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

Landscape with Saint John the Baptist

Herri met de Bles

John the Baptist being carried to Zacharias

Francesco Granacci

The Four Accomplishments

Kano Shōei

Hunting with falcons in a landscape (recto)

Abd al-Samad

Peafowl and Phoenixes

Tosa Mitsuyoshi

Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara (pair)

Master of the Holy Blood

Holy Family with the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Tommaso d’Antonio Manzuoli, called Maso da San Friano

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 1

Chen Hongshou

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 2

Chen Hongshou

Saint Barbara

Master of the Holy Blood

Portrait of a Woman as Saint Catherine

Pier Francesco Foschi

Hunting with falcons in a landscape; verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish poems in praise of wine, Sultan Muhammad Nur (Persian, c. 1472–1536) and Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s)

Abd al-Samad

Saint Catherine

Master of the Holy Blood

The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)

Basavana

Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)

Dharam Das

Saying Farewell at Xunyang (Song of the Pipa)

Wen Boren

Adoration of the Shepherds

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein

Paintings after Ancient Masters: A Lohan [after Guanxiu]

Chen Hongshou

Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley

Wen Zhengming

The Annunciation (Matins, Office of the Virgin): Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 3 Excised Leaves)

Noël Bellemare

Christ with Joseph of Arimathea

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo

The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, page from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian,1247–1318)

Sur Das

Portrait of Maria Kitscher, Frau von Freyberg

Hans Mielich

A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

Basavana

The parrot mother cautions her young on the danger of playing with foxes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Dasavanta

Eighteen Views of Huzhou

Song Xu

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Chrysanthemum and Rock

Chen Hongshou

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Laozi Riding an Ox

Chen Hongshou

The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basavana

Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Abd al-Vahhab

The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basawan​

Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Mir Musavvir

Landscape with Fishermen

Yi Bul-hae

A Mounted Prince Hunting Lion in a Rocky Landscape

Khem Karan

Old Pine Tree

Wen Zhengming

The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basavana

Water Village

Wen Boren

Leaf from a Commission: St. Mark Giving the Keys of Venice to Francesco de Priuli

Benedetto Bordone

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Portrait of Tao Yuanming

Chen Hongshou

Haboku (Flung-ink) Landscape

Shūgetsu Tōkan

The prince’s ordeal continues, he is ordered away to be executed for the fifth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Ghulam 'Ali

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Lotus and Rocks

Chen Hongshou

The Dead Christ with Angels

Leandro Bassano

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan

Chen Hongshou

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Portrait of Zhongqing in a Landscape

Chen Hongshou

Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories)

Shravana

Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

Mir Sayyid Ali

Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)

Lal

Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602)

Farukh Chela

Portrait of Suraj Singh Rathor, Raja of Marwar and Maternal Uncle of Shah Jahan: A Page from the Prince Khurram Album

Bishandas

Adjoining Leaves from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms and King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)

Noël Bellemare

Old Trees by a Wintry Brook

Wen Zhengming

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Daoist and Crane in Autumn Landscape

Chen Hongshou

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Mr. Five Willows (Wuliu), Tao Yuanming

Chen Hongshou

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholar Reading in a Thatched Hut by a Waterfall

Chen Hongshou

Portrait of Vincenzo Guarignoni

Giovanni Battista Moroni

The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night

Basavana

The wounded monkey bites the hand of the prince, his chessmate, in the presence of guests, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Dasavanta

The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Shravana

The handmaiden again pleads for the death of the prince, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Lalu