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Pair Large Scale 19th c Italian Grand Tour Paintings
Pair Large Scale 19th c Italian Grand Tour Paintings

Pair Large Scale 19th c Italian Grand Tour Paintings

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

These staffage figures invite the viewer into tranquil moments of conversation and leisure, set against the remnants of an ancient civilization whose influence continues to shape Wes...

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Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Viewer

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Doris Leslie Blau Antique Tabriz Allover Floral Soft Beige Rug - c. 1880
Doris Leslie Blau Antique Tabriz Allover Floral Soft Beige Rug - c. 1880

Doris Leslie Blau Antique Tabriz Allover Floral Soft Beige Rug - c. 1880

Located in New York, NY

The botanical motifs vary in scale and direction, creating a naturalistic, garden-like rhythm that draws the viewer into its intricate details. Framing the central field is a broad ...

Category

1880s Tabriz Antique Viewer

Materials

Wool

Framed 19th Century Oil - Life in the Lakes
Framed 19th Century Oil - Life in the Lakes

Framed 19th Century Oil - Life in the Lakes

Located in Corsham, GB

The composition employs careful attention to atmospheric perspective, drawing the viewer's eye from the darkened foreground through the middle ground to the still lake and luminous h...

Category

19th Century Antique Viewer

Materials

Oil

19th Century horse portrait oil painting of a bay horse in a stable
19th Century horse portrait oil painting of a bay horse in a stable

19th Century horse portrait oil painting of a bay horse in a stable

By Albert Clark

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

The horse is shown standing side-on, facing right with his head slightly turned towards the viewer to reveal a small mark on his forehead. The horse also bears a docked tail, a comm...

Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Viewer

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of 18th century Wax "Damned Souls" Roundels
Pair of 18th century Wax "Damned Souls" Roundels

Pair of 18th century Wax "Damned Souls" Roundels

Located in Leesburg, VA

The dark, austere ebonized frames provide a stark visual boundary, forcing the viewer into an intimate, confrontational relationship with the subjects.

Category

Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Viewer

Materials

Ebony

Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon – Antique Americana Engraving, c.1850
Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon – Antique Americana Engraving, c.1850

Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon – Antique Americana Engraving, c.1850

Located in Langweer, NL

Particularly striking is the dramatic tree in the foreground, whose sweeping branches frame the composition and draw the viewer's eye toward the tomb. The contrast between the monume...

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Mid-19th Century German Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper

Soft River Tortoises – Antique Reptile Natural History Print, c.1895
Soft River Tortoises – Antique Reptile Natural History Print, c.1895

Soft River Tortoises – Antique Reptile Natural History Print, c.1895

Located in Langweer, NL

Unlike the heavily armored tortoises familiar to most viewers, these species possess flexible shells and are highly specialized aquatic reptiles.

Category

Late 19th Century British Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper

19th century English Dog portrait, a terrier dog or Puppy
19th century English Dog portrait, a terrier dog or Puppy

19th century English Dog portrait, a terrier dog or Puppy

By George Earl

Located in Woodbury, CT

The terrier is portrayed in a close-up format against a simple green background, allowing the viewer’s attention to focus entirely upon the animal’s expressive features.

Category

1890s Victorian Antique Viewer

Materials

Oil, Board

Doris Leslie Blau Antique Kirman Floral Allover Warm Tan Rug - c. 1900
Doris Leslie Blau Antique Kirman Floral Allover Warm Tan Rug - c. 1900

Doris Leslie Blau Antique Kirman Floral Allover Warm Tan Rug - c. 1900

Located in New York, NY

Its worn, almost watercolor-like appearance underscores its authenticity, inviting the viewer to appreciate not only the craftsmanship of its original weaver but also the poetic pass...

Category

Early 1900s Kirman Antique Viewer

Materials

Wool

Old town Copenhagen - oil on canvas by E. Schwarz - 1930s
Old town Copenhagen - oil on canvas by E. Schwarz - 1930s

Old town Copenhagen - oil on canvas by E. Schwarz - 1930s

Located in Ebberup, DK

Painted in a restrained palette of soft grays, ochres, and browns, the composition has a calm, almost storybook atmosphere, with light drawing the viewer through the archway into the...

