Antique Death

A striking Academic painting depicting an imperial funeral ceremony in Ancient Rome, most likely representing the cremation of a Caesar. The composition is centered around a catafalq...

Antique print titled 'Death of the Fox'. This print depicts a hunting scene with dogs and a fox.

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Mort de Mets-les-pieds-dans-le-plat (Death of Puts-His-Foot-in-It), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of rare hunting prints titled The Death and The Chase by T Sutherland Sculpt dated 1819 A very good looking and decorative pair...

How the American indigenous deals with Death is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.

This original copperplate engraving from Pieter Mortier's illustrated Bible, Amsterdam circa 1700, shows two biblical scenes on one sheet: 1 Samuel 31:1 to 6, the death of Saul and h...

Description: Two images on one sheet titled 'An Usurper stoned to Death (..)'. According to the text, Rajasingha was usurped by Vinne Ladarma, but retook the throne.

The English dance of death - The dance of life is an original pair of rare and fine books written by William Combe (25 March 1742 – 19 June 1823) and illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson...

Antique print titled 't Vermoorden vande Keyser Cubus. / Massacre de l'Empereur Cubo, dans Meaco.' Engraving of the killing of Emperor Cubo at Kyoto, Japan. The city Kyoto was known ...

Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Death Appearing to a Married Couple from an open Grave, Year: Of Original 1639, Medium: Etching, Size: 10.5 in. x 8....

Antique print titled 'Dante on the Anniversary of Beatrice's Death'. Three visitors stand near the seated Dante, one man clasps his shoulder.

A charming depiction of figures from youth to old age, ascending and descending the steps of the ladder of life, the centre shows baptism and death. With German and Cyrillic labels o...

The encounter that led to de Langle's death took place at Aasu Bay on Tutuila Island, which is part of present-day American Samoa.

Untitled print of the Death of Bowaneca Bahu Maha Raja, who got shot to death by the Portugese.

1832 Hand-Colored Engraving - "Death of the Fox at Tutbury Castle" by W. B. Scott This is a finely detailed, hand-colored engraving titled "Death of the Fox at Tutbury Castle," publ...

Two images on one sheet depicting a Chinese garden and Festival of the Death in Macao. Originates from 'Voyages à Pekin, Manille et l'Ile-de-France faits dans l'intervalle des années...

The full published caption reads: “So Hate That is Brother to Death Was in the Heart of Craftainy the Harper for Cormac Conjoingias.”

Notes In ancient Egypt, masks were primarily used for funerary purposes as death masks. Ancient Egyptians believed that it was extremely important to preserve the body of a dead per...

Painting - Melo Junior. 'Death of Christ'. Oil on canvas; signed and dated 1951.

A fine 18th-century devotional piece depicting the Virgin Mary, or Mater Dolorosa, in intense grief and suffering during the passion and death of her son, Jesus Christ. Unsigned. Wel...

Painting - Biblical Scene - 18th Century. Death of the Virgin Mary. Oil on copper, 18th century.

Books - Saramago; Jose - Set of 5 books. THE DOUBLE MAN - DEATH WITH INTERMITTENCIES - ALL THE NAMES - THE CAVE - LANZAROTE NOTEBOOKS IV

A vibrant 18th-century portrait of Franz Ludwig von Erthal, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg from 1779 until his death. After an earlier portrait of the sitter by an anonymous a...

The rectangular base, resting on lion's paws, is adorned with a relief depicting Socrates' farewell to his family before his death sentence. Socrates is shown with his index finger p...

King George V specified in his will that the Britannia was to be scuttled (sunk on purpose) after his death, and so following his death in 1936 his wishes were honoured, and the yach...

Made of Vista Alegre porcelain; decorated in blue in the style of the East India Company. 'V Centenary of the death of King John II'. Silver stopper. Special series.

This form of artwork was often used to document major life events like births, marriages, and deaths. The technique was deleted in the 16th century and was inspired by earlier manusc...

A scroll beneath opens the lament of Genoa on her death, and the whole page is set in a blue border scattered with tears.

In 1894 after the death of its owner George Woodcock, the company was purchased by Whitworth Cycle Co. to form Rudge Whitworth Ltd.

Trial and Execution of Louis XVI, King of France; With a List of the Members of the National Convention; Who Voted for and Against His Death; And. French Revolution… Large octavo, 99...

Artists and Engravers: The project was conceived and begun by Jesuit Heribert Rosweyde. After his death in 1629, the Jesuit scholar Jean Bolland ('Bollandus', 1596–1665) continued th...

