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Savitry (from the Indian poem Mahabharata), 1871
Located in Roma, RM
Artist: Andrea Gastaldi
Title: Savitry (from the Indian poem Mahabharata), 1871
Medium: oil on
Category
1870s Romantic From The Antique Poem
Materials
Oil
Antique Ming Dynasty Chinese Inkstone
Located in London, GB
, a verse from the poem 'Yu Zhu Zi Deng Yan Shan' by Meng Haoran, 'Shi You' meaning 'friend of stones
Category
16th Century Chinese Chinoiserie From The Antique Poem
Materials
Stone
Georgian Diamond Set Miniature Brooch Circa 1830s
Located in ADELAIDE, SA
poem “Paradise Lost” by John Milton. It depicts the Archangel Raphael issuing a warning to Adam and Eve
Category
1830s Georgian From The Antique Poem
Materials
Diamond, Mixed Metal
The Book of Love Poem (Thirst)
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Robert Indiana
"The Book of Love Poem (Thirst)," 1996
Screenprint in color on A.N.W. Crestwood
Category
Early 1900s From The Antique Poem
Materials
Screen
Bacchus and Ariadne, early 18th Century mythological tapestry
Located in London, GB
cheetahs, surrounded by his followers. The story of Bacchus and Ariadne comes from the poems of Catullus
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Classical Roman From The Antique Poem
Materials
Tapestry
The Poems of William Shakespeare, Essex House Press
Located in Middletown, NY
The Poems of William Shakespeare according to the text of the original copies, including the lyrics
Category
Late 19th Century English From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
Poems of Robert Fergusson
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT FERGUSSON'S POEMS in a very attractive binding. It presents
Category
Mid-18th Century From The Antique Poem
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Earthly Paradise: A Poem by William Morris in 4 Leatherbound Volumes
Located in San Francisco, CA
spines with 5 gilt-tooled raised bands the top edges gilt. The Earthly Paradise is an epic poem retelling
Category
Early 20th Century English From The Antique Poem
Materials
Leather, Paper
Rare Part of a Poem of the Battle of Ptolemy against Alexander the Great, 1721
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Mr. A. Alewyns dichtkundige uitbreiding over den Veldslag van Ptolomeus tegens Alexander (..)'.
Antique print depicting the Battle of Ptolemy against Alexan...
Category
1720s From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
H 13.78 in W 9.65 in D 0 in
Antique Print Depicting the Personification of Charity with English Poem, C.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print, titled: 'Charity.'
Personification of Charity as a woman with three children. From 'The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure'. This periodical...
Category
1780s From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
H 8.35 in W 5.04 in D 0 in
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Poèmes magyars
By Felician Myrbach
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940)
Poèmes magyars, Magyar poems
bears the monogram "M" on the lower left
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau From The Antique Poem
Materials
Ink
Jade Plaque Inscribed with Poem, 1900
Located in Southbury, CT
This dark green (almost black) nephrite jade pendant is inscribed with a brief poem about spring
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Art Nouveau From The Antique Poem
Materials
Jade, Silver, Copper
The Dance of Life a Poem; by Wm. Combe, Th. Rowlandson illustr. - FIRST ed.
Located in Middletown, NY
The Dance of Life, a Poem; by the author of "Doctor Syntax" William Combe & Thomas Rowlandson
Category
Early 19th Century English From The Antique Poem
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 9.25 in W 5.75 in D 1.25 in
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Waka Poems on Basketry Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Ribbons of 17th century calligraphy poems are mounted on an 18th century screen with a woven bamboo
Category
17th Century From The Antique Poem
Materials
Gold, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Frontispiece, from La Nuit, La Faim (The Night, The Hunger), 1960
By Georges Braque
Located in Palo Alto, CA
work which takes inspiration from a poem by Georges Riebmont-Dessaignes. Georges Riebmont-Dessaignes
Category
Early 1600s Modern From The Antique Poem
Materials
Lithograph
"A Short Story", Important Painting & Poem, Stephen Tennant & Siegfried Sassoon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
painting by Stephen Tennant illustrates a short poem by his lover, Siegfried Sassoon, entitled "A Short
Category
1920s British Art Deco From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paint
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Les Poèmes - Original Rare Book Illustrated after Edouard Manet - 1889
By Édouard Manet
Located in Roma, IT
Les Poèmes is an original modern rare book written by Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, 1809 - Baltimore
Category
1880s From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
H 10.04 in W 6.5 in D 0.79 in
Paintings of a Poem in honor of Countess Matilde - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Paintings of a Poem in honor of Countess Matilde is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The
Category
1860s Modern From The Antique Poem
Materials
Lithograph
H 11.42 in W 7.49 in D 0.04 in
Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone. Inscribed with a poem in the 19th century. The stone reminiscent
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese From The Antique Poem
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone. Inscribed with a poem in the 19th century. The stone reminiscent
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese From The Antique Poem
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone. Inscribed with a poem in the 19th century. The stone reminiscent
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese From The Antique Poem
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone. Inscribed with a poem in the 19th century. The stone reminiscent
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese From The Antique Poem
Materials
Porcelain
A Myriad of Kyoka Poems - Woodcut Print by Yanagawa Shigenobu - 1830s
By Yanagawa Shigenobu
Located in Roma, IT
A Myriad of Kyoka Poems Bijinga is an original modern artwork realized by Yanagawa Shigenobu in
Category
19th Century Modern From The Antique Poem
Materials
Woodcut
H 8.27 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in
"Harvest Home - Henry Alford Poem, " Color Lithograph Poster of Pumpkins & Hay
Located in Milwaukee, WI
a field with a few pumpkins and wheat. Below the image is an excerpt from a Henry Alford poem
Category
1920s Other Art Style From The Antique Poem
Materials
Lithograph
Paintings of a Poem in honor of Countess Matilde - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Italian Sharpshooters is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History o...
