Renaissance banquets (Banquetes da Renascença)

The Renaissance banquets were characterized by a growing sophistication with regard to table setting and guests’ costumes.


Os banquetes renascentistas caracterizavam-se por um crescente requinte quanto à baixela e trajes dos comensais.

Dirck Hals (1591-1656)-'banquet scene in a Renaissance hall'-oil on wood-1628 Wien-Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der Bildenden Kunste

Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (1430-1472)-'concert and banquet'-fresco-1570 Caldogno (Veneto)-Villa Caldogno Nordera

Frans Hals (ca1580-1666)-'banquet of the civic guard of St. Andrew'-oil on canvas-(1627-1633) Haarlem-Frans Hals Museum

Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)-'the story of Nastagio degli Onesti-wedding banquet (four episode)'-tempera-(1482-1483) Private collection

Anton Claeissens (ca 1538-1613)-'banquet'-oil on panel-1574 Bruges-Groenige Museum

Medieval Banquet (Banquetes medievais)

Characterized by exquisite diners’ garments, the presence of roasted meat cut with a knife and eaten by hand, wine, usually drunk in bowls, and bread. Sometimes there were music performances.


Caracterizavam-se por vestuário requintado dos comensais, presença de carnes assadas cortadas com faca e comidas à mão, vinho geralmente bebido por malgas, pão. Realizavam-se com ou sem acompanhamento musical.

English unknown weaver-'banquet of the William I the Conqueror'-tapestry (wool embroidered on a linen background)-ca 1080 Bayeux-Musée de la Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde

Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Jean or Jannequin, Paul or Pol)-'January'-miniature-(1412-1416) Chantilly-Musée Condé (Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry, folio 2r)

Unknown-'State banquet'-woodcut Virgil; Georgics, Peacock, Lyon (1517)

Leonhard Beck after Hans Burgkmair drawing (ca 1480-1542)-'splendid banquet'-woodcut-(1509-1510) in The life and reign of Emperor Maximilian I

Albrecht Altdorfer (ca 1480-1538)-'banquet'-drawing

Banquetes greco-romanos (Greco-roman banquet)

Os Gregos comiam junto de pequenas mesas e o mesmo acontecia com os Romanos. Tomavam as refeições deitados em sofás sobre o lado esquerdo. Os escravos lavavam os pés empoeirados dos convidados. Estes lavavam as mãos porque comiam com elas.

The Greeks ate with small tables and so did the Romans. Taking meals reclining on couches on the left side. Slaves washed the dusty feet of guests. They washed their hands because they ate with them.

Giulio Pippi or Romano (ca 1499-1546)-'banquet of Amor and Psyche'-fresco Mantova-Palazzo Te

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)-'the banquet of Cleopatra'-oil on canvas London-National Gallery

Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691-1765)-'Circe entertaining Odysseus at a banquet'-oil on canvas-(1718-1719) Sarasota Bay- The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Unknown-'banquet'-fresco-3th century Roma-Catacomba Pietro e Marcellino

Unknown-'banquet'-fresco-(3rd-2nd century BC) Tarquinia-Tomb of the shieds