Antique Death

This print was published after Washington's death, to celebrate his importance as one of the founders of our great nation. 

The hand wears a tiny buckle bracelet detailed in black enamel, another Victorian symbol that represents a bond so steadfast that not even death could loosen it. With gold, seed pear...

Together they create a compelling allegory of mortality and rebirth, where death itself becomes a gateway to regeneration.

A gifted and influential horological innovator, he worked in partnership with Jean-Baptiste Delettrez from 1851 until his death in 1878. The movement is of superb quality and is in e...

In addition to the biographical labels identifying Philadelphia Parker and recording her marriage and death, an older fragmentary paper label reads “To go to Mrs Gould, Fulbeck.”

Rather than depicting death as violence or tragedy, Böcklin presents it as an inevitable and solemn passage into an unknown realm.

The long period of close association enabled him to fully assimilate the style of his master, creating compositions that strongly reveal his direct influence. After Velázquez's dea...

Its finest period was the proprietorship of Johann Christoph Fehr, which lasted until his death in 1693. Frankfurt blue and white was painted with chinoiserie landscapes after the la...

The upper specimen is a Death’s-head Hawk-moth type, immediately recognizable by the remarkable skull-like marking on its thorax.

His willingness to transform his house into a Museum "Musee Detaille" after his death did not occur even though he left everything to the state.

The subject of the work is set in Rome in 43 BC, at the time of the persecutions carried out by the Second Roman Triumvirate, led by Octavian (the future Augustus), Mark Antony and M...

He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1817, where he was known as ‘Horse’ Cooper and exhibited there from 1812 until his death with a total of 332 paintings.

Following his military career, Ferdinand returned to Brunswick, where he devoted considerable attention to intellectual, cultural and philanthropic interests until his death in 1792....

Their subsequent love affair became inseparable from Nelson’s public legend. After his death at Trafalgar in 1805, it became public that his last appeal to the nation was to provide ...

Unsigned Provenance: direct from the family inherited from the artists studio after his death. Measurements: 26" x 22" unframed approx

Related Company School bird studies are held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, among them Zain al-Din’s Orange-Headed Ground Thrush and a Death’s-Head Moth on a Purple Ebo...

Born in Soest in Westphalia and trained in the Dutch artistic tradition, he moved to London in the early 1640s and quickly established a reputation as a gifted portraitist. After the...

While he never enjoyed the lengthy career of many of his contemporaries, his works were well regarded for their sincerity and technical competence. His early death in 1907 inevitably...

For several years Gauguin closely followed his mentor; although their friendship was fraught with disagreement and misunderstandings, Gauguin nonetheless wrote shortly before Camille...

These were years marked by the grief he felt after the death of his friend Carlos Casagemas, who committed suicide by shooting himself in a café on February 17, 1901, after missing h...

Over 1,000 objects from the collection were bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum after the death of Shannon in 1937. This costume design comes from the collection of Peter Farley, t...

Bedřich Fritta (19 September 1906, Višňová – 8 November 1944, Auschwitz) was a Czech-Jewish artist and cartoonist.[1] Life Fritta was born to a Jewish family in Višňová as Fritz Tau...

In later years, William went into partnership with his son and traded as ‘Godwin & Co’, a name that would become reputable until long after William’s death in 1925.

In later years, William went into partnership with his son and traded as ‘Godwin & Co’, a name that would become reputable until long after William’s death in 1925.

Betsy Ross, born Elizabeth Griscom in 1752, ran a successful upholstery business in Philadelphia, actively contributing to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War through t...

Collectively referred to as the Passion, Jesus' suffering and redemptive death by crucifixion are the central aspects of Christian theology concerning the doctrines of salvation and ...

After Ugo Zaccagnini's death in 1937, his son Urbano took over the company, which was renamed "Società Anonima Ceramiche Zaccagnini."

The portrait, printed death date, memorial biography, and photographer’s imprint make this a particularly evocative piece of Lincoln-era photographic ephemera preserved within its or...

Following Ferdinand Barbedienne's death in 1892, the business continued under his nephew Gustave Leblanc.

Biography : François Linke, born in 1855 in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia), worked as a cabinet-maker in Paris from about 1882 until his death in 1946. In 1900, at the apex of his career, ...

