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Antique Print of the Pagoda of Kannon by Van Schley, 1758
Antique Print of the Pagoda of Kannon by Van Schley, 1758

Antique Print of the Pagoda of Kannon by Van Schley, 1758

By Jakob van der Schley

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique print titled 'Pagode de Canon - Pagode van Canon'. This print depicts the pagoda of Kannon, Japan.

Category

18th Century Antique Canons

Materials

Paper

Landscape with Classical Ruins, Oil on Canvas, Attributed to Giner, Vicente
Landscape with Classical Ruins, Oil on Canvas, Attributed to Giner, Vicente

Landscape with Classical Ruins, Oil on Canvas, Attributed to Giner, Vicente

Located in Madrid, ES

At the foot of this building, there is a group of people, dressed in the classic way (women, children and a soldier with a spear). Vicente Giner, canon and artist from Castellón, is ...

Category

17th Century European Baroque Antique Canons

Materials

Other

Rare Pair of French Ormolu "Animal" Candelabra, By Thomier A Paris
Rare Pair of French Ormolu "Animal" Candelabra, By Thomier A Paris

Rare Pair of French Ormolu "Animal" Candelabra, By Thomier A Paris

By Thomire & Cie.

Located in New York, NY

Given Thomire’s documented royal commissions and enduring legacy as one of the foremost decorative bronziers of his time, signed pieces such as these hold strong value on the market ...

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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Canons

Materials

Marble, Bronze

"On the Lake" American 20th Century Oil Painting In the Style of Camille Carot
"On the Lake" American 20th Century Oil Painting In the Style of Camille Carot

"On the Lake" American 20th Century Oil Painting In the Style of Camille Carot

Located in New York, NY

There is a house in the background, with a figure on a canon rowing down the lake. A work from the early 20th Century with a dreamy atmosphere and great attention to detail.

Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Antique Canons

Materials

Oil, Board

The Battle of Raz de Sein
The Battle of Raz de Sein

The Battle of Raz de Sein

By Thomas Luny

Located in London, GB

The scene is only lit from two sources - one being the tranquil moon, and the other being violent flashes of canon fire between the two fighting ships. The moon penetrates from behin...

Category

19th Century Antique Canons

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Anglo Indian Painting of Tipu Sultan's Fortress Nundydroog, Mysore c. 1853 Prov
Anglo Indian Painting of Tipu Sultan's Fortress Nundydroog, Mysore c. 1853 Prov

Anglo Indian Painting of Tipu Sultan's Fortress Nundydroog, Mysore c. 1853 Prov

Located in San Francisco, CA

Fortifications on the edge of the cliff show signs of where the canons were placed, a remnant of a once mighty fort.

Category

Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Canons

Materials

Paper

Italian 19th Century White Carrara Marble Statue of Aeschines
Italian 19th Century White Carrara Marble Statue of Aeschines

Italian 19th Century White Carrara Marble Statue of Aeschines

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

They are included in the Canon of Ten which originated in Alexandria.

Category

19th Century Italian Antique Canons

Materials

Carrara Marble

Important Vase Art Nouveau by Moritz Hacker and Johann Loetz Witwe, 1900s
Important Vase Art Nouveau by Moritz Hacker and Johann Loetz Witwe, 1900s

Important Vase Art Nouveau by Moritz Hacker and Johann Loetz Witwe, 1900s

By Moritz Hacker, Johann Lötz Witwe

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

The vase proposed by us is of a unique refinement in artistic execution and perfectly blends all the stylistic canons of Art Nouveau. A collector's vase for refined researchers of un...

Category

Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Canons

Materials

Metal

Still Life with Apples, c. 1910
Still Life with Apples, c. 1910

Still Life with Apples, c. 1910

By Emma Ekwall

Located in Stockholm, SE

Her paintings hang in Sweden’s Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and in regional art museums such as Norrköping and Kalmar, affirming her enduring legacy in the canon of Swedish art. Given...

Category

1910s Realist Antique Canons

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Highly Important Jacques Bergé (Flemish, 1693 - 1756) King David Sculpture 1736
Highly Important Jacques Bergé (Flemish, 1693 - 1756) King David Sculpture 1736

Highly Important Jacques Bergé (Flemish, 1693 - 1756) King David Sculpture 1736

Located in Atlanta, GA

It stands as one of the rare surviving examples of Bergé’s smaller-scale work, encapsulating his importance within the canon of early modern religious sculpture in the Low Countries.

