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Spanish Pine Cabinet
Spanish Pine Cabinet

Spanish Pine Cabinet

Located in Brecht, BE

This small cabinet, was made in the 19th century for a nuns room in a Spanish convent, lots of charm and great color, wabi sabi at its best.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Cabinets

Materials

Pine

Antique French Embroidered Tapestry
Antique French Embroidered Tapestry

Antique French Embroidered Tapestry

Located in Wainscott, NY

Delicate framed silk tapestry fragment, completed by nuns in the South of France, late nineteenth century.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Tapestries

Materials

Metallic Thread, Silver

Antique French Embroidered Tapestry
Antique French Embroidered Tapestry

Antique French Embroidered Tapestry

Located in Wainscott, NY

Exquisite framed silk tapestry, completed by nuns in the South of France, late nineteenth century.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Tapestries

Materials

Metallic Thread, Silver

Antique English George III Silver Coffee Pot, 1827
Antique English George III Silver Coffee Pot, 1827

Antique English George III Silver Coffee Pot, 1827

Located in London, GB

The Arms of the Family of Nun. The arms as engraved upon this George III English sterling silver coffee pot by William Elliott hallmarked London 1827 are those of the family of N...

Category

Antique 1820s English Pitchers

Friso Kramer Marble Topped "Reform" Table
Friso Kramer Marble Topped "Reform" Table

Friso Kramer Marble Topped "Reform" Table

By Ahrend de Cirkel, Friso Kramer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Not originally produced with marble top, but stunning nun the less.

Category

Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Marble, Metal

19th Century Quebec Pine 10 Foot Convent Table
19th Century Quebec Pine 10 Foot Convent Table

19th Century Quebec Pine 10 Foot Convent Table

Located in Surrey, BC

Every now and then a great item show up Here is an original 10 ft farm table, with large pine top and multi drawers used by nuns in the convent. Two of the drawers are false but orig...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Canadian Country Dining Room Tables

Materials

Pine

18th Century Spanish Religious Painting
18th Century Spanish Religious Painting

18th Century Spanish Religious Painting

Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont

Framework oil on canvas depicting the subject of sacred art "Adoration of the Saint" with friars and nuns of excellent pictorial hand. Painting of great extent and character, for ant...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Spanish Paintings

Materials

Wood

19th Century Walnut Shell "European Landmarks" Dioramas
19th Century Walnut Shell "European Landmarks" Dioramas

19th Century Walnut Shell "European Landmarks" Dioramas

Located in San Francisco, CA

They may have been made by European nuns in the mid to late 19th century. Today they stand out as fine 19th century European folk / outsider art.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century European Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Walnut

A 19th Century European Bone Dreidel
A 19th Century European Bone Dreidel

A 19th Century European Bone Dreidel

Located in New York, NY

The main body of the Dreidel is octagon-shaped similar to a fastener and written on four of its sides are the letters Nun, Gimmel, Hey, and Shin of the Hebrew alphabet. small saucer-...

Category

Antique 19th Century European Religious Items

Materials

Bone

Rosewood Sofa by Fatima Arquitetura e Interiores, Brazilian Midcentury, 1960s
Rosewood Sofa by Fatima Arquitetura e Interiores, Brazilian Midcentury, 1960s

Rosewood Sofa by Fatima Arquitetura e Interiores, Brazilian Midcentury, 1960s

By Fatima Arquitetura Interiores (FAI)

Located in New York, NY

Founded in Rio de Janeiro during the 1960s by architects Guilherme Nunes and Sávio Visconti, Fátima Arquitetura e Interiores LTDA.

Category

Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Rosewood, Fabric

Andy Warhol: Portraits of Ingrid Bergman- Vintage Art Book
Andy Warhol: Portraits of Ingrid Bergman- Vintage Art Book

Andy Warhol: Portraits of Ingrid Bergman- Vintage Art Book

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The portraits done in typical Warhol style features 3 different portraits of Bergman, 1 from Casablanca, 1 of her as a nun from The Bells of St. Mary, and a studio portrait from the ...