Category
1860s Modern From The Antique Poem
Materials
Lithograph
H 7.49 in W 11.42 in D 0.04 in
Foreign Soldiers from Five Countries at the Port of Yokohama
By Utagawa Yoshitora
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Toyotomi Hideyoshi making mochi rice cakes for the shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu. A poem by Sawaya Kōkichi
Category
Mid-19th Century From The Antique Poem
Materials
Woodcut
Pair of Famille Rose Antique Cylindrical Brush Pots with Two-Verse Poem
Located in Lomita, CA
well as four columns of Chinese characters in a poem. The design that encircles the pots feature
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export From The Antique Poem
Materials
Ceramic
Katsushika Hokusai -- POEM BY BUNYA NO ASAYASU (FUMIYA NO ASAYASU) 百人一首
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Poem by Bunya no Asayasu (Fumiya no Asayasu), from the
Category
1830s From The Antique Poem
Materials
Woodcut
Large Japanese 2-Panel Byôbu 屏風 'Room Divider' with Painting of Bamboo & a Poem
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, which creates a beautiful aged patina.
On the left an inscription from a ‘Zekku’ poem by the Chinese
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese From The Antique Poem
Materials
Other, Silver Leaf
Free Shipping
H 68.71 in W 68.12 in D 0.71 in
Torquato TASSO, Gerusalemme Liberata
Located in Middletown, NY
letters.
'Jerusalem Delivered' is an epic poem, first published in 1581, that tells a largely mythified
Category
Early 17th Century Italian From The Antique Poem
Materials
Leather, Paper
"MARIS STELLA" from "L'estampe Moderne"
Located in Hinsdale, IL
each with commentaries or poems about the image. Almost all of these lithographs were commissioned
Category
1890s Art Nouveau From The Antique Poem
Materials
Lithograph
ORIGiNAL 1643 THE TWELVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR AFTER JOACHIM VON SANDART THE ELDER
Located in GB
Maria of Medici, with a poem by Joost van den Vondel hanging below it. The state visit was a big deal
Category
1640s European Charles II From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
H 21.07 in W 17.13 in D 0.79 in
The Pink Bonnet
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
published)
Illustration for the poem "Hats" in The Bed-Time Book by Helen Hay Whitney, published by
Category
Early 1900s From The Antique Poem
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
The Unsafe Tenement
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in New York, NY
, Whistler became inordinately troublesome – at which point Keppel wrote Whistler a longish, mocking poem
Category
1850s Realist From The Antique Poem
Materials
Etching
The King's Camelopard
Located in Amsterdam, NL
rage in Paris, where the wig-style à la rhinoceros came into vogue, and many poems were written about
Category
1820s Naturalistic From The Antique Poem
Materials
Gold
Free Shipping
H 14.49 in W 10.99 in D 0.04 in
Flight from Troy, 19th Century French Bronze Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Virgil's Aeneid, a 2000-year-old epic poem telling the story of the legendary Trojan named Aeneas. Aeneas
Category
19th Century French From The Antique Poem
Materials
Bronze
Max Weber Woodcut Print from "Primitives" Poetry Book Signed
By Max Weber
Located in Detroit, MI
ONE WEEK ONLY SALE
This woodcut print is an expressionist print on one of the poems from Max
Category
1920s Expressionist From The Antique Poem
Materials
Woodcut
Early 20th Century 2-Tier Cabinet from Fujian, China
Located in Singapore, SG
to describe beautiful poems and paintings. There are many auspicious symbols throughout the cabinet
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing From The Antique Poem
Materials
Fir
Our Fathers, To The Memory of the nameless Killed and Wounded.