Category

Early 20th Century Danish Romantic Antique Viewer

Materials

Paint

The Lotus Legacy: An Antique Persian Mahal Masterpiece of Elegant Safavid Grace
The Lotus Legacy: An Antique Persian Mahal Masterpiece of Elegant Safavid Grace

The Lotus Legacy: An Antique Persian Mahal Masterpiece of Elegant Safavid Grace

Located in Dallas, TX

Long regarded as a symbol of harmony, order, and the interconnected nature of existence, this lattice reminds the viewer that all aspects of life are bound together.

Category

Early 20th Century Tabriz Antique Viewer

Materials

Wool

Doris Leslie Blau Antique Floral Allover Warm Tan Hand-Knotted Rug - c. 1880
Doris Leslie Blau Antique Floral Allover Warm Tan Hand-Knotted Rug - c. 1880

Doris Leslie Blau Antique Floral Allover Warm Tan Hand-Knotted Rug - c. 1880

Located in New York, NY

This structured yet dynamic layout generates a rhythmic, almost architectural pattern that holds the viewer's gaze. The visual effect is further enhanced by the slight variations in ...

Category

1880s Other Antique Viewer

Materials

Wool

Interior Scene, Watercolor on Paper, Dutch Romantic school, Framed, 19th Century
Interior Scene, Watercolor on Paper, Dutch Romantic school, Framed, 19th Century

Interior Scene, Watercolor on Paper, Dutch Romantic school, Framed, 19th Century

By Herman ten Kate

Located in New York, NY

Prudent use of color also functions as a visual path to guide the viewer's eye through the space of the painting: from the figures to the red drapery to the blue curtain, and circlin...

Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Viewer

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Italian 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas, Portrait of a Young Woman
Italian 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas, Portrait of a Young Woman

Italian 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas, Portrait of a Young Woman

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

Her large blue eyes look directly at the viewer with a serene expression. Her skin is very pale, with a slight natural blush on her cheeks.

Category

19th Century Italian Antique Viewer

Materials

Canvas

Raspberries, Peonies with a Basket
Raspberries, Peonies with a Basket

Raspberries, Peonies with a Basket

By George Henry Hall

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

The composition’s intimacy is heightened by the modest scale, inviting the viewer into a close, almost contemplative encounter with the objects.

Category

1860s Hudson River School Antique Viewer

Materials

Oil, Board

Bay of New York from Hoboken – Antique New York Harbor Engraving, c.1850
Bay of New York from Hoboken – Antique New York Harbor Engraving, c.1850

Bay of New York from Hoboken – Antique New York Harbor Engraving, c.1850

Located in Langweer, NL

From an elevated vantage point, the viewer looks across the harbor toward the Manhattan skyline, with sailing vessels and steam-powered ships navigating the busy waters below.

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Mid-19th Century German Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper

De Wit Flowers Still life Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Flemish Cupids Art
De Wit Flowers Still life Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Flemish Cupids Art

De Wit Flowers Still life Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Flemish Cupids Art

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

One of the two cupids sympathetically holds a part of it with his hands, while his head turns towards the viewer; the second cupid, on the other hand, must have clumsily broken the t...

Category

18th Century Old Masters Antique Viewer

Materials

Oil

Biedermeier Early 19th Century Oil - Lady in Silver
Biedermeier Early 19th Century Oil - Lady in Silver

Biedermeier Early 19th Century Oil - Lady in Silver

Located in Corsham, GB

A striking Biedermeier era portrait of a refined young lady, whose icy eyes and direct gaze captivate the viewer. She wears a delicate lace collar and glittering gold jewellery that ...

Category

Early 19th Century Antique Viewer

Materials

Oil

19th Century Victorian Portrait of a Young Peasant Girl on Canvas
19th Century Victorian Portrait of a Young Peasant Girl on Canvas

19th Century Victorian Portrait of a Young Peasant Girl on Canvas

Located in Nottingham, GB

The composition centres on a young peasant girl shown half-length against a softly painted landscape. She meets the viewer with a direct and quietly confident gaze, her dark curls fr...

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Viewer

Materials

Canvas

Shorebirds, Jacana & Water Rail Pair, Brodtmann Hand-Colored Lithographs, 1816
Shorebirds, Jacana & Water Rail Pair, Brodtmann Hand-Colored Lithographs, 1816

Shorebirds, Jacana & Water Rail Pair, Brodtmann Hand-Colored Lithographs, 1816

Located in Langweer, NL

The restrained compositions allow the viewer to focus on each species while appreciating the subtle hand coloring and delicate rendering of plumage.

