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ITALIAN ANTIQUE MARBLE HEAD OF A PHILOSOPHER
Located in Milan, IT
ITALIAN MARBLE HEAD OF A PHILOSOPHER
Italy, Late 17th/early 18th Century
Marble
height 36 cm (14 1
Category
18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
South Arabian Head of a Woman
Located in London, GB
A female head finely carved from evenly-coloured cream alabaster. The face features a strong chin
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Antiquities
Materials
Alabaster
Portrait of Anthony Ashley Cooper, an English Politician, Philosopher and Writer
Located in Langweer, NL
of Shaftesbury (1671-1713) was an English politician, philosopher and writer. This print originates
Category
Antique 18th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
H 20.87 in W 13.98 in D 0 in
Sir Francis Bacon: 18th C. Portrait of Philosopher, Scientist, Author, Statesman
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
, Lord Chancellor by Jacobus Houbraken in 1738 after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, from "The Heads
Category
1730s Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Joseph Addison: 18th C. Portrait of Philosopher, Poet, Playwright and Politician
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, from "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain
Category
1740s Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Head of a Man - Original Etching by John Hall - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Head of a man is an original artwork realized by John Hall for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on
Category
1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
No Reserve
H 5.6 in W 5.52 in D 0.04 in
Heads of a Man - Original Etching by Anker Smith - 1810
By Anker Smith
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of a man is an original artwork realized by Anker Smith for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays
Category
1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
No Reserve
H 7.09 in W 10.44 in D 0.04 in
Roman Marble Head of Sophocles
Located in London, GB
Roman Marble Head of Sophocles
Circa 1st-2nd Century
Marble
This fine Roman marble head preserves
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Busts
Materials
Marble
Portrait head of a woman, Original French Mourlot Modernist Lithograph 1950s
By Françoise Gilot
Located in Surfside, FL
movement in Europe. Their circle included poets,
philosophers, writers, and many of the legends of the art
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Head of a Man Throughout the Years - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Head of a Man Throughout the Years is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Thomas HollowayHead of a Man Throughout the Years - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810, 1810
H 2.76 in W 9.65 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Animals - Original Etching by John Barlow - 1810
By John Barlow
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of animals is an original artwork realized by John Barlow (1759 - 1810).
Original Etching
Category
1810s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
No Reserve
H 12.6 in W 10.24 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Birds - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of birds is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827).
Original Etching
Category
1810s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
H 12.6 in W 10.24 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Men - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of men is an original artwork realized by James Neagle (1760 - 1822).
Original Etching from
Category
1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
No Reserve
H 12.6 in W 10.24 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Children - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of children is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 2.25 in W 8.27 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Men - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of men is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 1.89 in W 8.08 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Men - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of men is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 3.75 in W 8.86 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Men - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of men is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 3.75 in W 6.7 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Men - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of men is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 2.29 in W 6.3 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Women - Original Etching by Anker Smith - 1810
By Anker Smith
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of women is an original artwork realized by Anker Smith for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
No Reserve
H 3.35 in W 5.52 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Man - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of man is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
No Reserve
H 5.32 in W 8.67 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Men - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of men is an original etching realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 3.94 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Women - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of women is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 2.96 in W 8.27 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Women - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of women is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 4.73 in W 8.27 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Men - Original Etching by Philip Audinet - 1810
By Philip Audinet
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of men is an original artwork realized by Philip Audinet for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 3.67 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Men - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of men is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
No Reserve
H 3.94 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Johnfon - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of Johnfon is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's
Category
1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 6.5 in W 6.89 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Men of Ancient Times - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of Men of Ancient Times is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 9.45 in W 7.29 in D 0.04 in
Heads of John Locke - Original Etching by James Neagle - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of Locke is an original artwork realized by James Neagle for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays
Category
1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
No Reserve
H 11.23 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
The Heads of Women - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Heads of Women is an original etching artwork realized by James Neagle for Johann Caspar
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 2.96 in W 3.94 in D 0.04 in
Heads of Men and Women - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of men and women is an original artwork realized after Nicolas Poussin for Johann Caspar
Category
1810s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
H 9.85 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Fountain Head - Stay, starring Ryan Gosling / expired Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fountain Head (Stay), starring Ryan Gosling 2006
20x20cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Film
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Antique 19th century Bronze Dog Portrait of a Maltese on a Marble Base
Located in SANTA FE, NM
oar, the right takes the edge of urn. The crowned head is turned to the right.
Jean-Jacques Caffieri
Category
19th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 10.5 in W 8 in D 5.5 in
Important Unique Italian Sculpture "ULISSE" HEAD CARRARA MARBLE 19th Cent.
