Antique Canons

The figure of the lion served as a guardian for this sacred place, being a motif commonly associated with strength and divine power in the Greek architectural canon. Iris Love (193...

In the 5th century BC, the Greco-Persian style emerged from the fusion of Near Eastern and Greek traditions, developed by goldsmiths who adapted the bracelet with animal heads to the...

As in Harlicanassus, the figure of the lion served as a guardian for the building, being a motif commonly associated with strength and divine power in the Greek architectural canon. ...

The piece is in excellent condition—clean, structurally sound, and ready for immediate use—offering a rare and elegant variation within the Louis Philippe canon.

The double-headed canine form is among the most iconic and symbolically charged objects in the Bakongo ritual canon. The dog, prized in thought for its ability to hunt by night as we...

This expressive resource was developed in Greek sculpture during full Classicism, and had its maximum expression in the Doryphorus, as the incarnation of the Canon of Polycleitus, hi...

Works from this series are particularly valued for their narrative clarity, technical precision, and historical significance within the canon of British sporting art. Condition: Gen...

Fine 19th century Welsh dresser, the base with thumb molded top over five drawers all retaining original round ebonized pulls, the lower section with arch over turned canon barrel su...

Hamilton’s collection, acquired by the British Museum in 1772, formed the foundational visual canon of the Neoclassical movement, and its imagery, filtered through Wedgwood’s jasperw...

Following Brahms’s idea, Karen Schoch (2009) concludes that this archaic figurative pillar would have an impact on the fact that, despite the sensuality of her representation accordi...

Their rarity, material honesty, and historical depth position them within a growing canon of global collectible design—where provenance, craftsmanship, and conceptual clarity converg...

It is perhaps for this reason that Deborne’s works have been neglected by the Post-Impressionist canon.

Both documentary and entertaining, the work offers collectors a quintessential example of early 19th-century sporting art, valued for its narrative charm, technical finesse, and endu...

Each chair features a classic square back with molded framing, fluted tapering legs, and carved rosette corner blocks, all hallmarks of the Louis XVI neoclassical canon. The frames r...

Antique Utah Landscape Print, Weber Canyon & Great Salt Lake Valley, 1861 Description: A refined mid-19th century American landscape engraving titled Weber Lower Cañon, depictin...

Antique Utah Canyon Print, Weber River & Sheep Rock Canyon View, 1861 Description: A finely detailed mid-19th century American landscape engraving titled Second or Sheep Rock Ca...

✦ ABOUT THIS RUG An antique Caucasian Kuba rug from the northeastern Caucasus (present-day northern Azerbaijan), woven in the early twentieth century in the celebrated harshang (crab...

These antique prints were produced by the United States Geologic Survey for Clarence Dutton's work, "Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District with Atlas, by Clarence E. Dutton, ...

The wide outer guard band showcases exuberant garlands of roses and foliage, a hallmark of the Empire and Restoration periods, fitting perfectly within the canon of classic tradition...

The design follows one of the most beloved formats in the American hooked rug canon: a warm golden-ivory field at the center, animated by a generous central bouquet of deep magenta a...

This oil on marble portrait depicts a noble gentleman belonging to colonial high society, following the canons of European portraiture. The subject is depicted full-length, set in a ...

The print is based on a celebrated Tudor portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, the foremost court painter of Henry VIII, and was engraved in the mid-18th century in the circle of Geo...

Each chair features a classic rectilinear back with molded framing, fluted tapering legs, and carved rosette corner blocks, all hallmarks of the Louis XVI neoclassical canon. The fra...

These figures — associated in Sumba's animist marapu tradition with ancestral spirits, noble clan identity, and the mediation between the living and the dead — represent one of the m...

"(published by Father Dom François Chamard, Benedictine of the Abbey of Ligugé in France (Paris, 1882)) Our painting reminds us of a work by the troubadour painter Charles Louis Les...

An authentic and highly collectible antique hand-knotted Caucasian rug, woven circa 1880s in the Talish region of the southern Caucasus — one of the most distinctive and sought-after...

This pair is documented in Il Mobile del Novecento (DeAgostini), confirming its relevance within the canon of early modern decorative arts and Italian interpretations of the Art Nouv...

✦ ABOUT THIS RUG An antique Caucasian Shirvan rug of authentic tribal character and great chromatic beauty — woven in the eastern Caucasus (present-day Azerbaijan) in the late ninete...

Cartier is listed in the Bénézit Dictionary of Artists, confirming his standing within the canon of recognized French sculptors. This example retains a rich patinated finish with sub...

