Renaissance Altarpieces

Remarkable Renaissance altarpieces featuring intricate carvings and vivid religious imagery, celebrating faith through art in European cathedrals.

Coronation of the Virgin in Schwabacher Altar, Church of St. John and St. Martin, Schwabach, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Polyptych, by De Donati Aloisio, 1507, 16th Century, wood carved, painted and gilded. Italy, Lombardy, Moltrasio, Como, Santi Martino e Agata church. Whole artwork. Polyptych the Nativity panels Virgin Mary Madonna Saints Infant Jesus: Christ Child: Baby Jesus: Child Jesus gold frame.

CAPILLA DE SANTA MARIA DE JESUS - RETABLO DE MAESE RODRIGO - SIGLO XVI. Author: ALEJO FERNANDEZ ALEMAN (1475-1545). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. RODRIGO MAESE. MAESE RODRIGO. SANTA MARIA DE JESUS. FERNANDEZ DE SANTAELLA RODRIGO.

RETABLO DE SAN LORENZO - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: OBRAY ESTEBAN / FERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ JUAN. Location: CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA DE LA HUERTA. TARAZONA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

St Mark Enthroned and Saints - St Mark Triptych, by Vivarini Bartolomeo, 1474, 15th Century, panel. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari Basilica (known as the 'Frari'). Whole artwork. Triptych wooden frame marquetry compartments St Mark Enthroned angels musicians saints gold red.

Coronation of the Virgin in Schwabacher Altar, Church of St. John and St. Martin, Schwabach, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

iglesia de San Nicolas y San Juan Bautista, catolica griega, construida en 1837,Tyrawa Solna, valle del rio San, ,Cárpatos, Polonia, europe.

RETABLO DE NUESTRA SENORA DE GRACIA S XV. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. AVILA. SPAIN.

RETABLO DE SAN MARCIAL - SIGLO XV. Author: JUAN DE PINILLA (S XVI). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. AVILA. SPAIN.

RETABLO DE CAPARROSO - SIGLO XVI - VIDA DE JESUS. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Pamplona. NAVARRA. SPAIN.

Marian altar in the high choir, 1510/1515 by Henrik Douvermann and Jakob Dericks, Nativity of Christ, St., Saint, Saint

el regalo de los hombres sabios, Ricciardi, St. James Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage, Sibenik, Dalmatian Coast, Croatia.

RETABLO DE STOS COSME Y DAMIAN. Author: GABRIEL YOLI (-1538). Location: ST. PETER'S CHURCH. TERUEL. SPAIN.

Germany Bavaria Bamberg Bamberger Dom St Peter and St Georg Riemenschneider Altar

Church of Saint Nicholas and Saint John the Baptist Church of Saint Nicholas and Saint John the Baptist, Greek Catholic, built in 1837, Tyrawa Solna, St.-river valley, Carpathians, Poland, europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22188113

RETABLO DE SAN ONOFRE - 1604 - PINTURAS DE FRANCISCO PACHECO Y ESCULTURAS DE MARTINEZ MONTAÑES. Author: FRANCISCO PACHECO. Location: CAPILLA DE SAN ONOFRE. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

RETABLO DE SANTA ELENA S XVI. Author: PEDRO FERNANDEZ (S XVI-XVII). Location: CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA-INTERIOR. GERONA. SPAIN.

Retablo de san Antonio Abad y san Pablo. 2/4 del siglo XV. Pintura al temple de huevo sobre tabla y dorados. Procede de la iglesia del Salvador de Vilanova de Sixena (Huesca). Museu Diocesà de Lleida. Author: JAUME FERRER I.

Saint, Saint, Saint

Carved altar, St., Saint, Saint

Sant'antonio Di Ranverso Abbey. Avigliana. Italy

RETABLO MAYOR S XVI. Author: LUIS DE MORALES 1510/1586 EL DIVINO MORALES. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN MARTIN. Plasencia. CACERES. SPAIN.

