Renaissance Paintings for the Bedroom

Here are 26 Renaissance paintings for the bedroom, painted between 1440 and 1600, with works by Gerard David, Hans Memling and Giovanni Bellini; the subjects they return to most are religion, and landscapes. Soft landscapes, water, evening skies, sleeping figures and quiet interiors, in muted or cool palettes, lower the visual volume of the room.

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The Annunciation, Sandro Botticelli 24¼ × 40 in landscape print (62 × 102 cm), centered 69½ in from the floor, 8 in above the headboard. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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26 Renaissance paintings

The Annunciation, Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1490, tempera and gold on wood

Sandro Botticelli The Annunciation, ca. 1490 The Met

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David, ca. 1512–15, oil on wood

Gerard David The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1512–15 The Met

Painting of the Annunciation, dove flying above Mary with angel.

Jean Hey, The Annunciation, 1490–95 Art Institute of Chicago

The Annunciation, Hans Memling, 1480–89, oil on panel, transferred to canvas

Hans Memling The Annunciation, 1480–89 The Met

The Annunciation, Hans Memling, ca. 1465–70, oil on wood

Hans Memling The Annunciation, ca. 1465–70 The Met

View in a Forest, Outer Left Wing of a Triptych, Gerard David, c. 1505 - c. 1515, oil on panel

Gerard David View in a Forest, Outer Left Wing of a Triptych, c. 1505 - c. 1515 Rijksmuseum

The Agony in the Garden, Raphael, ca. 1504, oil on wood

Raphael The Agony in the Garden, ca. 1504 The Met

Saint Martin and the Beggar, El Greco, c. 1597–c. 1600, oil on canvas

El Greco Saint Martin and the Beggar, c. 1597–c. 1600 Art Institute of Chicago

Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child, Giovanni Bellini, early 1460s, tempera on wood

Giovanni Bellini Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child, early 1460s The Met

Shown from the hips up, a woman sits facing our left as she cradles a child in her lap in this vertical painting. A ginger-brown parapet spanning the lower edge of the composition separates them from us, and they have pale skin.

Giovanni Bellini Madonna and Child in a Landscape, c. 1490/1500 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned, bearded man dressed in black gazes at us in this vertical portrait painting. His body is angled to our left, and he looks at us from the corners of his hazel eyes under thick brows.

Jacopo Tintoretto Portrait of a Man with a Landscape View, 1552/1556 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up behind a stone ledge, a young woman nestles a nude baby against her chest in this vertical painting.

Giovanni Bellini Madonna and Child in a Landscape, c. 1480/1485 National Gallery of Art

A sinewy older man, his pale skin mostly exposed, sits on a stone low to the ground facing a table on our right in the center of this vertical painting. His gray hair is cropped short, and he has a graying, long beard.

Paolo Veronese Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, c. 1575/1585 National Gallery of Art

Against a deep, hilly landscape, a young woman sits facing us on a rocky ledge with a small child in her lap in this square painting. The woman and child, Mary and Jesus, both have pale skin and blond hair.

Gerard David The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, c. 1510 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a seated woman is surrounded by an arch of disembodied, winged baby heads as she gazes down at an infant lying across her lap in this vertical painting.

Jacopo Tintoretto The Madonna of the Stars, c. 1575/1585 National Gallery of Art

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1540, oil, originally on wood, transferred to masonite

Lucas Cranach the Elder Hunting near Hartenfels Castle, 1540 Cleveland Museum of Art

Virgin and Child, Hans Memling, c. 1485, oil on panel

Hans Memling Virgin and Child, c. 1485 Art Institute of Chicago

Still life painting of dead waterfowl and vegetables in windowsill.

Juan Sánchez Cotán Still Life with Game Fowl, c. 1600–3 Art Institute of Chicago

View in a Forest, outer right wing of a triptych, Gerard David, c. 1505 - c. 1515, oil on panel

Gerard David View in a Forest, outer right wing of a triptych, c. 1505 - c. 1515 Rijksmuseum

Virgin and Child with Two Angels, Sandro Botticelli, 1485–95, tempera on panel

Sandro Botticelli Virgin and Child with Two Angels, 1485–95 Art Institute of Chicago

A Goldsmith in his Shop, Petrus Christus, 1449, oil on oak panel

Petrus Christus A Goldsmith in his Shop, 1449 The Met

The Baptism of Christ, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1530s, oil on wood

Lucas Cranach the Elder The Baptism of Christ, 1530s Cleveland Museum of Art

A Hunting Scene, Piero di Cosimo, ca. 1494–1500, tempera and oil transferred to Masonite

Piero di Cosimo A Hunting Scene, ca. 1494–1500 The Met

Madonna of Humility, Fra Angelico, c. 1440, tempera on panel

Fra Angelico Madonna of Humility, c. 1440 Rijksmuseum

Terminus, the Device of Erasmus, Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1532, oil on wood

Hans Holbein the Younger Terminus, the Device of Erasmus, c. 1532 Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman and two children, all with pale skin and flushed cheeks, sit together in a landscape in this round painting. The woman takes up most of the composition as she sits with her right leg, to our left, tucked under her body.

Raphael The Alba Madonna, c. 1510 National Gallery of Art

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