Category

20th Century Pop Art More Art

Materials

Paper

Set of three 19th Century Pugin style Gothic Revival Altar or Hall Chairs
Set of three 19th Century Pugin style Gothic Revival Altar or Hall Chairs

Set of three 19th Century Pugin style Gothic Revival Altar or Hall Chairs

By Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

Located in Glasgow, GB

Scholastica, Atherstone was built in 1837-41 by Joseph Hansom an architect working mainly in the Gothic Revival style, it was acquired in 1857 by Benedictine nuns as a daughter house...

Category

Antique 19th Century British Gothic Revival Chairs

Materials

Leather, Faux Leather, Oak

Custom Straw Marquetry Mirror
Custom Straw Marquetry Mirror

Custom Straw Marquetry Mirror

Located in New York, NY

In the West it has been practiced since the 17th century when it was considered an acceptable hobby for cloistered nuns. During the Napoleonic wars, French prisoners held in British ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Wall Mirrors

Materials

Bentwood

19th Century French Carved Oak Cathedral Altar Chair Gothic Lion Renaissance
19th Century French Carved Oak Cathedral Altar Chair Gothic Lion Renaissance

19th Century French Carved Oak Cathedral Altar Chair Gothic Lion Renaissance

Located in Shreveport, LA

Notice the lion’s mane, facial features, tail, and aforementioned feet, all carved with stunning talent and accuracy~ ~Front lion’s paws lay against a coat of arms with carved dolph...

Category

Antique 1850s French Renaissance Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Oak

African 'Baoule' figure. Watercolour on Handmade paper Laid on Vélin d'Arches.
African 'Baoule' figure. Watercolour on Handmade paper Laid on Vélin d'Arches.

African 'Baoule' figure. Watercolour on Handmade paper Laid on Vélin d'Arches.

By La Roche Laffitte

Located in Cotignac, FR

The most powerful spiritual objects are the men’s sacred masks, bo nun amuin. This mask is a boxy helmet mask representing a menacing animal with bared teeth.

Category

Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Saint Teresa of Avila. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 17th century.
Saint Teresa of Avila. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 17th century.

Saint Teresa of Avila. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 17th century.

Located in Madrid, ES

Teresa D Xesú, Saint Teresa of Jesus) and accompanied by another nun in the habit of the same order, as was common in works destined for convents (dowries, donations, etc.).

Category

Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Other

Cattle Watering
Cattle Watering

Cattle Watering

By Henry John Livens

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

Amie later joined a Convent at Finchley and became known as the ‘Painting Nun’, signing her works Sister Mary Etheldreda.

Category

19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cattle Watering, oil on canvas
Cattle Watering, oil on canvas

Cattle Watering, oil on canvas

By Henry John Livens

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

Amie later joined a Convent at Finchley and became known as the ‘Painting Nun’, signing her works Sister Mary Etheldreda.

Category

19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1820s Antique Sterling Silver Bowl/Centerpiece
1820s Antique Sterling Silver Bowl/Centerpiece

1820s Antique Sterling Silver Bowl/Centerpiece

By Paul Storr

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

There are several gentry families of the name Nun/Nunn who bear similar arms as depicted in the first quarter, together with the bull's head crest; notably the family of Nunn, of St ...

Category

Antique 1820s English George IV Decorative Bowls

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

A Pewter Bezalel Dreidel by Moshe Murro, Jerusalem 1929
A Pewter Bezalel Dreidel by Moshe Murro, Jerusalem 1929

A Pewter Bezalel Dreidel by Moshe Murro, Jerusalem 1929

Located in New York, NY

An oil jug with sprouting foliate branches and the letter Nun in both corners. The final side depicts the scene of Judah chasing away a soldier a similar palm tree at the center and ...

