Antique Poem

The print bears a vertical cartouche with Japanese calligraphy at lower right, likely identifying the location or poem associated with the view. The understated treatment of landscap...

A French 18 karat (18K) yellow gold love charm pendant with a rebus spelling out "Plus qu'hier, moins que demain" ("More than yesterday, less than tomorrow") - a line taken from the ...

This lovely little casket is inspired by the charming old boxes of the Middle Ages, where people would keep their love poems. We took great care to polish the box so that we wouldn't...

Displaying a desirable aged patina and good order throughout Embroidery set within an attractive later frame, behind clear glass The needlepoint sampler featuring multiple styles of ...

Verse 1 through Verse 60 From: Leyli o Majnun by Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209CE) This folio comprises the first 60 verses of the epic Persian poem “The masnavi of Leyli va Majnun (4,60...

A French 18 karat (18K) yellow gold, enamel and ruby love charm pendant with a rebus spelling out "Plus qu'hier, moins que demain" ("More than yesterday, less than tomorrow") - a lin...

The work most likely originates from Henning’s illustrations for the Danish poetry collection Kærlighedsdigte (Love Poems), and reflects the artist’s distinctive blend of eroticism, ...

In 1968, he published a volume of fifty years of these poems, Di Velt ist Mayn Lid (The World is My Song) in Yiddish, with no English translation, for his peers.

The work features paintings from various Japanese ateliers: Tosa School, Ukiyo-e, Kano school, Maruyama-Shijo, Haiga, and poems in both Chinese and Japanese. Various subject matter i...

Matching pair of Lidded Famille Rose Chinese Famille rose porcelain vases depicting Birds and Flowers with Poems describing the beautiful springtime, breezy day with birds singing, f...

Attributed to D. Havart, the poem offers a moralizing interpretation of the Sultan’s life and rule, reflecting the European tendency to frame foreign rulers within ethical or didacti...

The History included the first appearance of an (anonymous) 18-line poem by Ben Jonson, titled "The Minde of the Front."

Attributed to D. Havart, the poem offers a moral reflection on wealth and ambition, suggesting that the Sultan might have been an even greater ruler had he not been overly attached t...

This poem is loved for its literati lifestyle. An existence that involved independence from society and employment.

In a sharply humorous gesture, the dog urinates upon Churchill’s Epistle to William Hogarth, the very poem that sparked this visual retaliation. The foreground palette—significantly ...

Each Thunman landscape, and Evening Mood in particular, can be seen as a visual poem of place and time, where faithful observation of nature is elevated by a profound sensitivity to ...

This certainly could have been inspired by the poem/song by Andrew Barton " Banjo " Paterson, " Waltzing Matilda,” written in 1895, just a few years before the execution of this work

The Man’yōshū (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves, eighth century) and the Kokin-shū (Collection of Poems from Ancient and Modern Times, early tenth century) include references to suc...

This masterpiece by Chido expresses a sense of humidity and depth through the use of shades of ink. The poem reads something like "水辺攅緑葔林下～," but due to many indecipherable parts, ...

It is believed that the subject could be an artistic representation of Geoffrey Chauer’s epic 14th century poem ‘Troilus and Criseyde’ which coined the later proverb “mighty oaks fro...

NORMAN AULT 1880 – 1950 ANIGHT MY SHALLOP Pencil & watercolour on paer, signed & dated 1913 lower left Image size: 10 ¼ x 7 ½ inches (26 x 19 cm) Hand made giltwood frame Th...

A fine full-length, life-size neoclassical carved statue depicts the subject of Robert Burns’s poem Highland Mary (Mary Campbell), shown as a young woman standing in a contemplative ...

Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser is best known for his epic poem and fantastical allegory 'The Faerie Queene', a work which celebrates the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I.

Printed in Paris in 1927 on Arches paper, and issued in a limited edition of 750 for the artist's own "Histoires & Poemes de mon epoque". Image size: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches (132 x 90 m...

Dans la littérature, la clématite est associée au début de l'été et, depuis la période Edo (1610-1868), elle est utilisée dans les haïkus (poèmes courts japonais) comme l'un des kigo...

On the Design: This Rya rug is a rare, textural poem of the Northern harvest, distinguished by its authentic folk charm and historical importance.

The composition unfolds like a visual poem, reflecting Bonnard’s early interest in Japanese prints, caricature, and the theatricality of modern life.

Description 'Izumi Provinbce: Kuzunoha', from the series 'The Sixty-Odd Provinces of Great Japan', 19th century, 36cm x 24.5cm Kuzunoha looks at her sleeping child, Abe no Seimei (...

