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Plage a Trouville
Located in Sheffield, MA
, Blashfield did subjects including genre, portraits, ancient ruins and Indian figures. He developed a
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1890s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Surrealist Watercolour and Gouache on Paper. The Picnic .
Located in Cotignac, FR
family having a picnic seemingly unaware of their surroundings on the sand directly in front of ancient
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Pair of Engraving in the Style of Claude Le Lorrain 18th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
we can see an ancient bridge in ruins and the other one a mountain landscape by the water. Sold with
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Antique 18th Century European Picture Frames

Materials

Paper

Faux Stone Architectural Column Capital Low Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
This low table is made of molded fiberglass and painted to look like the ruins of an ancient
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Late 20th Century American Classical Greek Architectural Elements

Materials

Fiberglass

Micromosaic Earrings by Elizabeth Locke
By Elizabeth Locke
Located in New Orleans, LA
ancient stone ruins surrounded by a hammered 19K gold setting, calling to mind 19th-century micromosaics
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20th Century American Classical Roman Stud Earrings

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold

"Ruin Landscape" ("Capriccio"), Oil on Canvas, Possibly Circle of Panini
By Giovanni Paolo Panini
Located in Madrid, ES
ruins of Ancient Rome (or inspired by it) have been harmoniously located under a blue sky with clouds
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Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Landscape with Architecture Oil on Canvas Italy XX Century
Located in Milan, IT
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the so-called architectural whims, which placed ancient architectural
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20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Vintage Poster Lest It Be Too Late Help Greece Now WWII War Relief Fund
Located in London, GB
classical design depicting a mother holding her young child with ancient Greek temple ruins in the
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Vintage 1940s American Posters

Materials

Paper

Modernist Print of a Greek Antiquities Pottery Fragment in Custom Gallery Frame
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated print features a female figure on what appears to be a chard of ancient pottery
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20th Century Greek Greek Revival Decorative Art

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Paper

Jean Bowman (American, 1918-1994) "White Arabian" Portrait of a Horse
Located in Queens, NY
, with Ancient Greek ruins in the background, possibly The Acropolis. A true masterpiece. A true horse
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20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rare Original Vintage Turkey Touring and Automobile Club Poster Promoting Izmir
By Ihap Hulusi Görey
Located in London, GB
graphic artist Ihap Hulusi Gorey (1898-1986) showing a scenic view over Izmir with ancient column ruins in
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Vintage 1940s Turkish Posters

Materials

Paper

Stone Pine Tunnel, Pineto, Abruzzo, Italy
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
communication. Kenna photographed medieval ruins, ancient villages and a countryside rich in traditional
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ettore Sottsass Pink Shiva Vase for BD Barcelona, Spain, 1971
By BD Barcelona Design, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Amsterdam, NL
little like tombs, a little like the abandoned temples of the gods, a little like the ruins of the
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Vintage 1970s Spanish Post-Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Original Vintage Poster Xylocastron Greece Holiday Cruise Travel Typaldos Lines
Located in London, GB
eyeshadow lying in a hammock strung between two trees in front of ancient Greek ruins on the bright yellow
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Vintage 1950s Swiss Posters

Materials

Paper

Architectural Capriccio Oil on Canvas Italy XVIII Century
Located in Milan, IT
. it is dominated in the left half-field by the important architectural structure of an ancient
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18th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Print of a Greek Antiquities Pottery Fragment in Gilded Gallery Frame
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated modernist print depicts a pottery fragment culled from Ancient Greek ruins
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20th Century Greek Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage TWA Poster Trans World Airline Route Map Art Europe Africa Asia
Located in London, GB
, ancient Roman ruins, the Moscow Kremlin and a moose in Canada, penguin in South America, kangaroo in
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Vintage 1950s American Posters

