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
Two Men Tying a Bundle (recto)
Anonymous
Design for a Frieze with a Putto and Acanthus Leaves
Giulio Romano
The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph
Parmigianino
The Apostles Gathered Around the Tomb of the Virgin
Camillo Procaccini
Torsos with Rib Cages
Battista Franco
Rib Cages
Battista Franco
River Landscape with Boats
Annibale Carracci
Temptation of Saint Anthony
Luca Cambiaso
Half-Length Figure Study of a Woman
Ludovico Cardi Cigoli
Justice
Giulio Romano
The Judgment of Paris
Carletto Caliari
Sketches of Animals (verso)
Perino del Vaga
The Three Theological Virtures: Faith, Hope, and Charity, Surrounded by the Four Evangelists
Pieter I de Jode
Farm with Trees in a Hilly Landscape
Gherardo Cibo
Design for a Chalice (recto)
Luzio Romano
Arm Bones
Battista Franco
Madonna and Child
Jacopo Chimenti
The Dead Christ
Albrecht Dürer
A Miracle of Saint Philip Benizzi: The Healing of a Demoniac Woman
Taddeo Zuccaro
Copy of Tintoretto's Children of Israel Gathering Manna
Jacopo Tintoretto
Camel and Groom; Single Page Illustration
Shaykh Muhammad
Portrait of a Young Woman with Pearls
Ottavio Mario Leoni
St. George and the Dragon
Francesco Salviati
Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John
Lucas Cranach
Copy after Primaticcio's Juno Awakening Sleep
Francesco Primaticcio
Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration
Muhammadi
Flying Cupid
Annibale Carracci
Youth Holding a Pomegranate; Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript
Riza-yi Abbasi
The Entombment
Giovanni de' Vecchi
Apollo with Erato and Cupid
Johann Kellerthaler
Portrait of Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, later 1st Earl of Nottingham
Nicholas Hilliard
Design for Decorative Hinges (recto) Border Lines (verso)
Luzio Romano
Two Studies of a Flayed Man (recto)
Bartolommeo da Arezzo
Three Studies of Angels for a Pendentive (recto); Studies for Christ Meeting His Mother on the Road to Calvary, Studies of an Angel in a Pendentive (verso)
Cristoforo Roncalli
Three Studies of Angels for a Pendentive (recto)
Cristoforo Roncalli
Studies for Christ Meeting His Mother on the Road to Calvary, Studies of an Angel in a Pendentive (verso)
Cristoforo Roncalli
The Flight into Egypt
Gregorio Pagani
Copy of an Antique Statue of a Standing Woman (two views), over a Sketch of a Putto
Jacopo Chimenti
Copy after Giulio Romano's Fall of Icarus
Giulio Romano
Madonna and Child in Glory
Isaac Oliver
Study of Heads (recto)
Agostino Carracci
The Flaying of Marsyas
Jan van der Straet, called Johannes Stradanus
Study of a Flayed Torso (verso)
Bartolommeo da Arezzo
Design for Two Vases, Two Coats of Arms, and a Bull (recto) Several Line Borders (verso)
Luzio Romano
Design for a Crozier
Luzio Romano
The Conversion of St. Paul
Lelio Orsi
Portrait of a Woman
Nicholas Hilliard
Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso)
Luzio Romano
The River God Tiber (Study for a fresco, Miracle of the Snow, or the Foundation of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome in the Canigiani chapel of S. Felicita, Florence)
Bernardino Poccetti
Design for Decorative Hinges (recto)
Luzio Romano
Portrait of a Woman
Nicholas Hilliard
Romulus and Remus Found by Faustulus (recto) Concentric Circles (verso)
Romanino
Portrait of a Man
Nicholas Hilliard
The Unrepentant Thief
Sodoma
Landscape with Tower at Seashore
Filippo Napoletano
Design for a Candlestick
Luzio Romano
Study of Heads (recto); Crenelated Fortress (verso)
Agostino Carracci
The Drummer
Jacques Callot
Romulus and Remus Found by Faustulus (recto)
Romanino
Elderly Man Reading a Book
Nicolas Lagneau