Italy 1500s Pictures, Images and Stock Photos

Renaissance costumes (15th and 16th century): 1 -2) Florentine nobleman and noblewoman (15th century); 3) Joanna of Flanders (1341); 4) Burgundian noblewoman (15th century); 5) French nobleman (1410); 6 - 7) German citizens (1480); 8) Nuremberg citizen (1500); 9) Nuremberg woman, going to the dance (1500); 10) Lansquenet (1530); 11) Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France (1545); 12) John of Austria (1547 - 1578); 13) Venetian noblewoman (after Titian's "La Bella", 1536). Chromolithograph, published in 1897.

Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian. Photographed and edited by J. C. Rosemann.

Various patterns of the Renaissance: 1) Ceiling in the Ducal palace, Mantua, Italy; 2, 3, 6, 13) Frescos from the Vatican loggias; 4, 7, 10, 13) From the mass-book Pope Leo X; 5) Ceiling in the San Maurizio, Milan, Italy; 8) Initial M; 9) Ornament of a picture frame; 11) Ceiling in the Palazzo Doria; Genoa, Italy; 12) Venetian enamel; 14) Wood mosaic from Santa Maria in Organo, Verona, Italy (1499); 15) Ornament of an Italian leather bowl (16th century); 16) Initial P (mass-book); 17) Inlay (French, 16th century); 18) Italian book ornament; 19) Initial D (mass-book) with the five bullets of the Medici coat of arms; 20) Four quarters of Italian majolica tiles; 21) French miniature art; 22) from the prayer book of French Queen Anne of Brittany; 23) Stone ornament from Château de Châteaudun, France; 24) French manuscript (rand strip ornament); 25) Pilaster ornament from the Palace of Fontainebleau; 26) Stone ornaemt from the Château de Blois (1530); 27) Glazed stove tiles (German, 17th century); 28) Enameled silver plate (German, 16th century); 29) From a manuscript of Hans Schäufelin (1538); 30) Goblet design in enamel and gold by M. Hauch (Augsburg, Germany, 1571); 31) Glazed oven ornament by Augustin Hirschvogel (Nuremberg, Germany, 16th century); 32) Glazed clay jug (German, 1590); 33) From a German prayer book (1520). Chromolithograph, published in 1897.

Historical view of the Palazzo Borghese, Rome, Italy. Wood engraving, published in 1893.

Vintage illustration of View of St. Mark's Square in Venice, in the sixteenth century, after Cesare Vecellio.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519), Italian polymath. Wood engraving, published in 1893.

The three wise men (magi) in Bethlehem.

Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian. Photographed and edited by J. C. Rosemann.

Skyline of the city of Florence in Tuscany, Italy (circa 16th century) from the Works of William Shakespeare. Vintage etching circa mid 19th century.

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci Italian polymath of the High Renaissance painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, aka Raphael, Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Mona Lisa featured and posed

Vintage engraving of a A Knight with his Jousting Helmet, by Giovanni Battista Moroni, 16th Century

Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian. Photographed and edited by J. C. Rosemann.

The old town of Lipari, main settlement on the Aeolian Island of the same name, with its citadel surrounded by a city wall

Fig. 390. - Standards of the Empire and the Church. Reduction of a fragment of the Solemn Entry of Charles V and Pope Clement VII into Bologna, engraved by Lucas de Cranach, after a fresco by Brusasorci, from Verona. Triumphal entry of Charles V and Pope Clement VII into Bologna on 24 February 1530. On that day, the Pope crowned Charles as Holy Roman Emperor. Original edition from my own archives Source : Moyen Age 1874

Procida, Campania, Italy - October 1, 2021: Glimpse of the side facade of the sixteenth-century Palazzo D'Avalos transformed into a prison in the nineteenth century and currently in a state of neglect

The renaissance statue and fountain representing the Tiber river on the Four Fountains crossroads in the historic center of Rome, Italy

Albrecht Dürer visiting Giovanni Bellini in Venice 1505 In the autumn of 1505, Dürer made a second journey to Italy, where he remained until the winter of 1507. Once again he spent most of his time in Venice. Of the Venetian artists, Dürer now most admired Giovanni Bellini, the leading master of Venetian early Renaissance painting, who, in his later works, completed the transition to the High Renaissance. Giovanni Bellini, ( born c. 1430, Venice - died 1516, Venice ) Original edition from my own archives Source : Buch für Alle 1888 After painting of Theobald v. Der

Palazzo San Giorgio is a well-known historic building in Genoa built in 1260, with the west wing covered with sixteenth-century frescoes. Today it is the seat of the port authority.

Trento, Italy - December 15, 2015: Dome square with the praetorian palace, city tower and Dome. Trento Cathedral is famous in history because here was held, in the sixteenth century, the Council of the Catholic Counter Reformation.

Vintage illustration Map of the Tuscany coast, after a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, renaissance art

The sixteenth century Torre Matilde is one of the historical evidences of Viareggio, a very popular seaside holiday resort overlooking the Ligurian Sea.