Materials

Paper

Roman school. Architectural Capriccio with Lazio landscape. Early 18th century.
Located in Firenze, IT
Roman school. Lazio landscape. Early 18th century. Architectural Capriccio with Ancient Rome ruins
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Early 18th Century Italian School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Bronze Statue of Venus de Milo Musee du Louvre, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
named Yorgos Kentrotas, inside a buried niche within the ancient city ruins of Milos. Milos is the
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Antique 1890s French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Allegory of History" French Bronze Sculpture by Georges Bareau and Barbedienne
By Georges Bareau, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Shippensburg, PA
square base, she sits on the ruins of ancient architecture as her partial garment flows beautifully
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Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"America, " Edmund Coates, Hudson River School, Civil War, Skaters Sled Landscape
By Edmund C. Coates
Located in New York, NY
Valley and the White Mountains of New Hampshire, as well as romantic visions of ancient Italian ruins. He
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1860s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Egyptian Revival Faience Turquoise and Brown Scarab Pendant with 14K Gold Mount
Located in Venice, CA
the 1820’s, inspired by the unearthing of ancient Egyptian ruins during that time. Images such as the
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Vintage 1920s Unknown Egyptian Revival Pendant Necklaces

Materials

14k Gold

19th Century French Oil Painting Temple of Jupiter Serapis, Hubert Robert, 1802
By Hubert Robert
Located in Berlin, DE
masterpiece transports viewers to the enchanting ruins of an ancient Roman temple, set against a lush, verdant
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Antique Early 1800s French Neoclassical Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Heidy Stangenberg-Merck (1922-2014) - 1989 Oil, View of Lato, Crete
Located in Corsham, GB
A graphic late 20th century landscape depicting the ruins of the ancient city of Lato in Crete
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Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Pair of Florentine Empire Period Lacquer and Gilt Wood Column Shape Floor Lamp
Located in Firenze, IT
ruins of the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome that retain their enormous influence in
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Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Floor Lamps

Materials

Mirror, Wood, Giltwood

Bronze Abstract Verdigris Jerusalem Sculpture Moshe Castel
By Moshe Castel
Located in Surfside, FL
civilization. In 1948, he visited the ruins of an ancient synagogue in Korazin, an ancient Jewish town in the
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Large Folio 39 Engravings by Francesco Piranesi of Roman Sculpture
By Francesco Piranesi
Located in Rochester, NY
his father on two trips to the ancient Roman ruins in Paestum, Pompei and Ercolano, first in 1770, and
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Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Prints

Materials

Paper

18th Century Large Folio 39 Engravings by Francesco Piranesi of Roman Sculpture
By Francesco Piranesi
Located in Rochester, NY
. Piranesi accompanied his father on two trips to the ancient Roman ruins in Paestum, Pompei and Ercolano
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Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Prints

Materials

Paper

18th Century Large Folio 39 Engravings by Francesco Piranesi of Roman Sculpture
By Francesco Piranesi
Located in Rochester, NY
his father on two trips to the ancient Roman ruins in Paestum, Pompei and Ercolano, first in 1770, and
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18th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper

The Tennis Player
Located in London, GB
ruins or ancient cities, with a clear influence of surrealist, Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978). During
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1930s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mer De Sable By Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in New Orleans, LA
ruins of the ancient past. Strategically ambiguous, Calder’s signature style inspires his audience to
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

1970s Franco Angeli Signed Work on Paper
Located in Roma, IT
. I saw the ruins, the tombstones, ancient and modern symbols such as the Eagle, the Swastika, the
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

"Spring Pastoral Landscape, " A. Lassell Ripley, New England Farm with Blossoms
By Aiden Lassell Ripley
Located in New York, NY
ruins of ancient buildings." For a time during the great depression, Ripley, (like many of his
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

HISTORY OF THE US POST POSTAL SERVICE
By Aiden Lassell Ripley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the foreground are ruins of ancient buildings." For a time during the great depression,Ripley, (like
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ancient Ruins - Watercolor by an Italian School Artist of 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Ruins is an original colored watercolor artwork realized by an Italian artist of the XIX
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Pair of 19th Century Shepherd Shepherdess Amongst Ancient Ruins Oil Paintings
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th Century Shepherd & Shepherdess Amongst Ancient Ruins Oil Paintings Original oil on
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Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

First Period Worcester Dish 18th Century Showing Scholars in Ancient Ruins
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Katonah, NY
Greece and Rome. The ancient ruins of Pompei and Herculaneum had been excavated in the mid 1700's and
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Antique 1770s English Neoclassical Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Colored Engraving of the Ancient Ruins of Persepolis in Persia (Iran), 1782
Located in Langweer, NL
ancient ruins of Persepolis in Persia (modern-day Iran). The image portrays a series of grand columns
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Antique 1780s Prints