In the same year Charlotte Hampton was brought from London to run the decorating shops and introduced mercury gilding, which gave Worcester gold the flat, mirror-like finish that dis...

Six of his paintings were included in the landmark Fauvism exhibition at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris in 1951, the year before his death, and his work is today held by the Musée ...

Griffin returned to France in 1923 and lived there for another decade before permanently resettling in Portland in 1933, where he remained until his death.

Elizabeth Boott, one of Duveneck’s students, became his wife in 1886; her death less than two years later profoundly affected him.

But unfortunately, the Roman general Scipio demanded that the woman be handed over to Rome nonetheless to be paraded as a trophy in his triumph, and since Massinissa could not oppose...

Over his vast career, Tucker worked on a number of famous film and theatrical sets, creating prosthetics for the likes of The Phantom of the Opera, Star Wars and The Company of Wolve...

Surviving signed and dated works document his activity well into the late 1730s and 1740, shortly before his death in Amsterdam in 1741. Today his works are represented in museum and...

Modern auction cataloguing, including Christie’s, identifies an Alex de Andreis as a Belgian artist active in this same genre, although published sources differ regarding the artist’...

After entering the Benedictine Order at Maria Laach in 1927, he continued designing for ceramics manufacturers while building his practice at the abbey. From 1948 until his death in ...

Born in Deinze in East Flanders, Saverys was the son of a house-and-stage painter. After the early death of his father in 1902, he helped in the family business, which limited his in...

De Bloot also pursued commercial interests, purchasing a tile works in 1646, and left a substantial estate at his death in 1658. The present painting brings his interest in human co...

In later years, William went into partnership with his son and traded as ‘Godwin & Co’, a name that would become reputable until long after William’s death in 1925.

In later years, William went into partnership with his son and traded as ‘Godwin & Co’, a name that would become reputable until long after William’s death in 1925.

Saint Sebastian of Milan was a military tribune in the Roman army, executed during the persecution of Diocletian by flogging to death after surviving an initial punishment in which h...

The greatest French sculptors entrusted them with their sculpted works to be cast in bronze, such as James Pradier (1790-1852) who signed the oldest currently known publishing contra...

Bénard, De Fer's son-in-law and successor, continued the publication and distribution of his cartographic works following De Fer's death. An especially appealing portrait for collec...

A crow - an archetypal symbol of death - picks at the lifeless body of a rabbit, while a vase of withering flowers behind reinforces the theme of transience.

He remained individual to the end; and was, like Hartley, willing to take risks in his work and to paint subject matter, which was far removed from the general menu offered up by his...

The artist and the poet were to remain close friends until Whitman's death in 1892. His boating scenes on the Schuykill River were among the first recreational scenes ever painted i...

Their marriage in 1692 coincided with Sir John’s creation as a baronet, elevating the family’s standing at a moment when such advancement was both politically charged and socially vi...

Denny died of malaria on October 7, 1886, while serving on a surveying party near Cambria, California. After his death, the Society of California Pioneers held a memorial exhibition ...

In 1904, he left for Europe, living in Paris before settling in Rome where he continued to paint until his death. Charles Walter Stetson exhibited widely and with success including...

The rabbi said prayers and repeated several times “may his eyes rest in peace.” Following his death, Hermine and Lucy supported each other in their grief and remained closely tied.

In it, the king witnessed his own death and rebirth as king of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Antique leather bound History of the House of Austria book set - From the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh, to the Deather of Leopold the Second: 1218 to 1792. By...

The later pieces were made by the Les Neveux de J Lehmann foundry which specialised in making the more elaborate marble and onyx plinths The Ballets Russes The Ballets Russes was a...

Combining artistic, religious, and historical importance, The Shadow of Death remains one of the most enduring images associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement and an exceptional c...

Their imagery could consequently combine references to Dionysiac celebration with ideas of death, regeneration and the afterlife. Bell kraters of the 4th century BC thus represent a...

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...

Frame measures 40 x 38.75 Painting measures 35.5 x 34.5 Once described as “Denmark’s most controversial — both reviled and admired — woman painter,” Carstensen largely faded from vie...