DETALLE DEL RETABLO DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL SAGRARIO - SIGLO XVI - MADERA POLICROMADA. Author: VILLADIEGO PEDRO. Location: IGLESIA DE LA ASUNCION. TARANCON. CUENCA. SPAIN.

Sant Bartomeu i Santa Tecla church, Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. Altar and altarpiece.

RETABLO DE DE LA VIRGEN DE BELEN (SIGLO XVI) - CONJUNTO. Author: ANTONIO DE ALFIAN (ft. Location: IGREJA DE SAO DOMINGOS. Osuna. Seville. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY. VIRGEN CORONADA.

ALTAR MAYOR - RETABLO - SIGLO XV - GOTICO INTERNACIONAL. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. LEON. SPAIN.

Carved altar dedicated to St Anne with the Anna selbdritt group between two saints, painted wings, Romanesque Church of St. Mary, Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Apostle Altar, evangelical Parish Church of Langenzenn, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

RETABLO MAYOR DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN MATEO - 1579. Author: JERONIMO HERNANDEZ y JUAN BAUTISTA VAZQUEZ EL VIEJ. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN MATEO. LUCENA. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Sepulcro Real de Pere III de Aragón, siglo XIII. Real Monasterio de Santa María de Santes Creus.

DETALLE DE LA PARTE SUPERIOR DEL RETABLO MAYOR DE LA IGLESIA DE SANTA ISABEL DE SEVILLA - 1624. Author: JUAN DE MESA (1583-1627). Location: IGLESIA DE SANTA ISABEL. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

RETABLO MAYOR-DET. Author: DAMIAN FORMENT CABOT. Location: CATEDRAL. Barbastro. HUESCA. SPAIN.

Potenza Picena (Italia, Marche - provincia di Macerata), Auditorium Ferdinando Scarfiotti (ex chiesa di Sant'Agostino). Bernardino di Mariotto, Madonna con Bambino in trono, San Francesco d'Assisi, Sant'Antonio da Padova, San Giovannino e angeli musicanti, 1506, olio su tavola. Proveniente dalla chiesa dei Frati Minori

SPAIN - Bagés (district) - Catalonia - Barcelona. Manresa, Catedral, interior, retablo.

announcement of death to the mother of god, 15th century, tempera on panel, circle of Montesión master, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Winged altar, St., Saint, Saint

Side altar with the image of the former high altar by Bartolomeo Litterini, right aisle of the neo-Gothic parish church of the Assumption, built by Matthias Berger, Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen District, Werdenfelser Land, Upper Bavaria

Europe, Hungary, Budapest, St. Anne altarpiece, 16th century, Hungarian National Gallery, from Kisszeben

Scandinavia. Altar piece. Kvafjord church. Nordland. C. 1520. Historical Museum, Oslo.Norway.

Italy, Apulia, Monte Sant Angelo, San Michele Arcangelo Sanctuary, the Holy Cave, Altar

Madrid, 06/23/2010. Bishop's Chapel. Photo Jose Alfonso. Archdc.

RETABLO DEL MONASTERIO DE LA MEJORADA/OLMEDO- 1523/1526 - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: ALONSO BERRUGUETE (1488-1561). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ESCULTURA-COLECCION. Valladolid. SPAIN.

IGLESIA - RETABLO DE LA INMACULADA - 1633. Author: Juan Martínez Montañés. Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-CONVENTO DE LA MERCED CALZAD. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY. INMACULADA CONCEPCION.

Small side altar, Convento de Santa Clara, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, Europe

Altar in Dreikirchen near Barbian, Bolzano-Bozen, Italy, Europe

Wooden Frame from an Entombment Group 16th century or later French. Wooden Frame from an Entombment Group 463718

Shrine (Reliquary) of St Ursula, 1489. Gilded, painted wood. Hans Memling (1430/1440-1494) South Netherlandish painter. St Ursula (4th century) Received by Pope in Rome: Leaving Basle: Arrival in Cologne. Pilgrimage

RETABLO MAYOR-BARROCO. Location: Iglesia parroquial. CEGAMA. Guipuzcoa. SPAIN.

