They chose photography as the medium to portray their fine Taxidermy work interpreted through vanitas still lifes.
The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight works.
Vanitas still lifes were enormously popular in the 17th century, often inspired by biblical themes and the saying that “All is vanity”. It reminded the viewer of his or her own mortality. For these series of still lifes Sinke & van Tongeren not only created meaningful scenes of taxidermy, they also mined their enormous collection of great finds to gather the most beautiful and unusual antiques to complement each scene.
Title of this work; ’RÉUNION D’OISEAUX ÉTRANGERS’
Cabinets of curiosity were of monumental importance in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Assembling them with interesting and rare objects was a competitive hobby amongst the elite, and to collect a great number of mounted species from everywhere in the world was the Holy Grail of the day. For ‘Réunion d’oiseaux étrangers’, we created that Holy Grail again, but this time stocking our cabinet with seemingly live species. This plentiful composition is staged in a cabinet with different boxes holding rare species such as a Toco Toucan, Scarlet ibis, Cock of the Rock...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Paper
Renaissance paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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