Antique Nun

An interesting soft-paste porcelain figure of a Dominican Nun, perhaps the theatrical figure Heloise. Although the Nun appears in various versions in European and English porcelain,...

Belgian charcoal drawing on paper retaining the original glass and heavy oak frame, circa 1870.

The figure is of a Dominican Nun, and is based on a continental model, probably Meissen.

Pair of rare antique carved hardwood wall sculptures circa 1850 Woman and man (monk and nun?)

Walnut tree carved snuffbox featuring a nun, with an erotical twist.  

Origin: Ancient Dominican nuns' park of the chapel of Corme Ecluse (17). Presented with the E6681 pedestal.

These bells are used by Tibetan monks, nuns and lay people during religious ceremonies and in their own personal practices.

Origins: This pedestal comes from Dominican nuns' chapel of Corme Ecluse (17).

Unusual pair of arm chairs from the Maricolen Nuns Cloister in the Center of the city of Antwerp Belgium.

The drama begins when Kanemitsu sleeps with his brother's widow Kyodai, who, since her husband's passing, has become a nun. Their liaison must be kept a secret, as public knowledge o...

These were made, beginning in the sixteenth century, by the nuns at Mechelen, in northern Belgium, in multimedia handwork displays of sewing and gluing, combining relics with paper, ...

Probably from a set of 6 prints with monks and nuns. State: Only state. Reference: After Hollstein 62.

References: Black Robe, White Mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist Nun Rengetsu, National Gallery of Australia, 2007.

This type of embroidery is typically called "nun's work," because nuns in convents throughout the Germanic lands specialized in the medium.

The cult of the "Divine Child" involved the aristocratic families, those who had joint founders of convents or simple nuns. From the well-to-do classes, the cult spread to the popula...

Teresa Berenice Vitelli was a nun with the order of Santa Apollonia documented in Florence between 1706-1729.

His later pictures are freer in style; some have been favourably compared with the work of the French Impressionists and some have a visionary or mannerist quality; his landscapes co...

His later pictures are freer in style; some have been favourably compared with the work of the French Impressionists and some have a visionary or mannerist quality; his landscapes co...

Italian painter, mid-18th century Historical portrait of Beatrice Cenci Not signed Daughter of Count Francesco Cenci, a violent and dissolute man, and of Ersilia Santacroce, aft...

Artist: Stephen Scott Young Title: Vienna Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 1983 Signed: Inscribed Bottom Left and Signed Back of Paper Dimensions: Unframed 13.5 x 7 Framed 18.5 x 17...

France circa 1770

Portrait of a Russian Nun Oil on canvas 40.7 x 32.5 cm (68 x 61.5 cm with frame) Numbered 701 lower left Wihtout signature

Stunning antique 18th Century oak nun's 4 compartment table with perfect patina throughout.

these pure cabinets were made for nuns rooms in Spanish convents ... love these in contemporary interiors ...

These pine cabinets were made fur nuns rooms in convents in Spain, love the simple, pure lines.     

a lovely Spanish 19th century chestnut cabinet, they were made for nuns rooms in the convents ... simple lines, completely genuine, original iron hardware ...

Lovingly holding a large bible, this carving depicts a Flemish nun, perhaps the Mother Superior, in typical formal raiment.

Antique print titled 'Maronite Nun'. Print of a Maronite Nun. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.

Joseph Pierre Hilarion Castanié (1819-1884). Portrait of a nun (Carmelite). Oil on canvas, signed upper left Castanié.

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Provenience: Galleria Carini, Milan, private collection. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy cre...

Antique print titled 'Bernardine dans la Maison'. Print of a Bernardine Nun. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.

François-Marius GRANET (Circle of) Aix-en-Provence, 1775 – Aix-en-Provence, 1849 Convent interior with nuns Oil on canvas 35 x 27.5 cm (39.5 x 31 cm with frame) Beautiful black and g...

A pastel portrait of a nun. She raises one hand to her head and holds a string of rosary beads in the other.

A comedic scene depicting a nun ushering a drunkard through an arched doorway, possibly after he has furtively swigged the sacramental wine which she now guards.