Category

Vintage 1920s Israeli Sterling Silver

Materials

Pewter

19th Century French Monk Oil Painting in Gilt Frame Signed J. Bastet, 1894
19th Century French Monk Oil Painting in Gilt Frame Signed J. Bastet, 1894

19th Century French Monk Oil Painting in Gilt Frame Signed J. Bastet, 1894

Located in Dallas, TX

The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its own Rule, called the Statutes, rather than the Rule of Saint Benedict, and combi...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Antique Richard Eckert Volkstedt German Neoclassical Porcelain Cherub Figurines
Antique Richard Eckert Volkstedt German Neoclassical Porcelain Cherub Figurines

Antique Richard Eckert Volkstedt German Neoclassical Porcelain Cherub Figurines

Located in Dayton, OH

In 1767 it was leased to Christian Nun. In 1797 the manufactory was purchased by prince Ernst Constantin von Hessen-Philippsthal.

Category

Antique Late 18th Century Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

View of Piazza San Marco, Venice - Original Watercolor by N. Cipriani
View of Piazza San Marco, Venice - Original Watercolor by N. Cipriani

View of Piazza San Marco, Venice - Original Watercolor by N. Cipriani

By Nazzareno Cipriani

Located in Roma, IT

In 1870, at the Roman exhibition of Amateurs and Cultors he presented A Nun Who Watered the Flowers. Attracted by the pictorial and more chromatic complexity of Mariano Fortuny, he a...

Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Taxco, Mexico

Taxco, Mexico

Located in Los Angeles, CA

President Ramon of Panama presented him with the Commander Cross of Vasco Nunes de Balboa; Medai'le d'honneur du Merite Francaise, France; Palme d'Or France, Officer de Saint George,...

Category

1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Joseph Bail (1862-1921) A Still life with vegetables, signed drawing
Joseph Bail (1862-1921) A Still life with vegetables, signed drawing

Joseph Bail (1862-1921) A Still life with vegetables, signed drawing

By Joseph Bail

Located in Paris, FR

Following a visit to the Hospices de Beaune in 1902, he gradually became interested in the life of the hospital nuns. This visit gave rise to Le Bénédicité (1903), Un coin de lingeri...

Category

1890s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Chalk

19th Century Pair Grand Tour Convent Siena and Amethyst Marble Obelisks
19th Century Pair Grand Tour Convent Siena and Amethyst Marble Obelisks

19th Century Pair Grand Tour Convent Siena and Amethyst Marble Obelisks

Located in London, GB

Dimensions in cm: Height 40 x width 10 x depth 10 Dimensions in inches: Height 15.7 x width 3.9 x depth 3.9 Convent Siena marble The mining rights to this marble (also known...

Category

Antique 1890s More Desk Accessories

Materials

Amethyst, Marble

"City Scene" Ludwig Bemelmans, Watercolor City Scape by Creator of Madeline
"City Scene" Ludwig Bemelmans, Watercolor City Scape by Creator of Madeline

"City Scene" Ludwig Bemelmans, Watercolor City Scape by Creator of Madeline

By Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898-1962

Located in New York, NY

Madeleine, spelled like his wife’s name here, is one of 12 little girls shepherded by a tall nun through the streets of Bruges. In 1938, Bemelmans, Mimi, and their two-year-old Barb...

Category

20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

The Nuns Going to the Prayer - Original lithograph, 1950
The Nuns Going to the Prayer - Original lithograph, 1950

The Nuns Going to the Prayer - Original lithograph, 1950

By André Derain

Located in Paris, IDF

André DERAIN (1880-1954) The Nuns Going to the Prayer, 1950 Original lithograph (MOURLOT workshop) Signed with the artist's stamp On vellum 26 x 18 cm (c. 10.2 x 7 inches) Excelle...

Category

1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ingrid Bergman The Nun - original modern Warhol lithograph pop art signed
Ingrid Bergman The Nun - original modern Warhol lithograph pop art signed

Ingrid Bergman The Nun - original modern Warhol lithograph pop art signed

By Andy Warhol

Located in Schierensee, SH

"Ingrid Bergman The Nun (from "The Bell's of St. Mary's"), screen print on Lenox Museum Board with glossy finish, printed in the 1980's as a catalogue invitation for an exhibit in Sw...