Category

Early 18th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Canons

Materials

Clay, Terracotta

18th-Century Artillery Engraving of the Spanish Captain's Carriage and Mechanism
18th-Century Artillery Engraving of the Spanish Captain's Carriage and Mechanism

18th-Century Artillery Engraving of the Spanish Captain's Carriage and Mechanism

Located in Langweer, NL

This rare print is part of the historical "Fonte des Canons" series, which documents the intricate processes of artillery production, engineering, and usage in the Age of Enlightenme...

Category

1770s Antique Canons

Materials

Paper

Landscape with the penitent St. Jerome, XVIIth - XVIIIth century
Landscape with the penitent St. Jerome, XVIIth - XVIIIth century

Landscape with the penitent St. Jerome, XVIIth - XVIIIth century

Located in Milan, IT

In accordance with the canons of 17th-18th century painting, the figure of the Saint, adapted to the iconography in his clothes and attitude, is however inserted in an unsuitable lan...

Category

Late 17th Century Other Art Style Antique Canons

Materials

Oil

Sante Nucci, Neapolitan Landscape with Figures, 19th-Century Oil Painting
Sante Nucci, Neapolitan Landscape with Figures, 19th-Century Oil Painting

Sante Nucci, Neapolitan Landscape with Figures, 19th-Century Oil Painting

By Sante Nucci

Located in Roma, IT

Nucci painted them without ever departing from the canons of the glorious local 17th century'. In 1883, he participated in the Munich Exhibition with The Madonna and Child Dreaming ...

Category

1860s Italian School Antique Canons

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Reclaimed Antique Carved Stone Fireplace Mantle Chimney Surround Los Angeles CA
Reclaimed Antique Carved Stone Fireplace Mantle Chimney Surround Los Angeles CA

Reclaimed Antique Carved Stone Fireplace Mantle Chimney Surround Los Angeles CA

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Artists of this period also knew how to create new decorative motifs, new canons of beauty and new architectural rules. Under the reign of the Sun King, in the middle of the 17th ce...

Category

18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Canons

Materials

Stone, Limestone

Pair of George III Drinking Mugs, Chester, 1765 by Richard Richardson II
Pair of George III Drinking Mugs, Chester, 1765 by Richard Richardson II

Pair of George III Drinking Mugs, Chester, 1765 by Richard Richardson II

Located in London, GB

Due to their rarity they are mentioned in "Chester Silver", 1727-1837, by Canon Maurice Ridgeway, Page 162, items 1 & 2.

Category

1760s English George III Antique Canons

Materials

Sterling Silver

18th Century Engraving of Ornate French Cannons, circa 1770
18th Century Engraving of Ornate French Cannons, circa 1770

18th Century Engraving of Ornate French Cannons, circa 1770

Located in Langweer, NL

18th Century Engraving of Ornate French Cannons from Diderot’s Encyclopédie, circa 1770 This exceptional 18th-century engraving, titled Fonte des Canons, originates from Denis Did...

Category

1770s Antique Canons

Materials

Paper

Spanish school. Secretary of Pope Pius V, abbot of Husillos, bishop of Córdoba.
Spanish school. Secretary of Pope Pius V, abbot of Husillos, bishop of Córdoba.

Spanish school. Secretary of Pope Pius V, abbot of Husillos, bishop of Córdoba.

Located in Firenze, IT

Bishop Reynoso's family held various important positions: his brother Pedro succeeded as the eighth Lord of Autillo de Campos, his brother Manuel was a canon of the Cathedral of Pale...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Antique Canons

Materials

Parchment Paper, Oil, Wood Panel

Extremely Rare Antique Print of The Kings of Cambodia in Asia, 1725
Extremely Rare Antique Print of The Kings of Cambodia in Asia, 1725

Extremely Rare Antique Print of The Kings of Cambodia in Asia, 1725

Located in Langweer, NL

Description: Plate: 'Audience des Rois de Cambodia dans leur Palais defendu pas 16 elephants et 24 pieces de canon. (Audience before the Kings of Cambodia in their Palace, protected ...