Materials

Paper

1830 s French Oil Romantic Classical Sunset Landscape Ancient Ruins Lake Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, circa 1830's oil on canvas, framed framed: 21.5 x 24 inches canvas: 18 x 26 inches provenance: from a collection in France the painting is in overall very good and sou...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine 18th Century French Watercolor Peacocks in Classical Ruins Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Garden amidst classical ancient ruins. Medium: watercolour on paper Size: paper : 11 x 8.5 inches
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Antique Scottish Oil Painting Castle Ruins Overlooking Majestic Highland Loch
By Francis E. Jamieson
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: F. E. Jamieson, British 1895-1950 Title: The Ancient Ruins over the Highland Loch
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Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century French Romantic Sunset Coastal Scene Signed Oil - Fisherman Ruins
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
sunlight, with these fishermen standing watching the sun set on the day. Ancient ruins line the coastline
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Late 19th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape with Figures and Ruins, XVIIth , XVIIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
wall, there are some ancient ruins, bases and fragments of columns with fallen damaged statues; on the
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Late 17th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Huge Classical Roman Ruins in Arcadian Landscape, 18th Century French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Ancient Ruins French School, 18th century oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 35 x 46 inches
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

R. Pembery - Framed Late 19th Century Oil, Classical Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
Italian inspired landscape features a winding river, distance castle and ancient ruins. Well presented in
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19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Italian Oil Painting Figures Travelling in Mountain Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
amongst ancient ruins Medium: no signature, oil painting on canvas, unframed . canvas: 11 x 14.5 inches
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18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

18th Century French Provincial Louis XVI Period Trumeau Mirror
Located in Middleburg, VA
coastal scene with ships and ancient ruins. Provence, circa 1780. Measures: 60” H 40.5” W 3” D (with
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Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Trumeau Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Wood, Paint

Early 19th Century Italian Antique Large Oil on Canvas Painting River Landscape
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
on the back. Not signed. A beautiful river landscape with some fascinating ancient ruins on the right
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Antique 1820s Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Early 20th Century French Painted Neoclassical Hollywood Regency Credenza
Located in Pemberton, NJ
doors are painted on both sides with ancient ruins and each one has its own ornate key-5 in all. The
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Vintage 1930s French Neoclassical Revival Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Large Antique Italian Painting Figure Romantic Landscape Classical Architecture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ancient Ruins Figure in a Capriccio Landscape Italian artist, 19th century signed oil on canvas
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19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

18th Century Aubusson Verdure Tapestry, France
Located in Brussels, Brussels
, ancient ruins as well as several birds and a fox catching a rabbit Superb decor and very beautiful
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Tapestries

Materials

Wool

Franz Emile Krause Bolton Abbey Winter Landscape Painting
Located in Uppingham, GB
; Atmospheric landscape with figures gathering wood with ancient ruins behind. Signed and dated 1880 and
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1880s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

ITALIAN LANDSCAPE
By Antonio Montini
Located in Napoli, IT
, vigorous nature and ancient ruins that inspire the feeling of the collapse of the things man-made, giving
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2010s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Italian Alabaster Marble Base Column Bookends, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
A very good pair of architectural inspired bookends, both carved in the form of ancient ruins of
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Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Greek Bookends

Materials

Alabaster, Marble

Original Vintage Poster Orient Mediterranean Cruise Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen
Located in London, GB
of an ocean liner sailing at sea with trees, a town and ancient ruins in the foreground, framed by
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Posters

Materials

Paper

Vintage American Male Torso Sculpture on Custom Wall Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
these absences only heighten the drama, evoking the grandeur of ancient ruins. The surface is remarkable
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20th Century American Classical Roman Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Pair of wash drawings after Claude Gelée, 18th century school
Located in Paris, FR
antique dress helping a goat. In the background, ancient ruins overgrown with vegetation bear witness to a
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Antique 1790s French Drawings

Materials

Paper

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An assortment of ancient ruins is available on 1stDibs. Today, if you’re looking for Surrealist editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes Contemporary. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Ancient ruins available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes gray, beige, brown, gold and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Slim Aarons, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Hermann Corrodi and Malcolm Woodward are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Frequently made by artists working in digital print, lambda print and laser print, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

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Prices for pieces in our collection of ancient ruins start at $308 and top out at $29,585 with the average selling for $3,350.