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Antique English Iron Clock Dial Face, Swan, Fully Working
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
swan and romantic folly ruins. With ancient craquelure, marks of a long life and its original handcut
Category

Antique 19th Century British Folk Art Wall Clocks

Materials

Brass, Iron

Baalbek, Trapezoidal Sofa Daybed by Toad Gallery, Contemporary Edition 2020
By Toad Gallery
Located in London, GB
architectural ruins of the ancient city of Baalbek, a levantine outpost on the Roman frontier. Featuring plinth
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Post-Modern Daybeds

Materials

Ash

Sunset over the Loch, Victorian oil painting
By Duncan Fraser McLea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
over the loch's waters with radiant skies above over the towering Scottish mountains. Ancient castle
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Egyptian Revival Carved Stone Scarab Pendant with 14K Gold Mount, 1920 s
Located in Venice, CA
the 1820s and was inspired by the ancient Egyptian ruins being unearthed at the time. Images such as
Category

20th Century Egyptian Egyptian Revival Pendant Necklaces

Materials

14k Gold

Egyptian Revival Carved Stone Scarab Pendant with 14K Gold Mount, 1920 s
Located in Venice, CA
the 1820s and was inspired by the ancient Egyptian ruins being unearthed at the time. Images such as
Category

20th Century Egyptian Egyptian Revival Pendant Necklaces

Materials

14k Gold

Egyptian Revival Gray Stone 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
Category

Vintage 1920s Unknown Egyptian Revival Pendant Necklaces

Materials

14k Gold

Fine Large Painting Aristocratic Portrait of 18thC Grand Tour Aristocratic Gent
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
leaning against ancient architecture and Roman ruins, we can assume the portrait might have undertaken as
Category

Late 20th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage Travel Poster TWA World Routes Pictorial Map Continents Oceans
Located in London, GB
, ancient Roman ruins, the Moscow Kremlin and a moose in Canada, penguin in South America, kangaroo in
Category

Vintage 1950s American Posters

Materials

Paper

Crossing the Fields - Original Etching by G. Perelle - Mid 17th Century
By Gabriel Perelle
Located in Roma, IT
surrounded by ancient Roman ruins. This original print is quite in good conditions: there is a sign of
Category

Mid-17th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

American Vignola by William R. Ware, First Edition Thus
Located in valatie, NY
Raphael explored, sketched and measured the ancient Roman ruins and Giacomo Borozzi da Vignola codified
Category

20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Egyptian Revival Faience Scarab Pendant with 14K Gold Mount, 1920 s
Located in Venice, CA
around the 1820s and was inspired by the ancient Egyptian ruins being unearthed at the time. Images such
Category

20th Century Egyptian Egyptian Revival Pendant Necklaces

Materials

14k Gold

Egyptian Revival Faience Scarab Pendant with 14k Gold Mount
Located in Venice, CA
the 1820s and was inspired by the ancient Egyptian ruins being unearthed at the time. Images such as
Category

Vintage 1920s Egyptian Egyptian Revival Pendant Necklaces

Materials

14k Gold

PLAINS OF JUPITER Signed Lithograph, Visionary Fantasy Landscape, Romanticism
By Harold Hitchcock
Located in Union City, NJ
in light, a fantastical landscape with ancient architectural ruins, several boats and ships moored in
Category

1980s Romantic Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage South American Pictorial Tapestry in Deity Forms Pattern in Ivory, Brown
Located in Barrington, IL
costumes and hairdressers that use bird feathers that are often depicted on the ruins and ancient buildings
Category

Mid-20th Century Peruvian Tapestries

Materials

Wool

PLAINS OF JUPITER Signed Lithograph, Romantic Visionary Landscape, Hazy Sunlight
By Harold Hitchcock
Located in Union City, NJ
, suffused in light, a fantastical landscape with ancient architectural ruins, several boats and ships moored
Category

1980s Romantic Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

20th Century Pink Glazed Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase by Ettore Sottsass, Spain
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, ES
like tombs, a little like the abandoned temples of the gods, a little like the ruins of the ancient and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