Category

1720s Antique Canons

Materials

Paper

18th Century Cannon Foundry Engraving from Diderot’s Encyclopédie, circa 1770
18th Century Cannon Foundry Engraving from Diderot’s Encyclopédie, circa 1770

18th Century Cannon Foundry Engraving from Diderot’s Encyclopédie, circa 1770

Located in Langweer, NL

18th Century Cannon Foundry Engraving from Diderot’s Encyclopédie, circa 1770 This fine 18th-century engraving, titled Fonte des Canons, originates from Denis Diderot’s Encyclopéd...

Category

1770s Antique Canons

Materials

Paper

20th Century Violet and Grey Art Deco European Rug, circa 1920
20th Century Violet and Grey Art Deco European Rug, circa 1920

20th Century Violet and Grey Art Deco European Rug, circa 1920

Located in Firenze, IT

The carpet that we propose is positioned in the stylistic and cultural movement of the beginning of the 20th century defined as Art Deco 'With this style the traditional canons are i...

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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Antique Canons

Materials

Wool

Antique Portrait of Willem Van Braam by Sallieth, circa 1780
Antique Portrait of Willem Van Braam by Sallieth, circa 1780

Antique Portrait of Willem Van Braam by Sallieth, circa 1780

Located in Langweer, NL

Portrait of Willem van Braam, standing near a canon. In the background, a ship. Made after a drawing by J.

Category

18th Century Dutch Antique Canons

Materials

Paper

Set of 1770s Cannon Foundry Engravings from Diderot’s Encyclopédie, France
Set of 1770s Cannon Foundry Engravings from Diderot’s Encyclopédie, France

Set of 1770s Cannon Foundry Engravings from Diderot’s Encyclopédie, France

Located in Langweer, NL

Title: Set of 1770s Cannon Foundry Engravings from Diderot’s Encyclopédie, France Description: This set of eighteenth-century engravings, titled Fonte des Canons, originates from ...

Category

1770s Antique Canons

Materials

Paper

Reclaimed Antique Carved Stone Fireplace Mantle chimney surround Los Angeles CA
Reclaimed Antique Carved Stone Fireplace Mantle chimney surround Los Angeles CA

Reclaimed Antique Carved Stone Fireplace Mantle chimney surround Los Angeles CA

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Artists of this period also knew how to create new decorative motifs, new canons of beauty and new architectural rules. Under the reign of the Sun King, in the middle of the 17th ce...

Category

Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Canons

Materials

Stone, Limestone

VAN FALENS Flemish painting Horses riders river landscape 18th
VAN FALENS Flemish painting Horses riders river landscape 18th

VAN FALENS Flemish painting Horses riders river landscape 18th

By Carel van Falens (Antwerp, 1683 - Paris, 1733), attrib.

Located in PARIS, FR

But Van Falens takes up in his compositions the range of colours (his browns, beiges, blues and oranges in particular) and the canon of the horses, very beautiful horses in particula...

Category

Early 18th Century Flemish School Antique Canons

Materials

Oil

Pair of eighteenth-century paintings
Pair of eighteenth-century paintings

Pair of eighteenth-century paintings

Located in Cesena, FC

This type of subject, which shows us the tenderness of a scene of family intimacy, fits perfectly with the elegant ways of such a luminous and accurate painting, deeply derived from ...

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Mid-18th Century Antique Canons

Materials

Canvas, Wood

18th Century Directoire Period Fine Original Antique Fireplace Surround
18th Century Directoire Period Fine Original Antique Fireplace Surround

18th Century Directoire Period Fine Original Antique Fireplace Surround

Located in Beervelde, BE

The center detail on the front is a composition of elements of war, flags, helmet and canon. This mantlepiece was especially commissioned for a high ranked officer in the French army.

Category

Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Canons

Materials

Stone

Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Mare and Foal” by Isidore Bonheur
Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Mare and Foal” by Isidore Bonheur

Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Mare and Foal” by Isidore Bonheur

By Isidore Jules Bonheur

Located in Shippensburg, PA

Today, Bonheur’s bronzes are regarded as essential to the Animalier canon and are distinguished by their compositional balance, technical finish, and quiet dignity.