Category

Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper

19th Century English School Painting of a Young Boy Reading with His Dog
19th Century English School Painting of a Young Boy Reading with His Dog

19th Century English School Painting of a Young Boy Reading with His Dog

By English School

Located in GB

The artist skillfully contrasts the dark, shadowed interior with touches of luminous color — notably the child’s vivid blue garment and the expressive white pages of the book — drawi...

Category

19th Century Romantic Antique Viewer

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Alpine Marmot, Hamster, Lemming & Rock Hyrax, Brodtmann Lithograph, 1816
Alpine Marmot, Hamster, Lemming & Rock Hyrax, Brodtmann Lithograph, 1816

Alpine Marmot, Hamster, Lemming & Rock Hyrax, Brodtmann Lithograph, 1816

Located in Langweer, NL

The detailed rendering allows viewers to appreciate the subtle differences in body shape, fur texture, and proportions between these related animals.

Category

Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper

Raccoon, Honey Badger & Wolverine, Brodtmann Lithograph, 1816
Raccoon, Honey Badger & Wolverine, Brodtmann Lithograph, 1816

Raccoon, Honey Badger & Wolverine, Brodtmann Lithograph, 1816

Located in Langweer, NL

Brodtmann's restrained compositions focus attention entirely on the animals themselves, allowing the viewer to appreciate their anatomical differences, fur patterns, and characterist...

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Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper

Urban Village Landscape with trees and figures.
Urban Village Landscape with trees and figures.

Urban Village Landscape with trees and figures.

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

In the foreground, a expansive grassy meadow or public square slopes toward the viewer. Scattered across the field are stylized, simplified human figures wearing dark coats and brimm...

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Romantic Pastel on paper “Aristocratic Portrait”, Signed Edmond Jewrin
Romantic Pastel on paper “Aristocratic Portrait”, Signed Edmond Jewrin

Romantic Pastel on paper “Aristocratic Portrait”, Signed Edmond Jewrin

By Edmond J. Spence

Located in Valladolid, ES

She is depicted in three-quarter view, seated in an armchair, with an innocent expression, her head slightly inclined to the left, looking directly at the viewer. She wears a beautif...

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1830s English Romantic Antique Viewer

Materials

Crystal

Large Austrian Wood and Cold-Painted Bronze Lamp
Large Austrian Wood and Cold-Painted Bronze Lamp

Large Austrian Wood and Cold-Painted Bronze Lamp

Located in London, GB

Both figures are rendered with excellent skill, with the vibrant colours of the camel’s saddle and the man’s Orientalist clothing catching the viewer’s eye. Superb carving detail can...

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Early 20th Century Austrian Islamic Antique Viewer

Materials

Bronze

Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), Brodtmann Natural History Print, 1816
Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), Brodtmann Natural History Print, 1816

Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), Brodtmann Natural History Print, 1816

Located in Langweer, NL

In this image, the rhinoceros is presented without distracting background elements, allowing the viewer to appreciate its extraordinary anatomy, including the heavy folds of skin tha...

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Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper

"Jiraiya the Toad Ninja, Kabuki Actor" Antique Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
"Jiraiya the Toad Ninja, Kabuki Actor" Antique Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper

"Jiraiya the Toad Ninja, Kabuki Actor" Antique Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper

By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Located in Austin, TX

Through its refined use of color and precise line work, this piece masterfully preserves the enduring legacy of 19th-century Japanese performance art, inviting viewers into the grand...

Category

19th Century Edo Antique Viewer

Materials

Woodcut

"The Family Hearth" - Turn of the Century Cozy Interior Figurative Scene
"The Family Hearth" - Turn of the Century Cozy Interior Figurative Scene

"The Family Hearth" - Turn of the Century Cozy Interior Figurative Scene

By Charles Everett Johnson

Located in Soquel, CA

Charming turn-of-20th Century interior painting that takes the viewer back to simpler times with grandmother, grandfather, mother sewing and a young girl playing with her greyhound a...

Category

Early 1900s Realist Antique Viewer

Materials

Linen, Oil

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Painting Herod's Feast, 1670
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Painting Herod's Feast, 1670

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Painting Herod's Feast, 1670

Located in Vicoforte, IT

Particularly striking is the still life at the center of the composition and the presence, on the right edge, of a figure facing the viewer, perhaps a self-portrait of the artist. A ...