Category

20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

1983 After Andy Warhol 'Ingrid The Nun' ORIGINAL POSTER

1983 After Andy Warhol 'Ingrid The Nun' ORIGINAL POSTER

By Andy Warhol

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Paper Size: 39.5 x 27.5 inches ( 100.33 x 69.85 cm ) Image Size: 20 x 20 inches ( 50.8 x 50.8 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional ...

Category

1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

1983 After Andy Warhol 'Ingrid The Nun' Pop Art Multicolor

1983 After Andy Warhol 'Ingrid The Nun' Pop Art Multicolor

By Andy Warhol

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Paper Size: 39.5 x 27.5 inches ( 100.33 x 69.85 cm ) Image Size: 20 x 20 inches ( 50.8 x 50.8 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional ...

Category

1980s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

1983 After Andy Warhol 'Ingrid The Nun' Pop Art Multicolor

1983 After Andy Warhol 'Ingrid The Nun' Pop Art Multicolor

By Andy Warhol

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Paper Size: 39.5 x 27.5 inches ( 100.33 x 69.85 cm ) Image Size: 20 x 20 inches ( 50.8 x 50.8 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional ...

Category

1980s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Mid-Century Modern Italian Wrought Iron Sculpture of a Nun
Mid-Century Modern Italian Wrought Iron Sculpture of a Nun

Mid-Century Modern Italian Wrought Iron Sculpture of a Nun

Located in Stamford, CT

A signed Italian abstract sculpture of a nun walking with hands held in prayer. The nun shown wearing a 'cornette' wimple headdress, like that of the flying nun.

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wrought Iron

Frank Whipple "Partying Nuns" Oil on Board
Frank Whipple "Partying Nuns" Oil on Board

Frank Whipple "Partying Nuns" Oil on Board

Located in San Francisco, CA

for the Nuns hats. In this one, Nun appears to have had to much wine as she is wearing the lampshade instead.

Category

1960s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Midcentury Monachella lamp by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena, Italy 1953
Midcentury Monachella lamp by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena, Italy 1953

Midcentury Monachella lamp by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena, Italy 1953

By Luigi Caccia Dominioni

Located in Piacenza, Italy

The Monachella lamp takes its name from the headdress of the nuns who quietly and serenely fulfill their duty, between work and prayer.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal, Aluminum, Brass

Monachella Brass Floor Lamp by Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Monachella Brass Floor Lamp by Luigi Caccia Dominioni

Monachella Brass Floor Lamp by Luigi Caccia Dominioni

By Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Azucena

Located in Milano, IT

The reference to the nuns does not stop only at the shape, which we find immediately in the lampshade inclined upwards.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Brass, Iron

Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography
Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography

Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography

Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR

Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography An exceptional 18th-century Spanish Colonial oil painting on canvas, depicting a veiled nun in a strikin...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Yellow 0513 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950
Yellow 0513 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950

Yellow 0513 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950

By Josef Hurka

Located in Wien, AT

Due to its shape this lamp has been dubbed 'the nun.' It is made of lacquered steel sheet and features an adjustable shade.

Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Steel

Hospitaller Nun in Post-Rhodes Attire: 1791 Hand-Colored Engraving
Hospitaller Nun in Post-Rhodes Attire: 1791 Hand-Colored Engraving

Hospitaller Nun in Post-Rhodes Attire: 1791 Hand-Colored Engraving

Located in Langweer, NL

Hospitaller Nun in Post-Rhodes Attire: 1791 Hand-Colored Engraving This elegant hand-colored engraving, titled "Ehemalige Kleidung der Johanniterinnen nach Eroberung der Insel Rho...

Category

Antique 1790s Prints

Materials

Paper

Adolf Dehn, The Great God Pan
Adolf Dehn, The Great God Pan

Adolf Dehn, The Great God Pan

By Adolf Arthur Dehn

Located in New York, NY

In an lush and idyllic park three nuns in the foreground and fourteen ( I think and all in habits) in the background, are at their easels studiously painting the scenery.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Nuns at the Museum
Nuns at the Museum

Nuns at the Museum

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Nuns at the Museum" c.1950 is an oil painting on hardboard by Australian artist Joan Wilkie, 1903-?