A French 18 karat (18K) yellow gold concave love charm pendant with a rebus spelling out "Plus qu'hier, moins que demain" ("More than yesterday, less than tomorrow") - a line taken f...

A wonderful collection of the letters, poems, essays and lyrics of Rabbie Burns. With an introduction from John Buchan to volume I.

After writing short stories, plays, and several novels and poem collections, Hans Christian Andersen’s first foray into fairy tales was a collection of nine fairy tales, Eventyr, for...

During publication, Kingsley had second thoughts regarding the inclusion of the poem, and had the leaf removed, but not before approximately two hundred copies of the book had been p...

The name Bimini was taken from a poem by Heinrich Haine, 1852, which refers to Bimini as a 'miracle island ith the spring water of eternal youth'.

Most remarkably, each drawer is inscribed with a verse from a captivating love poem dedicated to Prince Selim Daouk, a prominent aristocratic figure in 19th-century Beirut, transform...

The poem was a massive literary success and inspired numerous artistic interpretations such as this one.

This edition contains the poem Human Life, a set of notes analyzing the poem, and two further poems: Lines Written at Pæstum and The Boy of Egremond.

Canova’s domination of European sculpture at the turn of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th is reflected in countless adulations in memoirs, poems, and newspapers. “Subli...

(stamped to reverse) illustrated with a scene from Shakespeare’s 1593 poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. Inspired by Greek mythology, the poem tells the story of Venus, the Goddess of Love, an...

(stamped to reverse) illustrated with a scene from Shakespeare’s 1593 poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. Inspired by Greek mythology, the poem tells the story of Venus, the Goddess of Love, a...

First, he commissioned him to produce a series of drawings of Paris, and then to illustrate Émile Goudeau's Poèmes parisiens. A long collaboration then began between them, with the e...

Born in 1827 in Hirzel, Switzerland, Spyri began writing in 1870, initially creating stories and poems for her son, Bernhard. Over her lifetime, Spyri published around forty books, i...

Visible is a scene of a sheperd with cows. A poem is also visible at the top. Early 17th century.

This 17th Century (1600s) posy, or poesy ring, deriving its name from the French ‘poésie’, meaning poem, because of the short messages engraved on the inside of the band.

It starred Christopher's stuffed bear, which had made his first public appearance in the poem "Teddy Bear," published in Punch in 1924 and later in When We Were Very Young.

(stamped to reverse) illustrated with a mythological scene from Shakespeare’s 1593 poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. Inspired by Greek mythology, the poem tells the story of Venus, the Goddes...

Realized by Max Ernst to illustrate the poem "Die Ballade vom Soldaten by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. 

Each portrait is accompanied by their poems. The poets are from the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods.

First, he commissioned him to produce a series of drawings of Paris, and then to illustrate Émile Goudeau's Poèmes parisiens. A long collaboration then began between them, with the e...

In 1850, Sonntag painted his only known panorama, Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained (location unknown), based on Milton’s epic poem. It was exhibited at P. T. Barnum’s American Mus...

(stamped to reverse) illustrated with a mythological scene from Shakespeare’s 1593 poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. Inspired by Greek mythology, the poem tells the story of Venus, the Goddes...

Though he died in 1321, Dante’s works have lived on throughout the centuries, his epic poem ‘La Commedia’ (also known as ‘The Divine Comedy’) considered one of the world’s greatest w...

Impressive pair of Japanese two-panel byobu screens featuring late 18th-century edo period applied vignettes, poems, and paintings in various formats over a dramatic gold leaf square...

Chapin, saw great success with the Maxfield Parrish-illustrated "Poems of Childhood" by Eugene Field, the first title in his new series of "Scribner's Illustrated Classics."

Each motif, created with the patience of madder-dyed wool, is a visual poem born from the combination of craftsmanship and local narratives

Among his more Pre-Raphaelite works are a Blessed Damozel from a poem by Rossetti, and Dreamers. With examples of his work in many private and public collections it is particularly ...

These paintngs describe the artist's response to the classical poems dedicated to Eros and Psyche. These myths seem to have been the perfect subject for Bouguereau's art of beautiful...

Падение Трои / The Rape of Helen and The Fall of Troy - produced by Bavaria Film Munchner Lichtspielkunst AG (Emelka), directed by the German film director Manfred Noa (1893-1930), b...

The first edition of beloved children's author Lewis Carroll's delightful nonsense poem, with the first issue of his 'An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves "Alice"' tipped in.

The painting was so successful that Baudelaire dedicated a poem to it, included in the collection "Les Epaves."

The upper part of the frame, oval, has further small, fluted decorations which further embellish the ring and frame the agate cameo, where we recognize a depiction of the profile of ...