Antique Canons

The volume assembled engraved likenesses of distinguished Northern European artists and helped establish an enduring visual canon of Netherlandish art. The old Christopher Mendez la...

The sides feature beautifully detailed mounts with canons, a drum, a rifle, a trumpet and a flag below slides fitted with an intricately cast floral motif knob that withdraw to exten...

Beautiful pair of Louis XVI style amphora-shaped vases in gilded bronze and "canon de fusil" patinated bronze. The neck, decorated with twisted fluting, is topped with a bouquet comp...

Kitchen table hand-crafted in the United Kingdom in the mid 1800s using oak and following the canons of the Jacobean style. The table has beautiful proportion and gorgeous character...

With its elegant design, evoking the canons of the French Gothic tradition, the sculpture will capture the admiration of any lover of ancient sculpture, certainly for its ideal beaut...

• It has real provenance in the Lalique decorative-arts canon; the Dahlias model is documented in reference listings and catalogue-raisonné citations for Lalique glass.

In France in particular, women painted through the realism of their bodies conveyed their sensual physicality, such as the models of Courbet and Ingres, modelling them according to t...

A bronze statue that illustrates Polykleitos's treatise The Canon, which outlined the mathematical proportions of the ideal male body.

This large-scale composition illustrates one of the most dramatic episodes in the religious history of Spain: the assassination of Pedro Arbués, canon of Zaragoza and Inquisitor of A...

The chair features a classic shield-form back with a gently curved crest rail, fluted tapered legs, and carved rosette blocks with original gilt accents at the corners—hallmarks of t...

As for the cross proposed here, we see a painting rendered according to the fourteenth-century canons introduced by Giotto: Christ has a recumbent head and great attention is given t...

Owning artist copies of masters such as Dürer or Pourbus was not considered a compromise, but rather a mark of high cultural prestige and a celebration of the classical canons of bea...

Each chair features an oval back with a molded frame, fluted tapering legs, and carved rosette blocks at the corners - classic elements of the Louis XVI canon. The frames are finishe...

A rare and exquisite complete set of nine Japanese lacquer sweet trays (kashiki) executed in the supremely demanding togidashi maki-e technique — one of the most time-consuming and t...

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...

The continuous lines of the armrests, which merge into the backrest in a soft curve, also correspond to this formal canon and testify to an understanding of design in which construct...

It captures a moment when design was not merely decorative but a vital instrument in shaping history, making it a compelling and historically rich work within the canon of 20th-centu...

Trained within the Emilian academic tradition, he turned early toward a realism of Nordic and Caravaggesque derivation, far removed from the classicist canon. His painting, character...

Although it is an elegant carving in its movement and modeling, its canon is short, with long torsos, short legs and large hands and feet.

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...

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...

In his works, and our portrait perfectly reflects his canons, an extraordinary naturalistic imprint, great realism and remarkable essentiality are evident.

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...

Additional examples of Bellows's 1916 lithographs are found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, National Gallery of A...

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.

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

William and Mary style solid Mahogany chest of six dovetails drawers with original brass teardrop pulls & marvelous canon ball feet. Nice mid size of heirloom quality, newly refinis...

✦ 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...

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...

"(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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

✦ 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...

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...

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

This model is documented in Das Thonet Buch by Alexander von Vegesack (Munich, 1987, pp. 118–119), affirming its place in the canon of historic modern furniture design.

✦ 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...