Renaissance Paintings for the Dining Room

Here are 22 Renaissance paintings for the dining room, painted between 1440 and 1600, with works by Giovanni Bellini, Andrea Mantegna and Sandro Botticelli; the subjects they return to most are religion, and groups and gatherings. Dining rooms have hosted still lifes for four hundred years for a reason.

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The Harvesters, Pieter Bruegel the Elder 36 × 48 in landscape print (91 × 122 cm), centered 58 in from the floor, 8¾ in above the dining table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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22 Renaissance paintings

The Harvesters, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565, oil on oak

Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Harvesters, 1565 The Met

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

Shown from about the hips up against a sable-brown background, a pale-skinned woman stands cradling an apple with both hands at her waist in this vertical portrait painting.

Titian Woman Holding an Apple, c. 1550 National Gallery of Art

The Adoration of the Shepherds, Andrea Mantegna, shortly after 1450, tempera on canvas, transferred from wood

Andrea Mantegna The Adoration of the Shepherds, shortly after 1450 The Met

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

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

Six women, eight men, two satyrs, and one child gather in pairs and trios in a loose row that spans the width of this nearly square painting. They are set within a landscape with craggy rocks, cliffs, and trees.

Giovanni Bellini The Feast of the Gods, 1514/1529 National Gallery of Art

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

The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Andrea del Sarto, ca. 1528, oil on wood

Andrea del Sarto The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1528 The Met

A light-skinned man in red and woman in blue sit with an infant between them, angels beside and above them, a small town in the background.

Fra Bartolommeo The Nativity, 1504–7 Art Institute of Chicago

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

Fra Angelico Madonna of Humility, c. 1440 Rijksmuseum

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

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

A light-skinned, blond Virgin Mary in blue holds a child, his arms reaching around her neck and face upturned toward hers. At left, an angel looks on.

Sandro Botticelli Virgin and Child with an Angel, 1475–85 Art Institute of Chicago

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

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

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

The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen, Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1495–1500, distemper on canvas

Andrea Mantegna The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen, ca. 1495–1500 The Met

A woman wearing a crimson-red brocade dress and gold jewelry fills most of this vertical portrait, but her right hand, on our left, rests on the shoulder of a young boy tucked into the lower left corner of the panel.

Agnolo Bronzino A Young Woman and Her Little Boy, c. 1540 National Gallery of Art

Two women, a man, and two pudgy children create a close-knit group against a dark brown background in this vertical painting. The people all have pale skin with rosy cheeks, blond or copper-colored hair, and delicate gold rings as halos.

Agnolo Bronzino The Holy Family, c. 1527/1528 National Gallery of Art

Holy Family with Young Saint John, Paolo Veronese, 1550 - 1575, oil on canvas

Paolo Veronese Holy Family with Young Saint John, 1550 - 1575 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

Seven men, women, and children with pale, peachy skin flank a woman surrounded by a halo of light, sitting on a throne and holding a nearly nude baby boy in her lap in this long, horizontal painting.

Jacopo Tintoretto Doge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child, c. 1575 National Gallery of Art

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