20th Century Pink Glazed Ceramic Shiva Bouquet Vase by Ettore Sottsass, Spain
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, ES
like tombs, a little like the abandoned temples of the gods, a little like the ruins of the ancient and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Pink Glazed Ceramic Vase "Shiva" Flower Vase by Ettore Sottsass, Spainsh design
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, ES
like tombs, a little like the abandoned temples of the gods, a little like the ruins of the ancient and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Pink Glazed Ceramic Vase "Shiva" Flower Vase by Ettore Sottsass, Spainsh design
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, ES
like tombs, a little like the abandoned temples of the gods, a little like the ruins of the ancient and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Imaginary View of Baia - Original Etching by Anonymous 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
rich in ancient buildings and ruins: a collapsed bridge, an aqueduct. On the right, on top of a
Category

18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Etching

Precious Orientalist Photographic Album, by Sébah Studio and A. Beato
By Jean-Pascal Sébah
Located in Roma, IT
monuments, ruins of ancient Egypt, antiquities exposed at the Giza museum) and rare portraits of women
Category

1880s Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Architectural Capriccio Landscape Roma Fabris 18th Century Table Oil on canvas
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacob Fabris (Venice, 1689 - 1761) Architectural Capriccio with ancient classical ruins Oil on
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18th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Architectural Capriccio Landscape Roma Fabris 18th Century Table Oil on canvas
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacob Fabris (Venice, 1689 - 1761) Architectural Capriccio with ancient classical ruins Oil on
Category

18th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

20th Century Pink Glazed Ceramic Flower Vase model "Shiva" by Ettore Sottsass.
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Barcelona, ES
like the abandoned temples of the gods, a little like the ruins of the ancient and unknown civilization
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Huge 18th Century Classical Italianate Arcadian Landscape Figures Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
buildings with domed roofs evoke the ruins of an ancient civilization. The background extends into a misty
Category

18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Path at Glendalough, Oil Painting
By Onelio Marrero
Located in San Francisco, CA
grounds on an overcast day. The ancient monastery features ruins and stone walls that appear to be losing
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Large Heavy Israeli Bronze Abstract Jerusalem Sculpture Moshe Castel Judaica Art
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
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Bronze

"Veduta Del Ponte Lugano su l Avione" by Francesco Piranesi - Engraving
By Francesco Piranesi
Located in Geneva, CH
architecture under Pierre-Adrien Pâris. Piranesi accompanied his father on two trips to the ancient Roman
Category

Late 18th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Engraving

Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo - Etching by G.B. Piranesi - 1774
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
. Through the three slabs that make up this large plant, the author has tried to relate the surviving ruins
Category

1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo - Rare Original Etching by G.B. Piranesi - 1774
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
. Through the three slabs that make up this large plant, the author has tried to relate the surviving ruins
Category

1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Red Osier, near Great Barrington, Massachusetts, April 18, 1957
By Eliot Porter
Located in Missouri, MO
agenda, eventually completing photographic studies of classical Greek sites, ruins of ancient Egypt, and
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1980s Naturalistic Landscape Photography

Materials

Dye Transfer

Pyramids of Gizeh Book
Located in New York, NY
. Illustrated with maps, diagrams, ancient ruins, pyramids, etc. Bound in three quarter green polished calf
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Books

Ancient Ruins, Travel Watercolors, 19th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Ancient ruins. Watercolors, 19th century. Small folds and tears in the margins. 32 x 23 cm.
Category

19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Original Antique Poster Greece Hellenic State Railway Ancient Ruins Train Travel
Located in London, GB
featuring a scenic view of ancient ruins by the sea with hills in the distance. Good condition, small
Category

1920s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Ancient Ruins, Oil on Canvas Attributed to Leonardo Coccorante, Italy 18th Centuy
By Leonardo Coccorante
Located in Paris, FR
Tondo representing ancient ruins, attributed to Leonardo Coccorante (1680–1750) was an Italian
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Rococo Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Original Vintage Egypt Travel Poster Ft. Sailing Boats River Nile Ancient Ruins
Located in London, GB
boats / felucca and a man in a wooden rowing boat on the River Nile with ancient Egyptian ruins of
Category