By William Lionel Wyllie
Located in Storrs, CT
Set of 4 etchings. Each 12 1/4 x 8 1/4. Poem by Captain Ronald A. Hopwood. R.N. Each etching in
Category
Early 20th Century From The Antique Poem
Materials
Etching
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.5 in
Rare Antique Print of the University City of Franeker, the Netherlands, 1678
Located in Langweer, NL
Latin at the top, a 2 line relating poem in Latin below the image and a 4 line relating poem in German
Category
17th Century From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
H 5.71 in W 7.09 in D 0 in
'Improvisation 7' second ed. woodcut from 'Klänge' by Wassily Kandinsky
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
of thirty-eight prose-poems he wrote between 1909 and 1911 and fifty-six woodcuts he began in 1907
Category
1910s Blue Rider From The Antique Poem
Materials
Woodcut, Laid Paper
Study for "The coronation of Tasso"
Located in PARIS, FR
mediocre and unjustly accused of madness. Lord Byron's poem The Lament of Tasso dates from 1817, Goethe's
Category
Early 19th Century French School From The Antique Poem
Materials
Oil
1881 The Works of William Shakespeare
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
great range in style from comedies to tragedies to love poems.
Including a life of Shakespeare, and a
Category
1880s British From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
The Courtship of Miles Standish
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's narrative poem The Courtship of Miles Standish originally published in
Category
Early 1900s Other Art Style From The Antique Poem
Materials
Pencil
Group of Four Paintings with Scenes from Orlando Furioso, XVIIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
Orlando Furioso, the famous epic poem written by Ludovico Ariosto and published for the first time in 1516
Category
18th Century Other Art Style From The Antique Poem
Materials
Oil
H 14.38 in W 21.86 in D 0.99 in
Fingal's Cave, on the Island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
after the eponymous hero of an epic poem by 18th-century Scots poet-historian James Macpherson
Category
Early 1800s From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
H 8.67 in W 9.85 in D 0 in
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Mutsu (depicted in this print). Each of the rivers was associated with a classical poem. This print was
Category
Late 18th Century Edo From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
H 21 in W 16 in D 0.75 in
The Italian, Oil on Canvas, 1924
By Charles Picart le Doux
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
.
Discrédit (poèmes), Michel Brient éditeur, 1956.
Nacres, thrènes et poèmes, Paris, 1959.
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist From The Antique Poem
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Improvisation 7' original first ed. woodcut from 'Klänge' by Wassily Kandinsky
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
album," Klänge (Sounds), consists of thirty-eight prose-poems he wrote between 1909 and 1911 and fifty
Category
1910s Blue Rider From The Antique Poem
Materials
Woodcut
At the trough Paper, charcoal, 51.5x34.5cm
Located in Riga, LV
. He draws portraits, caricatures, cartoons, illustrated prose poem by E. Virza "Straumeni". Used
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Grand Central Terminal from Murray Hill Hotel, NYC History, New York City
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
William Cullen Bryant poem, Thanatopsis. In their prospectus announcing the release of this book, the
Category
Early 20th Century From The Antique Poem
Materials
Etching
1882 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.
By Henry Fielding
Located in Bath, GB
cases; Volume VII contains A Voyage to Lisbon, as well as his legal papers and poems; and Volumes VIII
Category
1880s British From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
1760 George III Sideboard from Duke Wellington Athelhampton House Billiard Room
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in GB
it has been in the Cooke family since 1957. The house features in Hardy's poem The Dame of Athelhall
Category
1760s English George III From The Antique Poem
Materials
Hardwood
H 34.26 in W 107.29 in D 43.12 in
Japanese Screen "the Song of Everlasting Sorrow"
Located in PARIS, FR
concubine in a luxurious palanquin.
It may be a scene illustrating the poem The Song of Everlasting
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese From The Antique Poem
Materials
Wood, Paper, Silk
The Erlkönig by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, circa 1900
By Jan Toorop
Located in Blackwater, GB
circa 1900 Symbolist scene from Goethe's poem The Erlkönig, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and
Category
19th Century From The Antique Poem
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Old Print Titled from War Comes Peace, City Amara in Africa in Background, C1630
Located in Langweer, NL
Poetry consists of a aphorism or theme in German or Latin at the top, a 2 line relating poem in Latin
Category
1630s From The Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
H 6.03 in W 7.29 in D 0 in
Old Master Allegorical oil painting of “Erminia and The Shepherds”
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
depicted in the paining is drawn from “Jerusalem Delivered” (1581), an epic poem about the Crusades by
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque From The Antique Poem
Materials
Canvas
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) The Musketeers, original drawing
By Felician Myrbach
Located in Paris, FR
illustration project for François Coppée's poem "Duel de Raffinés." ( Duel of the refined)
It tells how two
Category
1890s Art Nouveau From The Antique Poem
Materials
Ink
Les Pelerins d'Emmaus (The Pilgrims of Emmaus)
By Maurice Denis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
book of poems Sagesse by Paul Verlaine, Denis carved a series of seven highly stylized woodblock prints
Category
1890s French School From The Antique Poem
Materials
Lithograph
The Duke of Aumale - Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1843
Located in Roma, IT
, among which are Béranger's poems, the History of the Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, the History of
Category
1840s Modern From The Antique Poem
Materials
Lithograph
H 13 in W 10.24 in D 0.04 in
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