Renaissance Paintings for the Living Room

Here are 23 Renaissance paintings for the living room, painted between 1434 and 1600, with works by Gerard David, Raphael and Giovanni Bellini; the subjects they return to most are religion, and landscapes. Above a sofa or fireplace it needs real scale, about two thirds of the furniture's width, so the famous works that suit it are landscapes, harbors, gardens and city views painted to be seen from across a room.

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The Harvesters, Pieter Bruegel the Elder 36 × 48 in landscape print (91 × 122 cm), centered 61¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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23 Renaissance paintings

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

Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Harvesters, 1565 The Met

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Hans Memling Virgin and Child, c. 1485 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

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

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 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

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

Jean Hey, The Annunciation, 1490–95 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

Lamentation over the Body of Christ, Gerard David, c. 1500, oil on panel

Gerard David Lamentation over the Body of Christ, c. 1500 Art Institute of Chicago

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 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

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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