Category

19th Century French Romantic Antique Canons

Materials

Bronze

The Sunbonnet Babies - Modernist Female Artist
The Sunbonnet Babies - Modernist Female Artist

The Sunbonnet Babies - Modernist Female Artist

Located in Miami, FL

Her signature use of a hat or sunbonnet to hide the identity of her subjects is a big conceptual and visual idea that has been overlooked in the fine art canon. The exact meaning of...

Category

Early 1900s American Modern Antique Canons

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

A carved walnut sofa with boat-shaped form in the style of Henry Thomas Peters
A carved walnut sofa with boat-shaped form in the style of Henry Thomas Peters

A carved walnut sofa with boat-shaped form in the style of Henry Thomas Peters

By Henry Thomas Peters

Located in Chiavari, Liguria

His designs demonstrate his ability to blend the canons of an English style heavily indebted to Adam, whom we can consider, at least morally, his master, with the taste and stylistic...

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Canons

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

The Church's Defender: Advocate in Arms on a Hand-Colored Lithograph,  1847
The Church's Defender: Advocate in Arms on a Hand-Colored Lithograph,  1847

The Church's Defender: Advocate in Arms on a Hand-Colored Lithograph, 1847

Located in Langweer, NL

This title likely refers to a legal position within the church, possibly a canon lawyer or someone who represented the interests of the church in legal matters during medieval times.

Category

1840s Antique Canons

Materials

Paper

17th C Louis XIV Hand Carved Stone Chateau Fireplace Mantle surround Los Angeles
17th C Louis XIV Hand Carved Stone Chateau Fireplace Mantle surround Los Angeles

17th C Louis XIV Hand Carved Stone Chateau Fireplace Mantle surround Los Angeles

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Artists of this period also knew how to create new decorative motifs, new canons of beauty and new architectural rules. Under the reign of the Sun King, in the middle of the 17th cen...

Category

17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Canons

Materials

Stone, Limestone

Bathers, Oil on Canvas, 1914
Bathers, Oil on Canvas, 1914

Bathers, Oil on Canvas, 1914

By Roger Grillon

Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR

Their bodies pinked by the sun show rounded shapes in the canons of the time. They are defined by black outlines that make them pop out of the canvas for a stark contrast with the na...

Category

1910s Impressionist Antique Canons

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Large Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Guanyin, Late Qing Dynasty
A Large Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Guanyin, Late Qing Dynasty

A Large Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Guanyin, Late Qing Dynasty

Located in ARMADALE, VIC

The unique state of religion in China held no monolithic canon regarding Buddhism and saw the assimilation of several belief systems, primarily Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Canons

Materials

Hardwood

Oils on Realistic Panel, Still Life, Mid-19th Century, circa: 1850 - 1870
Oils on Realistic Panel, Still Life, Mid-19th Century, circa: 1850 - 1870

Oils on Realistic Panel, Still Life, Mid-19th Century, circa: 1850 - 1870

Located in CRÉTEIL, FR

He rejects the inspiration and imagination of Romanticism as well as the attachment to the ancient canons of neoclassical painting. It carries social and humanitarian values that ...

Category

19th Century Antique Canons

Materials

Paint

A Large Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Guanyin, Late Qing Dynasty
A Large Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Guanyin, Late Qing Dynasty

A Large Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Guanyin, Late Qing Dynasty

Located in ARMADALE, VIC

The unique state of religion in China held no monolithic canon regarding Buddhism and saw the assimilation of several belief systems, primarily Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Canons

Materials

Hardwood

A Large Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Guanyin, Late Qing Dynasty
A Large Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Guanyin, Late Qing Dynasty

A Large Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Guanyin, Late Qing Dynasty

Located in ARMADALE, VIC

The unique state of religion in China held no monolithic canon regarding Buddhism and saw the assimilation of several belief systems, primarily Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Canons

Materials

Hardwood

Antique Stained Glass Window of Saint Edmund
Antique Stained Glass Window of Saint Edmund

Antique Stained Glass Window of Saint Edmund

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

The abbey was founded in 1180 for canons of the premonstratensian order, by Robert de Mantell, Lord of the Manor of Little Maldon and Sheriff of Essex.