Today, Heer is represented in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, affirming his status within the canon of American illustrators from the early modern era.

Serious literary analysis at the turn of the century also placed Austen firmly within the literary canon, elevating her status to a writer worthy of study and analysis.

Serious literary analysis at the turn of the century also placed Austen firmly within the literary canon, elevating her status to a writer worthy of study and analysis.

✦ ABOUT THIS RUG A magnificent antique Caucasian Kazak rug of exceptional age, authenticity, and visual power — woven in the southwestern Caucasus in the 1880s, in the bold geometric...

In 1855 he gained consensus with Un veglione al teatro della Pergola, a work characterized by bright colors but still permeated by a polemical meaning and therefore far from the veri...

The head of the figure on our slab is depicted in profile, according to the canons of the early period, with the eye and front shoulder facing the viewer, however the style of the ca...

This is actually the really cool thing about antique furniture, although there were some canons regarding the styles, at the end of the day these were all hand-made pieces made to th...

Its imperial symbolism, documented Moscow manufacture, and commanding presence place it well above generic European copperware and firmly within the canon of late Imperial Russian de...

The upper plateau of the cover is surmounted with an angular sterling silver handle or bell canons. The cover opens to reveal a circular sunken well and removable ceramic ink line...

Optica View The Hague Canal & Cannon Foundry, Basset c.1770 This is a finely engraved and hand-colored optical print titled *Vue du Canal et de l’Hotel de Fonderie de Canon a la Hay...

Often overlooked in the canon of decorative arts, pyrography reached its zenith during the Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when it flourished as a...

She later continued her studies in Vienna as a student of Hans Canon and the history painter Fritz L'Allemand. In 1876, Matschnig submitted an oil portrait of Franz Joseph I to an ex...

She holds a bronze plaque that establishes a "canon" of Western literary mastery.The Names on the PlaqueThe names are listed in their French forms, representing the pinnacle of ancie...

Title page printed in red and black. Zype was a canon lawyer and church official attached to the Bishop of Antwerp.

One can recognize the Roman influence in the very classical and very serious canon of the figures and in the very detailed work of his folds (very tight folds in a manner characteris...

The combination of diamonds and enamel, together with their documented Portuguese hallmarks, positions them firmly within the canon of important Southern European jewelry of the peri...

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This copy was specially bound for presentation to Benedetto (Benedicto) Latilla, General Abbot of the Lateran Regular Canons, to whom the book is dedicated, a...

Lemanceau’s works—ranging from panthers and gazelles to llamas and stylized birds—are today considered essential pieces in the canon of Art Deco animalier design and remain highly so...

Elegant French Regency (early 18th century) chimney piece in classic canon de fusil grey marble stone showing discreet bronze/old-green mastic tones.

Antique bound poetry and song book – this edition published by Methuen in 1898 Bound in cloth over board with gold titling to the spine Presented across 208 pages, with a 40-page add...

The combination of dramatic subject matter, fine hand coloring, and association with Vernet places this print firmly within the canon of classic 19th-century Napoleonic imagery.

In the canon of American Arts and Crafts, few names command reverence like Roycroft—and few objects better capture its ethos than this hammered copper tray.

The shape of the vase, with a globular body and tall cylindrical neck, reflects the aesthetic canons of the late 19th century, characterized by organic lines and naturalistic decorat...

The idealized face, with soft and expressive features, corresponds to the aesthetic canon of the period, which sought to convey an ideal of spiritualized beauty through physical form.

Details of everyday life—elegant figures walking in period clothing, glimpses of others gathered in front of a canon.. The poster’s classic Art Deco typography boldly displays "Chemi...

lovely collection of small cannons from the end of the 19th century. All the canons have different dimensions

Mahogany William and Mary style chest of six dovetails drawers with original brass teardrop pulls & marvelous canon ball feet. The interesting size boasts versatility lending itself ...

This mid-17th-century Spanish oil on canvas depicts a dignified man of learning - a theologian, or perhaps a cathedral canon. Dressed in a black cassock, marked by a vertical row of...

The firm's showrooms on Rue Royale and later Place Vendôme became essential destinations for collectors, while acquisitions by institutions like the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museu...

Most with cast relief decorations to the body. All with a looped canon to the top for suspension. Some still retaining clappers.

In contrast to these prints, on which Mary is usually shown with European facial features, this painting, like another example in the former Augustinian Canons’ monastery of Pfaffen-...