Original oil painting and original oak frame Painting is in great condition Circa 1910

Mid-19th Century Folk Art Horn Carved Nun Figure A rare and unusual example of a mid-19th Century hand carved folk art figure of a Nun.

Antique print titled 'Religieuse Arménienne'. Print of an Armenian Nun. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.

A carved alabaster figure of a Franciscan Nun, from Antwerp and dating to 1480 – 1520 AD.

Sacrement'. Print of a Nun of the Benedictine order of Perpetual Adoration of the Eucharist.

Antique print titled 'Religieuse de Fontevrault en Habit de Choeur'. Print of a Nun of Fontevraud. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.

Antique print titled 'Religieuse de l'Ordre de Saint Jean de Jerusalem'. Print of a Nun of the Knights Hospitaller of the monastery in Toulouse, Order of Knights of the Hospital of S...

A beautiful study of two nuns at prayers in an interior by the Vienna born artist Carl Goebel.

Antique print titled 'Religieuse de la Charité'. Print of a Nun of the Order of Charity. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.

Antique print titled 'Hospitaliere de la Fleche'. Print of a Nun of the Congregation of the Daughters Hospitallers of St.

A pair of very large oil on canvas late 18th C. or early 19th C. paintings of young Augustinian nuns. The paintings exude a peaceful elegance, a calm and stately presence.

This early 20th-century German oil painting depicts the ‘Nun of Monza’, Sister Virginia Maria, staring longingly through a cell window while in prayer.

This particular seal features a nun with her gilded black cape holding a staff and reading from a book.

Antique print titled 'Religieuse de Saint-Bazile en Orient'. Print of a Nun in the Order of Saint Basil. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.

Lycaste Skinneri Alba orchids, also know as White Nun Orchid or Skinner's Lycaste orchids, are found in nature in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras in tropical humid fores...

Print of a Hospitaller Nun of the Hotel-Dieu a Paris. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.

Antique print titled 'Conceptionniste'. Print of a Nun of the Order of the Immaculate Conception. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.

Antique print titled 'Visitandine en Flandre'. Print of a Nun of the Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacramen.

Antique print titled 'Clarisse'. Print of a Poor Clare Nun. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.

Antique print titled 'Religieuse de Notre-Dame de la Misericorde'. Print of a Nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy.

Within the apron are 18 drawers total, nine on each side, providing storage for each nun's Bible and cutlery. It is possible that a long bench would have been used on each side to ac...

Gal. of Scotland): The Pont de l'Alma near Paris (oil on canvas) London (NG): The Pont de la Tournelle, Paris (1862-1864, oil on canvas); Nuns and Schoolgirls in the Tuileries Garden...

Superb Pair of Italian Rococo style gilt wood shield form mirrors with etched silhouettes of a romantic couple. The frame comprised of acanthus leaves and flowers with a leafy crown ...

Pair of late 18th Century Louis XVI period giltwood and composition mirrors. With Neo-Classical details. One with original foxed mirror plate the other with a later 19th Century, sl...

Refined pair of small mirrors, with carved swiss pine frames gilded with pure gold leaf. The frames are distinguished by their exquisite carvings of phytomorphic scrolls and geometri...

Born in Lisbon in 1881, Francis Smith was a French-Portuguese painter of English parentage, who lived in Paris from 1907. He took part in several exhibitions in Portugal, the free ex...

We present picture portrait from 1853. Highly recommended item will be perfect complementation of the rooms in not only Classic style, but also Art Deco and modern.  

Bring old-world ecclesiastical elegance to a mantel, console, or altar table with this remarkable pair of antique Italian reliquary mirrors. Crafted in Italy circa 1850, each tall ha...

A beautiful and rare pair of 18th Century Italian Venetian mirrors in very good condition. With beautiful faux marble paint effect to the frame. Surmounted by and elegant hand carve...

Pair of Baroque mirrors in carved and gilded wood, Italy, first half of the 18th century. Dimensions: cm W 54 x H 93 x D 29 (shown on the left); cm W 54 x H 88 x D 29 (shown on the r...