Category

1670s Antique Viewer

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Women in Blue Kimono Playing Stringed Shamisen, Antique Japanese Woodblock Print
Women in Blue Kimono Playing Stringed Shamisen, Antique Japanese Woodblock Print

Women in Blue Kimono Playing Stringed Shamisen, Antique Japanese Woodblock Print

By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Located in Austin, TX

With its clean lines, deliberate spacing, and serene subject matter, this print is a quintessential example of mid-19th-century Japanese graphic art, offering the viewer a timeless w...

Category

19th Century Edo Antique Viewer

Materials

Woodcut

A Lifesize Marble Bust of the Capuan Venus By Gaetano Rossi, After The Antique
A Lifesize Marble Bust of the Capuan Venus By Gaetano Rossi, After The Antique

A Lifesize Marble Bust of the Capuan Venus By Gaetano Rossi, After The Antique

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

The pose is powerful because of the turn of the head and downward gaze which directly engages the viewer, who in turn can looks up at Venus’ legendary majesty.

Category

19th Century Italian Classical Greek Antique Viewer

Materials

Statuary Marble

Antique Swedish Interior Genre Lithograph, Reading Grandmother, 1850
Antique Swedish Interior Genre Lithograph, Reading Grandmother, 1850

Antique Swedish Interior Genre Lithograph, Reading Grandmother, 1850

Located in Langweer, NL

The careful rendering of the interior creates a sense of warmth and authenticity that continues to resonate with modern viewers. Today, prints from the Wickenberg Album are highly de...

Category

Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper

A Painted Neolithic Pottery Basin
A Painted Neolithic Pottery Basin

A Painted Neolithic Pottery Basin

Located in Chicago, IL

The refined painted decoration shows the advanced craftsmanship and symbolic visual language that make Yangshao pottery so compelling to the modern viewer. Provenance: The John D. N...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Viewer

Materials

Terracotta

'Dans un Parc, la Balustrade Rose' watercolour and gouache by Léon Spilliaert
'Dans un Parc, la Balustrade Rose' watercolour and gouache by Léon Spilliaert

'Dans un Parc, la Balustrade Rose' watercolour and gouache by Léon Spilliaert

By Léon Spilliaert

Located in London, GB

Spilliaert’s work has a singularly Symbolist sensibility, it is almost as if his viewscapes are states of mind which invite the viewer not just to observe but to inhabit them. Well-v...

Category

Early 20th Century Symbolist Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Late 17th-Century English School, Portrait Of Robert Bedford, Yorkshire
Late 17th-Century English School, Portrait Of Robert Bedford, Yorkshire

Late 17th-Century English School, Portrait Of Robert Bedford, Yorkshire

Located in Cheltenham, GB

The dark oval surround enhances the sense of introspection, drawing the viewer inward. More than three centuries after its inception, the portrait survives today as the trace of a p...

Category

1690s French School Antique Viewer

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dalkulla från Mora, Swedish Folk Costume Lithograph by Pehr Wickenberg, 1850
Dalkulla från Mora, Swedish Folk Costume Lithograph by Pehr Wickenberg, 1850

Dalkulla från Mora, Swedish Folk Costume Lithograph by Pehr Wickenberg, 1850

Located in Langweer, NL

The sitter wears traditional Dalecarlian dress, including a patterned headscarf and fringed outer garment, while gazing directly toward the viewer. The child, partially visible withi...

Category

Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper

Moonlit Landscape
Moonlit Landscape

Moonlit Landscape

Located in London, GB

Using a combination of fine line pen work and brush with India ink, the artist captures the effects of the moonlight, from the velvety blackness of the trees to the bright reflection...

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Pen

Mambrino – Antique Thoroughbred Horse Portrait, Chalon & Hullmandel c.1840
Mambrino – Antique Thoroughbred Horse Portrait, Chalon & Hullmandel c.1840

Mambrino – Antique Thoroughbred Horse Portrait, Chalon & Hullmandel c.1840

Located in Langweer, NL

Unlike crowded racing scenes, this composition focuses entirely on the horse itself, allowing viewers to appreciate the animal's conformation and beauty.

Category

Mid-19th Century British Antique Viewer

Materials

Paper

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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique viewer you’re looking for at 1stDibs. An antique viewer — often made from metal, wood and glass — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique viewer — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each antique viewer bearing Industrial, Victorian or Art Nouveau hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one antique viewer that is appealing in its simplicity, but Moviola, Mutoscope Reel Co. and Pathe Freres produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Antique Viewer?

Prices for an antique viewer start at $325 and top out at $18,625 with the average selling for $2,400.