Interior view, sculptures in the shrine, high altar, over 500 years, St. Mary's altar by Hans Seyfer, late Gothic, choir, Protestant Church of St. Kilian, Kilianskirche, Heilbronn, Gothic hall church, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

CAPILLA Y RETABLO DE SAN BENITO. Author: PEDRO DUQUE CORNEJO (1678-1757). Location: CATEDRAL. JAEN. SPAIN.

Adoration of the Magi, with self portrait of artist, 1423

RETABLO DE LA CAPILLA DEL RACIONERO. Location: CATEDRAL NUEVA. SALAMANCA. SPAIN. SAINT TERESA OF AVILA. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor.

DETALLE DEL RETABLO MAYOR DE LA CATEDRAL DE SALAMANCA - SIGLO XV - GOTICO INTERNACIONAL. Author: FLORENTINO NICOLAS O DELLI NICOLO. Location: CATEDRAL VIEJA. SALAMANCA. SPAIN. JESUS.

The Strozzi Altarpiece, by Andrea di Cione known as Orcagna, 1357, 14th Century, tempera and oil on panel. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Santa Maria Novella Basilica. Detail. Christ glory gold angels musicians saints key Peter George dragon armor: cuirass sword Catherine of Alexandria wheel crown palm of martyrdom Virgin Mary Thomas Aquinas Dominican friar book John the Baptist Lawr.

Altarpiece of the Epiphany by Joan Reixach (1411-1486) Spanish painter and miniaturist. Dated 15th Century

Altarpiece, Coronation of Mary by Jesus and God the Father, carved altar of the Niederrotweil Madonna, late Gothic, carver Master HL, Saint Michael, Niederrotweil, Vogtsburg, Kaiserstuhl, Upper Rhine, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

INTERIOR-RETABLO DE LA ANUNCIACION. Location: CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA MAGDALENA. GETAFE. MADRID. SPAIN.

NACIMIENTO DE JESUS - RETABLO DE MEJORADA - 1523/1526 - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: ALONSO BERRUGUETE (1488-1561). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ESCULTURA-COLECCION. Valladolid. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.

RETABLO MAYOR. Author: JUAN DE JUNI. Location: CATEDRAL. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.

RETABLO DE SANTA CATALINA, SAN LORENZO Y SAN PRUDENCIO EN LA CAPILLA DE LOS CALVILLO - 1392 - TABLA - ESTILO GOTICO INTERNACIONAL. Author: JUAN DE LEVI (fl. Location: CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA DE LA HUERTA. TARAZONA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

RETABLO DEL SIGLO XVI. Author: JUAN BAUTISTA AMIENS (S. XVI). Location: COLEGIATA. Osuna. Seville. SPAIN.

Colorful Veit Stoss Triptych, St. Mary's Basilica, Krakow, Poland. Stoss carved triptych from 1477 to 1489. Depicts scene of Mary and Jesus and apostles

CAPILLA DE SANTIAGO - RETABLO MAYOR DE LOS LUNA - SIGLO XV. Author: SEGOVIA JUAN DE. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Toledo. SPAIN.

RETABLO DE LA VISITACION PROCEDENTE DEL CONVENTO DE SANTA URSULA - 1535. Author: ALONSO BERRUGUETE (1488-1561). Location: MUSEO HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ. Toledo. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY. CRISTO CRUCIFICADO. SAINT ELIZABETH.

Lamentation of Christ, by Ferrari Bernardino, 16th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Santa Maria della Passione Church. Whole artwork. Wooden golden frame with columns, painted parts and historiated base lamentation over the dead Christ predella with episodes volutes tympanum: gable angels cymatium Resurrection.