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Balenciaga and Spain - Hamish Bowles - 1st Edition, New York, 2011
Balenciaga and Spain - Hamish Bowles - 1st Edition, New York, 2011

Balenciaga and Spain - Hamish Bowles - 1st Edition, New York, 2011

Located in CA, CA

Quintessentially Spanish, Balenciaga took inspiration from the bullrings, the flamenco dancers, the fishermen in their loose blouses and the nuns in their black lacy veils. Illustra...

Category

2010s Books

Materials

Paper

'Nun 1' Table Lamp in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
'Nun 1' Table Lamp in the Manner of Pierre Chareau

'Nun 1' Table Lamp in the Manner of Pierre Chareau

By Pierre Chareau

Located in Glendale, CA

'Nun 1' table lamp in the Manner of Pierre Chareau.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Alabaster, Metal

Nuns on the Run 1990 Publicity Film Movie Press Still Framed
Nuns on the Run 1990 Publicity Film Movie Press Still Framed

Nuns on the Run 1990 Publicity Film Movie Press Still Framed

Located in Bath, Somerset

Original 8x10 inches Publicity Film Still for Nuns on the Run (1990) starring Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane.

Category

20th Century American Posters

Materials

Paper

Portrait of a young Eritrean - Oil Painting - 1930s
Portrait of a young Eritrean - Oil Painting - 1930s

Portrait of a young Eritrean - Oil Painting - 1930s

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait of a young Eritrean is an original modern artwork realized by an artist of the Circle of Italo Nunes Vais (1860-1932) in the early 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on card...

Category

1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Italian Nun's Bride of Christ Wedding Ring
Italian Nun's Bride of Christ Wedding Ring

Italian Nun's Bride of Christ Wedding Ring

Located in Firenze, IT

A fine example of a Roman Catholic Nun's.Up until the 1960s, every nun in the Catholic church would take part in a wedding ceremony to signify their complete renunciation of the worl...

Category

Vintage 1910s Italian Art Nouveau Signet Rings

Materials

Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum

Victorian Nun's Bride of Christ Wedding Ring
Victorian Nun's Bride of Christ Wedding Ring

Victorian Nun's Bride of Christ Wedding Ring

Located in Firenze, IT

A fine example of a Roman Catholic Nun's wedding ring bearing the cross on the side.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Wedding Rings

Materials

18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Chiesa di S. Caterina di Siena -  Original Etching by G.B. Falda - Late 1600
Chiesa di S. Caterina di Siena -  Original Etching by G.B. Falda - Late 1600

Chiesa di S. Caterina di Siena - Original Etching by G.B. Falda - Late 1600

By Giovan Battista Falda

Located in Roma, IT

Caterina di Siena with the Monastery of the nuns of S. Domenico in Monte Magnanapoli. Giovanni Battista Falda (Valduggia, 1643 - Rome, 1678) was an Italian engraver, who documented ...

Category

Late 17th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Meaningful Gothic Revival Cabinet / Small Credenza with Praying Nun Sculptures
Meaningful Gothic Revival Cabinet / Small Credenza with Praying Nun Sculptures

Meaningful Gothic Revival Cabinet / Small Credenza with Praying Nun Sculptures

Located in Lisse, NL

The inside of this cabinet and the inside of both drawers are in excellent condition also. The serene praying nun sculptures in both doors give expression to the religious meaning of...

Category

Early 20th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Sideboards

Materials

Wrought Iron

Hospitaller Nun of Florence: 1791 Hand-Colored Engraving in Ceremonial Attire
Hospitaller Nun of Florence: 1791 Hand-Colored Engraving in Ceremonial Attire

Hospitaller Nun of Florence: 1791 Hand-Colored Engraving in Ceremonial Attire

Located in Langweer, NL

Hospitaller Nun of Florence: 1791 Hand-Colored Engraving in Ceremonial Attire This delicate hand-colored engraving, titled "Johanniterinn von Florenz im Ceremonienkleide" (Hospita...

Category

Antique 1790s Prints

Materials

Paper

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