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
"Ulisse di Sperlonga" HEAD IN WHITE CARRARA MARBLE 19th Century
good conditions
Base in white
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
The Head - The Physiognomy - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
The Head - The Physiognomy is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 3.55 in W 2.96 in D 0.08 in
The Head - The Physiognomy - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
The Head - The Physiognomy is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
No Reserve
H 2.37 in W 8.27 in D 0.08 in
The Head - The Physiognomy - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
The Head - The Physiognomy is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
No Reserve
H 1.97 in W 8.47 in D 0.08 in
Portrait Of A Young Model Work On Paper
By Alexander Rutsch
Located in Delray Beach, FL
, philosopher, musician, singer and poet. His life as a romantic is reflected in his work, as he sought to
Category
1980s Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Watercolor, Charcoal, Oil Pastel
Portrait of A Young Model Work On Paper
By Alexander Rutsch
Located in Delray Beach, FL
, philosopher, musician, singer and poet. His life as a romantic is reflected in his work, as he sought to
Category
1980s Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Watercolor
Important Unique Italian Sculpture MARCO AURELIO HEAD CARRARA MARBLE 19th Cent.
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
MARCO AURELIO HEAD IN WHITE CARRARA MARBLE 19th Century
Marcus Aurelius (Rome 121 - Vindobona 180
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
H 13 in W 13 in D 9.85 in
Hiding Head Original French Mourlot Modernist Lithograph, 1950s Francois Gilot
By Françoise Gilot
Located in Surfside, FL
circle included poets,
philosophers, writers, and many of the legends of the art world, such
as Braque
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Undulating Crumpled Form No 70, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Located in London, GB
into the earthenware vessel takes on its form" Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher - I wanted to
Category
2010s Spanish Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
H 19.3 in W 9.85 in D 7.88 in
Dance of Life
By Frederick Hart
Located in Missouri, MO
ingratiated himself into the cadre of stone carvers, whose impermeable ranks were so hard to breach. The head
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Slashed Crumpled Form No 60, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Located in London, GB
flows into the earthenware vessel takes on its form" Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher - I wanted
Category
2010s Spanish Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
H 16.93 in W 8.67 in D 9.45 in
Tall Black Crumpled Form No 94, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Located in London, GB
takes on its form" Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher - I wanted to explore how this idea actually
Category
2010s Spanish Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
H 15.75 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
France, circa 1810 -1820 Table Clock with a Handmaid Mercury Gilded Bronze
Located in Milan, IT
woman crowned with laurel; the upper part has two griffin heads in correspondence with the arms of the
Category
Antique 1810s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
H 23.63 in W 16.15 in D 5.12 in
Oval Form in Galactic Blue No 88, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Located in London, GB
takes on its form" Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher - I wanted to explore how this idea actually
Category
2010s Spanish Organic Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
H 11.42 in W 11.42 in D 14.18 in
Rare Pair of 19th Century Portrait Busts of Caesars Marcus Aurelius and Caracall
Located in Benington, Herts
Caracalla in Terracotta with Bronze Heads.
Italy Naples late 19th / early 20th Century.
Life-size busts
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Busts
Materials
Bronze
H 24.02 in W 24.02 in D 14.97 in
"Languor of Love" Contemporary Figurative Screen Print Edition 268 of 295
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Houston, TX
middle is a lone figure with their head resting on their hand. The screenprint is accented with orange
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
H 40 in W 49.5 in D 1 in
The Thingly Thingness of Things
By Enrique Chagoya
Located in Lyons, CO
from Heidegger, a philosopher who overly theorized and kept himself detached from life and presents a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Antique Portrait of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Langweer, NL
England. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon.
This print originates
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
Portrait of Hermes - Original Etching by Thomas Vivares - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of men and women is an original artwork realized after Nicolas Poussin for Johann Caspar
Category
1810s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
H 9.85 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Art World Taxonomy (set of books)
By Skylar Fein
Located in New Orleans, LA
summation of his own legal strategy.) Maurice Blanchot, an obscure French philosopher who devoted his life
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Acrylic
Portraits of Children - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
, Bensley, 1810.
This artwork portrays heads of children. On the back of this artwork there is a text
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 1.86 in W 7.01 in D 0.04 in
Portrait of Attila - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
.
This artwork portrays heads of Attilla. On the back of this artwork there are lines of faces.
Good
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 5.12 in W 7.41 in D 0.04 in
Portrait of Attila - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
.
This artwork portrays heads of Attila. On the back of this artwork there is a text and another portrait
Category
1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 5.32 in W 7.21 in D 0.04 in
“Horatius & the Fall of Rome” French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRENCH RESTAURATION ORMOLU & PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK OF ROMAN PHILOSOPHER HORATIUS
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
H 21.13 in W 15.12 in D 5.12 in
Antique Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby, English Courtier and Diplomat
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Langweer, NL
English courtier and diplomat. He was also a highly reputed natural philosopher, astrologer and known as a
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, E. Fitzgerald translation, Club Bindery
Located in Middletown, NY
Bibliographical Note in the 1926 Shakespeare Head Press edition, which we are offering, inventory #416)
This
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Portrait of Man after Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
some minor stains and foxing.
The artwork represents the head of a furious man through deft strokes
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 12.6 in W 10.24 in D 0.04 in
Rare Copper Engraving of Female with Five Breasts Lactating onto Others, 1686
Located in Langweer, NL
; centre left, busts of female and male heads; upper left, eagle with wreath in its mouth, above which, Pan
Category
Antique 1680s Religious Items
Materials
Paper
No Reserve
H 15.75 in W 9.34 in D 0 in
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