SACRISTIA-PORTAPAZ. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Toledo. SPANIEN.

Sassocorvaro (Italia, Marche, provincia di Pesaro-Urbino), interno Rocca Ubaldinesca. Evangelista da Piandimeleto (attribuzione), Madonna col Bambino e i santi Sebastiano , Rocco e Nicola di Bari

RETABLO MAYOR. Author: FERNANDO GALLEGO. Location: MARIENKIRCHE. TRUJILLO. CACERES. SPAIN.

RETABLO MAYOR DE SAN JULIAN-HACIA 1523-OLEO/TABLA-RENACENTISTA. Author: MAESTRO DE ORORBIA. Location: Iglesia parroquial. ORORBIA. NAVARRA. SPAIN.

Altarpiece of the Incarnation. Painted by Hernando de Avila (ca. 1538-1595) and Luis de Velasco (ca. 1530-1606). Oil on board, 1584. Museum of Santa Cruz. Toledo. Spain. (On loan, Parish Church of the Saints Justo and Pastor, Toledo). Author: Hernando de Avila (h. 1538-1595) and Luis de Velasco (h. 1530-1606). Spanish painters.

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Centro Storico, church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Filippino Lippi's fresco of the Assumption of the Virgin in the Capella Carafa.

Retablo de la Catedral Vieja, Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen, catedral vieja, Salamanca, comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León, Spain.

Paolo Schiavo (1397-1478). Florentine painter. Triptych. Detail of the Annunciation. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany.

CRISTO ENTRE DOS LADRONES. Author: ALCANYS M. Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-COLEGIO PIO V. Valencia. SPANIEN.

Side altar, monastery church, Heilsbronn Abbey, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Polyptych of St Anthony (or of Perugia), by Pietro di Benedetto dei Franceschi known as Piero della Francesca, 1478 - 1485, 15th Century, oil and tempera on poplar panels. Italy: Umbria: Perugia: The National Gallery of Umbria: gia in Sant'Antonio delle Monache. Whole artwork. Coping Annunciation Virgin Madonna and Child enthroned among saints Anthony of Padua John Baptist Francis Elisabeth of Hungary altar predella st Clare st Lucy Miracle of St Anthony Stigmata of St Francis Miracle of St Elis

Famous altar (Maria Kronung Altar, Pacheraltar) by carver and artist Michael Pacher in the church in Gries near Bozen. It is a unique masterpiece created during the late gothic period. South Tyrol, Alto Adige, Bozen (Large format sizes available)

Mary Magdalene Taken up to Heaven by Angels, by d'Agnolo Andrea known as Andrea del Sarto, 1500 - 1510, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Orsanmichele Church. Whole artwork. Decoration pilaster strip Mary Magdalene small angels square rhombus putti: cherubs cup.

RETABLO MAYOR-PINT FDEZ ALEJO ESCULT ORTEGA HERDIA Y OROZCO. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO. ECIJA. Seville. SPAIN.

Glorified Madonna with the Donors Francesco Sforza and Bianca Maria Visconti (The Sforza Altarpiece), by Campi Giulio, 1502 - 1572, 16th Century, canvas. Italy, Lombardy, Cremona, Cremona, San Sigismondo Church. Whole artwork. Glorified Madonna with the Donors Francesco Sforza and Bianca Maria Visconti (The Sforza Altar Piece) Saints angels clouds round arch half columns Corinthian capitals.

RETABLO DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN GIL. RETABLO PEQUEÑO RESTAURADO DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN GIL Y MONTAJE CON SU ANTIGUA COMPOSICION.

DETALLE DEL SITIAL DE LA SILLERIA RENACENTISTA DEL CORO DE LA CATEDRAL DE ASTORGA - SIGLO XVI - NOGAL. Author: JUSQUIN-JUAN DE MALINAS-COPIN DE HOLANDA. Location: CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA. ASTORGA. LEON. SPAIN.

