Renaissance Paintings for a Home Office

Here are 16 Renaissance paintings for a home office, painted between 1434 and 1600, with works by Hans Memling, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Paolo Veronese; the subjects they return to most are religion, and architecture. Architecture, bridges, harbors, library and study interiors, and calm geometric or early abstract compositions give the wall order; muted palettes keep the room focused.

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Hunting near Hartenfels Castle, Lucas Cranach the Elder 24 × 36 in landscape print (61 × 91 cm), centered 51¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the desk. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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16 Renaissance paintings

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

St. George on white horse, piercing green, gold dragon

Bernat Martorell Saint George and the Dragon, 1434–35 Art Institute of Chicago

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

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

Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo, Paolo Veronese, after c. 1571, oil on canvas

Paolo Veronese Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo, after c. 1571 Cleveland Museum of Art

Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara, Hans Memling, early 1480s, oil on wood

Hans Memling Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara, early 1480s The Met

Painted dark colored portrait of man, hands in prayer.

Rogier van der Weyden Portrait of Jean Gros (recto); Coat of Arms of Jean Gros (verso), 1460–64 Art Institute of Chicago

An older man with a tanned skin and a white beard is shown from the waist up against a dark brown background in this vertical portrait painting. His body is angled to our right but he turns his head to look to our left.

Titian Doge Andrea Gritti, c. 1546/1550 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Daniele Barbaro, Paolo Veronese, 1556 - 1562, oil on canvas

Paolo Veronese Portrait of Daniele Barbaro, 1556 - 1562 Rijksmuseum

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, Fra Filippo Lippi, ca. 1440, tempera and gold on wood, transferred from wood

Fra Filippo Lippi Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, ca. 1440 The Met

A bearded and balding man with deeply tanned skin, dressed only in a strip of robin’s egg-blue fabric around his shoulders and hips, sits reading a book on a rock at the entrance to a craggy cave, in front of a landscape in this vertical…

Giovanni Bellini Saint Jerome Reading, 1505 National Gallery of Art

Philipp Melanchthon, Leading Figure of the Reformation, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1540 - 1560, oil on panel

Lucas Cranach the Elder Philipp Melanchthon, Leading Figure of the Reformation, 1540 - 1560 Rijksmuseum

Virgin and Child, Hans Memling, ca. 1490–94, oil on wood

Hans Memling Virgin and Child, ca. 1490–94 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

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

Petrus Christus A Goldsmith in his Shop, 1449 The Met

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

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

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

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