1930s More Prints

Materials

Paper

18th Century Italian Grand Tour Oil on Canvas
Located in Louisville, KY
depicting figures walking through Ancient Ruins, Framed.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Bamboo Gold Painted Mirror
Located in New York, NY
48" Round Bamboo Gold Painted Mirror Ancient Ruins Finish
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French More Mirrors

Pair of 18th Century French Limestone Planters
Located in Montecito, CA
ancient ruins.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Limestone

A Painted Wallpaper Panel
Located in New York, NY
with a body of water, ancient ruins and a stand of trees, all under a blue sky.
Category

20th Century French Wallpaper

18th Century French Three Panel Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
meandering on the hilltop with ancient ruins recalls a history of the area that also sets an elegant backdrop
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Screens and Room Dividers

Original Vintage Poster Hellas Greece Peloponnese Railway Hellenic Train Travel
Located in London, GB
Chemins de Fer de Peloponnese Railways featuring a colourful view of a steam train in front of ancient
Category

1920s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Intriguing Roman Capriccio with Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Located in St. Louis, MO
taking place within the ancient ruins of Rome. A clothesline hangs casually from the famous statue of
Category

Antique Late 18th Century European Grand Tour Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Masonite

Original Vintage Air Travel Poster Skyway To Inca Land Pan Am Macchu Picchu Peru
By Paul George Lawler
Located in London, GB
their llamas and watching a Pan Am plane fly over the ancient ruins and rocky mountains with the snow
Category

1930s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Longcase (Grandfather) Clock
Located in Roswell, GA
. Excellent condition. The face has 4 corners featuring ancient ruins with water, bridges,fishermen etc. very
Category

Antique 19th Century English Clocks

Materials

Brass

Piranesi Engraving, Italian, Mid-18th Century
Located in New York, NY
the ancient ruins and artifacts of Rome. Perhaps the most celebrated Italian artist who romanticized
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Neoclassical Prints

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
Category

1920s Art Deco More Prints

Materials

Paper

Janus
By Patrick Pietropoli
Located in Boston, MA
, art historical, mythology, ancient ruins, artifacts, neutrals, tonal, grey, gray, beige, cream, white
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Silver

French Drawing of Urns by Jacques-Louis David
Located in New York, NY
filled twelve sketchbooks with studies of the ancient ruins and architectural details that surrounded him
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Drawings

Studies of Urns, Plinths and Helmets attributed to J-L David
Located in New York, NY
filled twelve sketchbooks with studies of the ancient ruins and architectural details that surrounded him
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Drawings

Original Vintage Pictorial Map Poster French Indochina Asia Indochine Francais
By Lucien Boucher
Located in London, GB
plantations, birds, the Mekong and other rivers, Angkor Wat and other overgrown ancient ruins and monuments
Category

1940s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Wilhelm Kage, "Farsta" Pattern Carved Large Bowl, the Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1948
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Tokyo, 13
as if we are looking at a myth found in ancient ruins in South America, and its presence is
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Aeneas Escaping from The Siege of Troy
By Daniel van Heil
Located in Kensington, MD
several types of landscapes including winter scenes and views with ancient ruins, van Heil is best known
Category

17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Wilhelm Kage, "Farsta" Geen Glazed Patterned Goblet, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1949
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Tokyo, 13
time. This undulating line pattern is found on ancient ruins in Egypt and South America, and is only
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Landscape with Architecture and Ruins, Follower of G Ghisolfi Oil, Italian
By Giovanni Ghisolfi
Located in Rome, Italy
are backgrounds with ancient ruins and glimpses of landscape, but of course the figures and the
Category

Antique 1750s Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Biedermeier Period Antique German Walnut Table, Berlin, circa 1825
Located in Houston, TX
used to describe columns seen in the ancient ruins of Greece and Rome, entasis was employed by the best
Category

Antique 1820s German Biedermeier Center Tables

Materials

Giltwood, Walnut

A striking carved and painted chest from Liege, Belgium c.1830
Located in Houston, TX
is also enhanced with a pattern of fluting similar to that seen in columns of ancient ruins. The
Category

Antique 19th Century Belgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Ancient Ruins For Sale on 1stDibs

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.

How Much are Ancient Ruins?

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.