16th century public domain art
Artworks created between 1501 and 1600, drawn from every collection indexed here. Free to download, with colour palettes and print sizes measured from each file.
Works in 16th century public domain art

Groups of Male Figures
Vittore Carpaccio

Head of a Bearded Man
Federico Barocci
![Portrait of a Woman [recto]](/img/5711f4dbd562/400.webp)
Portrait of a Woman [recto]
Hans Holbein the Elder
![Study of a Bearded Man [verso]](/img/5aab1fef2881/400.webp)
Study of a Bearded Man [verso]
Hans Holbein the Elder

Head of a Bearded Man
Jost Amman

The Backplate of a Suit of Parade Armor
Etienne Delaune

A Satyr
Benvenuto Cellini

Tuft of Cowslips
Albrecht Dürer
![Male Nude [recto]](/img/049a14b76b33/400.webp)
Male Nude [recto]
Michelangelo

The Prophets Hosea and Jonah
Raphael

Head of a Woman
Andrea del Sarto
![Study for the "Madonna della Scodella" [recto]](/img/589460ecf115/400.webp)
Study for the "Madonna della Scodella" [recto]
Correggio
![Saint Matthew and Saint Jerome [verso]](/img/1a9ad58b71b2/400.webp)
Saint Matthew and Saint Jerome [verso]
Correggio

Henry, Duke of Lorrain
European 17th Century

Four Evangelists in a Scriptorium
Master I.K.

Two Angels Carrying Torches
Filippino Lippi

Man Falling from the Sky
Flemish 17th century

Four Cows
Claude Lorrain

Design for a Burgonet Helmet
Jean Cousin the Elder

Eight Apostles
Raphael
![A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill [recto]](/img/d58cf59ca68a/400.webp)
A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill [recto]
Raphael

The Virgin and Four Other Women
Vittore Carpaccio

The Hermit Saints Paul and Anthony Receiving Bread from a Dove
Domenico Campagnola

Alexander Consecrating the Altars for the Twelve Olympian Gods
Perino del Vaga

The Resurrection
Francesco Salviati

The Rape of Ganymede
Niccolò dell' Abate

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
Federico Barocci

Head of a Boy
German 16th Century

Portrait of a Man in a Broad-Brimmed Hat
Swiss 16th Century

The Four Latin Fathers of the Church
Valentijn van Orley

The Bagpipe Player
Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Acis and Galatea
Abraham Bloemaert

Portrait of a Noblewoman (Madame de Pellegars?)
François Quesnel

A Complex of Rustic Houses Built Over Ruins
Giorgione

A Village Nestled at the Foot of a Hill (recto)
Giorgione

Head of a Boy (verso)
Giulio Campagnola

Figures and Legs (verso)
Jacopo Tintoretto

The Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Anthony Abbot and a Donor
Girolamo Romanino

The Fall of Phaethon
Agnolo Bronzino

Mary and John before the Man of Sorrows
Hans Süss von Kulmbach

Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity)
Sebald Beham

Christian II of Denmark and Norway
German 16th Century
!["Always Have the Bedclothes Folded up" [fol. 41 recto]](/img/8d4a890c2a3c/400.webp)
"Always Have the Bedclothes Folded up" [fol. 41 recto]
French early 16th Century

Christ among the Doctors
Flemish 17th century

Portrait of a French General
Balthasar Moncornet

River Landscape
Italian 17th Century

Bacchus
Italian 17th Century

Two Seated Women
Pellegrino Tibaldi
![Clasped Hands [verso]](/img/e5bdbf5faeb5/400.webp)
Clasped Hands [verso]
Giacomo Cavedone

Ceiling with Allegorical Figures and the Arms of Pope Sixtus V (Guerra's outer drawing); Saint Joseph and the Christ Child (Viani's central drawing)
Giovanni Guerra

Illusionistic Ceiling with a Grape Arbor, Figures Poised on Galleries, and a Central Scene of Olympian Gods
Italian 16th Century

A Palatial Wall Ornamented with Sculptures and Paintings
Andrea Semino
![A Dialogue on Human Favor (recto) [fol. 15 verso / 16 recto]](/img/5a1f422b27f4/400.webp)
A Dialogue on Human Favor (recto) [fol. 15 verso / 16 recto]
French early 16th Century

"I Am Holding a Wolf by the Ears" (verso)
French early 16th Century
!["Turn Your Body as You Worship" [fol. 37 verso]](/img/384e3d12141f/400.webp)
"Turn Your Body as You Worship" [fol. 37 verso]
French early 16th Century
!["Do Not Give Your Right Hand to All and Sundry" [fol. 13 recto]](/img/4e7c252834f4/400.webp)
"Do Not Give Your Right Hand to All and Sundry" [fol. 13 recto]
French early 16th Century
![A Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation [fol. 14 recto]](/img/752d7d45a1f1/400.webp)
A Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation [fol. 14 recto]
French early 16th Century
!["Do Not Walk outside the Public Highway" [fol. 35 recto]](/img/1ba773d24d46/400.webp)
"Do Not Walk outside the Public Highway" [fol. 35 recto]
French early 16th Century
!["Do Not Eat Your Heart Out" [fol. 22 recto]](/img/05d3312d1b8e/400.webp)
"Do Not Eat Your Heart Out" [fol. 22 recto]
French early 16th Century
!["Help Him Who Takes up His Burden, Not Him Who Lays It down" [fol. 31 recto]](/img/ff37bf3eeed0/400.webp)
"Help Him Who Takes up His Burden, Not Him Who Lays It down" [fol. 31 recto]
French early 16th Century