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
Dragon and Tiger
Soga Nichokuan
Dragon
Soga Nichokuan
Tiger
Soga Nichokuan
Seasonal Landscapes: Summer
Kano Hideyori
Fisherman's Joy
Qian Gu
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Narcissus and Bare Trees
Chen Hongshou
Frontispiece Miniature from the Manuscript of a Poem by Guillaume Crétin: Debate Between Two Women
Master of Francis I
Leaf from a Book of Hours: King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)
Noël Bellemare
Duck in Flight
Shikibu Terutada
Washing the Feet (from the Dusty World)
Wen Boren
Figure Mooring a Boat
Kannan
Clearing Autumn Mists in the Chu Mountains
Lan Ying
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Chrysanthemum
Chen Hongshou
Cucumber and Eggplants
Yamada Dōan
A Couple
Hasegawa Sōen
Mandarin Duck
Sesson Shūkei
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms
Noël Bellemare
Baoyang Lake
Song Xu
Single Leaf with Scenes from the Last Supper
Simon Bening
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Calligraphy
Chen Hongshou
Martyrdom of Saint Andrew
Guido Reni
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholars in a Garden
Chen Hongshou
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholar with Staff and Brush
Chen Hongshou
Mt. Daochang
Song Xu
Cutting from a Missal: Initial O with Christ Performing an Exorcism
Matteo da Milano
A Solitary Crane in the Bamboo Grove
Tao Hong
Su Shi (So Shoku) and Pan Lang (Han Rō)
Unkoku Tōgan
Pan Lang (Han Rō)
Unkoku Tōgan
Bamboo and Plum
Sesson Shūkei
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Rock, Old Tree, and Bamboo
Chen Hongshou
Bilang Lake
Song Xu
Su Shi (So Shoku)
Unkoku Tōgan
Landscape
Kano Motonobu
Historiated Initial (E) Excised from the Colonna Missal: The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen
Apollonio de' Bonfratelli
Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna from the fire, from Adi-parva (volume one) of the Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614) from the Sanskrit Mahabharata
Bilal Habshi
Pan Lang (Han Rō)
Shikibu Terutada
Farming and Herding Buffalo in Summer
Kano Hideyori
Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1574-1612)
Nur Muhammad
Hanshan and Shide (Kanzan and Jittoku)
Shikibu Terutada
Mt. Shenchang
Song Xu
Mt. Dong (Grotto Mountain)
Song Xu
Yutai Peak (Jade Terrace Peak)
Song Xu
Returning Peasants in a Spring Evening
Tao Hong
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Govardhan
Lüshan Hui
Song Xu
Mt. Changchao
Song Xu
Mt. Fenghuang (Mt. Phoenix)
Song Xu
Mt. Biyan (Green Cliff)
Song Xu
Hexi
Song Xu
A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince
Manohar
Page from the Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds)
Abd al-Rahim, the Anbarin-Qalam
Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)
Mushfiq
Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)
Mushfiq
Sparrows and Bamboo
Shiken Saidō
Fushan Monastery
Song Xu
Xintang (Immortal's Peak)
Song Xu
Mt. Wuzhan
Song Xu
Huanglong Cave (Yellow Dragon Cave)
Song Xu
Guiyun Shrine
Song Xu
Xianding (Immortal's Peak)
Song Xu