The company was started by Bernhardt Leidersdorf, a German immigrant who stirred up controversy after death for his manufacture of a line of tobacco with a racist name.

He inherited the name Hiroshige II following the death in 1858 of his master Hiroshige, whose daughter he married.

He inherited the name Hiroshige II following the death in 1858 of his master Hiroshige, whose daughter he married.

A further period inscription records that Agnes Jack later gave the piece away in 1928, shortly before her death. A wonderfully personal example of 19th century maritime folk art wit...

Institutional sources differ on his year of death: the Musée d'Orsay indicates 1891, while Paris Musées gives approximately 1898.

Although the two men were not related, they formed a friendship through their shared surname, and upon John Way's death, Lewis inherited a substantial fortune. Following his inherita...

Malevolent creatures of the sea, Sirens preyed upon the living by luring them to their death with their sweet song. No man could resist their singing.

Oil on Canvas, Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, Almond Trees, Sotheby's NYC Provenance  This poignant large and impressive oil on canvas is an important work as it most likely depicts t...

In the mid-1860s he was commissioned to create a portrait of the Emperor Franz Josef in Vienna. After painting the death of Gustav Adolf, a popular motif for historical painters, he ...

Below is the date 30 March 1871, commemorating the Queen's death. The medal displays a silver-coloured surface with an attractive aged patina.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contains first appearances by Poe: The Mask Of The Red Death, Appendix of Autographs, To One Departed, Life in Death, A few Words about Brainard, Poetry of Ru...

-[II The Old Queen and the Monologue of the Cowboy; III Romance on the death of King Dom Manuel and the Acclamation of King Joao III; IV.

A Very Useful Work for All Sorts of People; and Especially for Those; Who Wish to Assure a Good Death. Translated from the French Language. Volume I [Volume II].

A further period inscription records that Agnes Jack later gave the piece away in 1928, shortly before her death. A wonderfully personal example of 19th century maritime folk art wit...

She is included among the Fourteen Holy Helpers and is invoked against sudden death. Some scholars have questioned her history.

Post-Scriptum: Short history of Anne of Brittany: Anne of Brittany (Breton: Anna; 25/26 January 1477[1] – 9 January 1514[2]) was suo jure Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her dea...

Regency Mahogany 4 drawer chest with Trafalgar oval brass Handles celebrating The Battle Victory & mourning Nelsons death Reads:Trafalgar sacred to Nelson Figured Mahogany top w...

Kéléty married Hélène Grün Kéléty, daughter of Russian-born French painter Maurice Grün, and remained active in the interwar Parisian art world as a sculptor, painter, engraver, and ...

An elongated river rapid is like a boat, symbolizing the crossing, the journey from life to death. You see, the artist was born in Douglas Castle known for the Black Dinner in medi...

An evocative ancient Gandharan Buddhist gray schist relief depicting the Parinirvana, or death of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni, dating to approximately the 2nd–4th century A.D.

With the eulogies that were made upon his death. / Written by King Joao de Medeiros Correa. - In Lisbon: at the workshop of Domingos Carneiro; 1661.

The artist’s birth and death records were reconstructed in 1872 at the initiative of his grandson, an architect.

John Broadwood & Sons John Broadwood & Sons is an English piano manufacturer, founded in 1728 by Burkat Shudi and continued after his death in 1773 by John Broadwood. John Broadwood ...

Appreciated during his lifetime, he was considered one of the greatest sculptors of his time, until his death during the Second Empire. Gilded bronze in two tones, signed and dated 1...

George II (1683-1760) reigned from 1727 until his death in 1760. He was known as an absent King, born in Hanover where he often returned to for long periods.

Ulisseia or Lisbon Built is a work of epic poetry in ottava rima written by Gabriel Pereira de Castro; published posthumously in 1636 (four years after the author's death); which nar...

The Five Blessings: A standard five-petaled plum blossom symbolizes the five traditional blessings: longevity, wealth, health/well-being, love of virtue, and a peaceful natural death...

Tradition has it that Gautama Buddha visited the sacred summit of Mandalay Hill with his disciple Ananda and proclaimed that on the 2,400th anniversary of his death, a metropolis of ...

The mausoleum in Tlemcen, Algeria, is known as Sidi Brahim El Masmoudi, a holy man and friend of the Zianids, who, after his death in 1401, was buried inside the family mausoleum.