Manca Penitente - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
By Michela De Vito
Located in Roma, IT
Very good quality watercolour representing a penitent nun. Hand-titled black ink on lower margin at the center.
Watercolor
Japanese Monastery Robe Patchwork Kesa with inscription Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
By her ordained name "ShiHui" the true nun, the former wife of WeiZhong (likely a name).
Brocade, Silk
$4,837Sale Price|25% Off
Victorian antique English still life of flowers, birds nest, eggs in a garden
By Henry John Livens
Located in Woodbury, CT
Amie later joined a Convent at Finchley and became known as the ‘Painting Nun’, signing her works Sister Mary Etheldreda.
Canvas, Oil
18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Polychrome Wood Santo Altar Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
Dimensions: (approx) 19.5" High, 7.75" Wide, 7.5" Deep; 4.5lbs History: Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582), given name Teresa Ali Fatima Corella Sanchez de Capeda y Ahumada, also called Sa...
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
This artwork portrays a nun. On the back of this artwork there is a text.
Etching
American Oval Pastel of Young Lady Grasping Dove, Cola, SC. Circa 1865
Located in Charleston, SC
During the Civil War Sherman’s generals were told that all religious structures were to remain unharmed as the Union army made its way through Columbia, SC. Ursuline nuns and the stu...
Gold Leaf
Monaca della Sapienza - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
By Michela De Vito
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful and solemn watercolor on paper represents a nun of Wisdom picking up a lemon from her plant.
Watercolor
$1,844Sale Price|36% Off
Art Nouveau Southern French Fayance art pottery FLOOR VASE rare colours&pattern
Located in Landshut, BY
But, more than this, the Nuns could well impart The deepest mysteries of the healing art; Their store of herbs and simples was renowned, And held in wondering faith for miles around.
Pottery
Painting by JOSÉ FELIPE ABÁRZUZA RODRÍGUEZ DE ARIAS (Cádiz, 1871-Puerto Real
Located in Marbella, ES
In this composition by José Felipe Abárzuza, presided over by a group of nuns wrapped in white tunics whose veils almost entirely cover their faces, an aura of mystery and spirituali...
Canvas, Wood
$11,000 / set
Edgar Chahine / Gongourt Bros. – Soeur Philomène
Located in Middletown, NY
Their novel "Soeur Philomène," first published in 1861, is a dramatic tale of a nun working in a hospital. It originated from an anecdote told during a dinner at the home of Gustave ...
Copper
$5,468Sale Price|50% Off
Le Jardin du Luxembourg, Impressionist Oil on Canvas, Circa 1910
By Marie-Anne Nivoulies de Pierrefort
Located in London, GB
In spite of the poverty, Pierrefort attended a Catholic school run by nuns, obtaining a scholarship from the School of Fine Arts of Paris.
Oil, Canvas
1894-1949 The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly
By Aubrey Beardsley
Located in Bath, GB
Volume III (October 1894) contains fifteen illustrated plates, with essays such as 'The Headswoman' by Kenneth Grahame, 'Second Thoughts' by Arthur Moore, and 'The Ballad of a Nun' b...
Paper
Half-length portrait of an elderly bearded man - Melancholy of a prophet -
Located in Berlin, DE
Die Konkretion des Kopfes kulminiert aber nun gerade in der den Blick immer wieder auf sich ziehenden verschatteten Augenpartie und damit in dem, was nicht sichtbar ist.
Oil
Half-length portrait of a man with beard - A Rembrandt of the 18th century -
Located in Berlin, DE
Zugleich wird die neu gewonnene Schärfe aber durch den nun verwendeten warmen Braunton erneut atmosphärisch aufgeladen, wozu auch die beinahe gänzlich vom dargestellten Gegenstand ge...
Etching
Rare Pair of circa 1900 Tibetan Ceremonial Chairs Nyingma Buddha Carved in Backs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Monasteries with celibate monks and nuns, along with the practice of reincarnated spiritual leaders, are later adaptations.
Wood
General Wilhelm von Blume - Visionary retrospective -
Located in Berlin, DE
Im Vergleich zum Zustand davor weist der dort helle Hintergrund nun einen dunklen Bereich auf, vor dem sich das Antlitz des Dargestellten abhebt, wobei sich der dunkle Fond seinersei...
Etching
Evening - The depth of the visible -
Located in Berlin, DE
Durch seine ausdauernde Konzentration hat er die Landschaft künstlerisch immer wieder neu erschlossen und Werke geschaffen, die den Betrachter stets von Neuem in ihren Bann schlagen....
Etching
St. Vincent Ferrer Preaching to the People of Salamanca
Located in New York, NY
In our painting, both secular and religious figures appear (including a monk and a nun), all responding to the saint’s sermon with gestures of astonishment.
Oil, Wood Panel
ERNST, Max. Rêve d'une Petite Fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel.
By Max Ernst
Located in New York, NY
Ernst's rare second collage novel about an adolescent girl who loses her virginity on the day of her first communion and so commits herself to a religious vocation as a Carmelite nun...
Paper