Category

Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Canons

Materials

Glass, Stained Glass, Wood, Pine

Large French Art Deco Bronze D'Ore Chandelier attributed to Sue et Mare
Large French Art Deco Bronze D'Ore Chandelier attributed to Sue et Mare

Large French Art Deco Bronze D'Ore Chandelier attributed to Sue et Mare

By Sue et Mare

Located in Miami, FL

His ink and watercolour painting Le canon de 280 camouflé (The Camouflaged 280 Gun) shows the close interplay of abstract art and military application at that time.[2] He authored th...

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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Canons

Materials

Bronze

French Brass and Champleve Four Glass Mantel Clock
French Brass and Champleve Four Glass Mantel Clock

French Brass and Champleve Four Glass Mantel Clock

Located in Norwich, GB

Eight day circular movement with mercury compensated pendulum striking the hours and halves on a coiled gong, the backplate stamped ‘R & Co, made in Paris’. circa 1890 ‘Watchmaker...

Category

19th Century French Antique Canons

Materials

Brass

Vintage Colorado Springs Postcards by Hook Photo, 1890
Vintage Colorado Springs Postcards by Hook Photo, 1890

Vintage Colorado Springs Postcards by Hook Photo, 1890

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

The photographs capture views of glorious natural vistas for which Colorado Springs is so well known- the Three Graces at the Garden of the Gods, Ute Pass in Manitou Springs, the Nar...

Category

1890s American Antique Canons

Materials

Paper

Emile Carlier, Bronze Sculpture of Sappho and her Lyre by the Sea, 19th Century
Emile Carlier, Bronze Sculpture of Sappho and her Lyre by the Sea, 19th Century

Emile Carlier, Bronze Sculpture of Sappho and her Lyre by the Sea, 19th Century

By Albinet & Coulon, Émile Nestor Joseph Carlier 1

Located in PARIS, FR

Sappho's poetry was well-known and greatly admired through much of antiquity, and she was among the canon of Nine Lyric Poets most highly esteemed by scholars of Hellenistic Alexandr...

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1880s French Romantic Antique Canons

Materials

Bronze

Route de Montagne
Route de Montagne

Route de Montagne

By Robert Deborne

Located in London, GB

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

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Canons

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Treasures of the Deccan 2 Vols (Book)
The Treasures of the Deccan 2 Vols (Book)

The Treasures of the Deccan 2 Vols (Book)

Located in North Yorkshire, GB

Deccani painters developed expressive and fantastical styles, innovating new idioms within the Indo-Persian canon while remaining true to traditional formats.

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17th Century Antique Canons

Two Small Italian Dishes Antonio Maria Coppellotti Manufacture, Lodi, Circa 1740
Two Small Italian Dishes Antonio Maria Coppellotti Manufacture, Lodi, Circa 1740

Two Small Italian Dishes Antonio Maria Coppellotti Manufacture, Lodi, Circa 1740

By Antonio Maria Coppellotti

Located in Milano, IT

These works can be placed within the peak period when, following Baroque canons, the "fruit" decoration became one of the most requested subjects.

Category

1740s Italian Baroque Antique Canons

Materials

Maiolica

ROBERT PEARY, THE LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND AND OTHERS.

ROBERT PEARY, THE LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND AND OTHERS.

Located in Portland, ME

The image shows Commander Peary with Charles Behrens, the Lord Mayor of London, with the Lady Mayoress, Major Church Howe, the U.S. Consul, Canon Wainright, and the Mayor's daughters...

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1910s Antique Canons

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Large Cast and Chiseled Bronze Plaque - Saint Sebastian, Rome 17th century
Large Cast and Chiseled Bronze Plaque - Saint Sebastian, Rome 17th century

Large Cast and Chiseled Bronze Plaque - Saint Sebastian, Rome 17th century

Located in Bruxelles, BE

The elegant figure of the Saint with pure lines conforms to a classical ideal canon (almost childlike face, curly hair, displayed sensuality).

Category

17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Canons

Materials

Bronze

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Antique Canons For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique canons available for sale. Each of these unique antique canons was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and bronze. There are all kinds of antique canons available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique canons to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Georgian, Victorian and Folk Art antique canons are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made antique canons over the years, but those made by Woolwich Foundry, Thomas Cole (Clockmaker) and Jakob van der Schley are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Canons?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,173, while they’re typically $102 on the low end and $340,277 highest priced.