Apsidal frescoes, by Gianfrancesco da Tolmezzo, 1482, 15th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, San Nicolo di Comelico, Belluno, San Nicolo church. Whole artwork. Frescoed wall two registers lunette Adoration of the Wise Men Holy Family Virgin Mary Madonna Infant Jesus: Baby Jesus: Child Jesus St Joseph Wise Men horses procession foreshortened landscape hut small columns arc.

The high altar in the northern aisle. Church Marienkirche, a landmark of Rostock. City of Rostock at the coast of the German Baltic Sea. Germany, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

The Last Judgement.

Altarpiece of Mary Magdalene, by an unknown Aragonese artist (late 15th century).

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Diptych with scenes from the the crucifixion, Deposition and Entombment. Ivory. Paris, 1290 1310.

Altar of Cismar monastery, Cismar, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

CAPILLA BRAVO DE LAGUNA - RETABLO DEL SIGLO XVI. Location: COLEGIATA. BERLANGA DE DUERO. Soria. SPAIN.

Pinnacle of a tabernacle. This relief once crowned a tabernacle, a wall cupboard near the altar in which the host was stored. The Virgin and Child are flanked left and right by the holy abbots Benedict of Nursia and Bernard of Clairvaux, the founders of the Benedictine and the Cistercian orders. This relief was probably made for a monastery of one of these orders.

DETALLE DEL RETABLO DE LA SANTISIMA TRINIDAD - SIGLO XIX. Author: MOLNER BLAS. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTA MARIA LA BLANCA. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. JESUS. ESPIRITU SANTO. DIOS PADRE.

Bernat Despuig (documented between 1383-1451) and Jaume Cirera (active 1418-1449/1450) . Altarpiece of Saint Michael and Saint Peter, 1432-1433. Detail depicting the final Battle between angels and demons according to the Book of Revelation. Gothic. From the hight altar of the Church of Sant Miquel de la Seu Urgell, Catalonia. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Statues of Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ at an altar, St. Mary's Church, Bryggen, Bergen, Hordaland County, Norway

Triptych, by attributed Bugatto Zanetto, 15th Century, wood carved, painted and gilded. Italy, Lombardy, Casorate Sempione, Varese, Santa Maria Assunta church. Whole artwork. Triptych predellas compartments gilded wooden frame carving holy figures saints Holy Family Child Jesus: Baby Jesus: Christ Child St Joseph Virgin Mary Madonna red gold blue white.

IGLESIA - RETABLO MAYOR - EPIFANIA. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE EL PAULAR-INTERIOR. RASCAFRIA. MADRID. SPAIN.

RETABLO GOTICO DE SAN MARTIN (ANONIMO PRIMERA MITAD DEL SIGLO XV) - PROCEDENTE DE SAN MARTIN DE PROVENSALS. Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN. SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS.

Historical paintings and frescos in the Piccolomini-library, Siena Cathedral, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Ettal Monastery, Golden relief paintings in a church surrounded by black marble, Ettal Basilica, pilgrimage church, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Adoration of the Magi, Christ in Judgement, the Annunciation, and Prophets, The Nativity, the Flight into Egypt and the Presentation in the Temple, Gentile da Fabriano, 1423, Galleria degli Uffizi, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Madonna and Angels with Clients: Sts Dominic and Francis embracing: Sts Roch and Sebastian: Sts Peter and Paul: Sts Jerome and Anthony Abbot: Annunciation: Sts Catherine of Alexandria and John the Baptist and the Eternal Father, by Bartolomeo de Benzi.. 1500, 15th Century, tempera on panels. Italy: Lombardy: Como: Nesso-Vico: Santa Maria church. Whole artwork. Madonna angels offerers/donors St Dominic Francis Roch Sebastian Paul Peter Jerome Anthony abbot Annunciation Catherine of Alexandria Joh

retablo de San José , 1653, iglesia de Sant Miquel, Pla de Tel, Campanet , Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

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