Historical ceramics: 1) Hirschvogel tile (German, 16th century); 2) Satsuma bowl (Japanese); 3) Vase from Delft (Fayence, Dutch, 18th century); 4) Glazed clay relief by Luca della Robbia (Florence, ca. 1500); 5) Vase (Chinese); 6) Crest tile (German, 16th century); 7) Jug in Böttger stoneware (Meissen, 18th century); 8) Palissy bowl (French, 16th century); 9) Spanish Moorish Majolica pot (14th century); 10) Plate of Urbino (Italian majolica, 16th century); 11) Wedgwood pot (English, 18th century); 12) Bowl of Caffagiolo (Italian majolica, 16th century); 13) Bowl (Persian, 16th century); 14) Henry deux vessel (French, 16th century); 15) Pâte-sur-pâte porcelain (by Thomas Minton, English, 19th century); 16) Meissen coffee pot (Saxon, 18th century); 17) Bowl of Gubbio (Italian majolica, 1519). Chromolithograph, published in 1897.

An exterior shot of the historic Palazzo Te in Mantua, Lombardy, Italy. A green, manicured lawn with shrubbery is in the foreground. A white path leads to the front of the palace. The sky is clear and blue behind the building.

Chianca or Santo Stefano tower: located on a tiny peninsula near "Scalo di Furno", it's an important archeological site in which there were found ruins of an old village, inhabited since the protohistoric period. .

Rome, Italy - July 6, 2015: Beautiful 16th century terracotta coloured buildings of Via dei Coronari in the historic centre of Rome, Italy

Raphaels Angels - Two putti, as seen in the painting Sistine Madonna by Raphael. The Sistine Madonna, also called the Madonna di San Sisto, is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. The painting was commissioned in 1512 by Pope Julius II for the church of San Sisto, Piacenza, and probably executed c. 1513–1514. Original edition from my own archives Source : Ilustracion Artistica 1881

Roccascalegna in Abruzzi, Italy-June 13, 2013: Castello di Roccascalegna is a Castle from the 11 th. century with some additional towers and walls from the 16.th century on a steep limestone cliff not far from the Adriatic Coast in the Province of Chieti.

Maser, Italy - September 09, 2018: Tourist visit to Villa Barbaro, designed by Andrea Palladio (1554-1560). Although only the side wings are to be attributed to the famous Venetian architect, the villa is joined the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996, together with other Palladian Villas of the Veneto.

Coastal landscape of Domus de Maria at the south-western end of Sardinia, guarded by the Torre del Pixinnì, a watchtower dating back to the sixteenth century

Piazza IV Novembre in Perugia, Umbria, Italy with Palazzo dei Priori (left) and Fontana Maggiore (foreground).

This work is a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the 18th century. They come from a wide variety of backgrounds, such as carpentry, architecture, textiles, painting, ceramics and from cultures around the world. Based on design masterpieces from the past, this compilation celebrates the masters of the past and inspires an enhancement of the decorative arts for the 19th century and for generations to come.

The Nights of Straparola. Collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola. Modeled after Boccaccio's Decameron, it is significant as often being called the first European storybook to contain fairy-tales. The Palace at Murano.

L'Aquila (Abruzzi, Italy) - Spanish fortress (16th century). Historic castle with bridge and moat in a summer morning under a blue sky

Parma, Italy - April 11, 2018: Statue of a partisan and Palazzo della Pilotta, built in the 16th/17th century, in Parma, Italy. The complex houses the famous theatre Teatro Farnese. South Europe.

Piazzola sul Brenta (Padova, Veneto, Italy), Villa Contarini, historic palace (16th-17th century)

Veneto, northern Italy

Every first Sunday of September takes place the Historical Regatta ('Regata Storica'), a competition between Venetian boats and gondolas. This famous and important event is watched by thousands of people from the banks or from floating stands. Gondoliers in typical 16th century costumes sail the Grand Canal from Piazza San Marco to Rialto Bridge.

Arezzo Cathedral, ended in 1511 with the façade rebuilt in 1914

Historical view of the Boboli Gardens - a historical park of the city of Florence. The complex, which lies behind the Palazzo Pitti, is one of the most famous Italian gardens of the 16th century. Originally designed for the Medici, it represents one of the first and most important examples of the Italian garden, which later served as inspiration for many European courts. Wood engraving, published in 1870.

Illustration of a Pope Gregory XIII (Latin: Gregorius XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 13 May 1572 to his death in 1585

Statue of Rape of the Sabines, Loggia de Lanzi in Piazza della Signoria in Florence

Villa Lante at Bagnaia near Viterbo, Italy, is one of the most famous Italian 16th century Mannerist gardens of surprises. Shot with an old Pentax KX.

The Sistine Madonna, also called the Madonna di San Sisto, is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. The painting was commissioned in 1512 by Pope Julius II for the church of San Sisto, Piacenza, and probably executed c. 1513–1514. Original edition from my own archives Source : Brockhaus 1898

This work is a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the 18th century. They come from a wide variety of backgrounds, such as carpentry, architecture, textiles, painting, ceramics and from cultures around the world. Based on design masterpieces from the past, this compilation celebrates the masters of the past and inspires an enhancement of the decorative arts for the 19th century and for generations to come.

Vicenza downtown, open gallery of the Basilica Palladiana by the Architect Andrea Palladio in Renaissance style (1549-1614), UNESCO world heritage site, Piazza dei Signori, Veneto, Italy, Europe.