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Leandre - Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in English
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Tantale, from "Le Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Arion- Original Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
.
Le Temple des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Amphion - Original Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
perfect conditions.
Le Temple des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Argonautes, from "Le Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Io, from "Temple des Muses" - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Castor et Pollux - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Arethuse - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
.
Le Temple des Muses is an illustrated book of Ovid's most popular fables and other Greek myths
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Tircis et Amarante - Large 19th Century Exhibition Oil Painting de la Fontaine
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
and Amarante appear in Jean de la Fontaine’s fable of ‘The Shepherd who played the Flute’ in which
Category
Late 19th Century French School Fable Antique
Materials
Oil
La Foudre de Jupiter contre Semelé - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
illustrated book of Ovid's most popular fables and other Greek myths, published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Pan et Syrinx - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Promethée, from "Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
perfect conditions.
Le Temple des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Cassandra, from "Le Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
more popular fables published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in English, and in
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Persée coupe la Téte à Meduse - Etching by by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
Ovid's most popular fables and other Greek myths, published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Une Lionneis - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Elephant Gentleman - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Béranger, the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe. He also continued to
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Gentleman - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Gentleman - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Béranger, the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe. He also continued to
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Gentleman - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Béranger, the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe. He also continued to
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Engraving
The Gentleman - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Butterfly Hunter - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Arrest - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Hospital - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Un Lion de Paris - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Béranger, the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe. He also continued to
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Le Chaos, from "Le Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by B. Picart
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
fables published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in English, and in 1742 in French by
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
La Toile de Penelope - Original Etching by by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
the binding.
Le Temple des Muses is an illustrated book of Ovid's most popular fables and other
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Rare on the Art Market, A Drawing by Moitte, A Fashionable Couple, 1766
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jean-Baptiste Oudry for the four-volume folio edition of Jean de La Fontaine's Fables, published
Category
1760s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Orphée et Eurydice - Etching by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in English
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Cygnus, from "Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Pandore, from "Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738 in English
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
La Chute d
Icare - Original Etching by by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Sisyphe - Original Etching by by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
illustrated book of Ovid's more popular fables published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der Zanggodinnen), in 1738
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Persée délivre Andromede - Original Etching by by B. Picart - 1742
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
of Ovid's more popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
The Donkey Family - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Rebirth - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Engraving
The Hunting - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Ballerina - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Duchess - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
illustration, supplying illustrations for various standard works, such as the songs of Béranger, the fables of
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Insects Revolt - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Béranger, the fables of La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe. He also continued to
Category
1850s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Atlas porte le ciel, from "Le Temple des Muses"
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
conditions.
Le Temple des Muses was an illustrated book of Ovid's most popular fables and other Greek myths
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Ulysse et ses compagnons, from "Le Temple des Muses"
By Bernard Picart
Located in Roma, IT
of Ovid's most popular fables and other Greek myths published in 1733 in Dutch (Tempel der
Category
1740s Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Japanese Meiji Sumida Gawa Bowl With Monkeys
By Sumida Gawa
Located in Norwood, NJ
fables from Japanese folklore, so this individual seems to be from some Japanese story or myth, and we
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Japanese Meiji Sumida Gawa Bowl With Monkeys
By Sumida Gawa
Located in Norwood, NJ
expressions into a pond with fish and a turtle. Many such scenes we see on Sumida pottery pieces depict fables
Category
1890s Japanese Japonisme Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Book 1, line 192: Satan on the Burning Lake
By John Martin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Prone on the Flood, extended long and large
Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge
As whom the Fables
Category
1820s Romantic Fable Antique
Materials
Mezzotint
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Side Cabinet by Henry Dasson Et Cie, French, 1889
Located in Madrid, ES
underneath.The front doors are decorated with the fable of the fox and the stork at the Vernis Martin style
Category
1880s Fable Antique
Materials
Mahogany
Kaa and Bagheera
By Cuthbert Edmund Swan
Located in London, GB
produced in Vermont, U.S.A., the stories (essentially fables with animals, used to impart moral lessons
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Fable Antique
Materials
Gouache, Board
Marc Chagall - The Fisher and Little Fish - Handcolored Etching
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
From "Les Fables de La Fontaine"
Signed in the plate
Tériade Editeur, Paris, Maurice Potin
Category
1920s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
R. Fontana Signed 19th Century Italian Portrait Painting
By Roberto Fontana
Located in Roma, IT
. In the same 1876, at the Esposizione dell'Accademia di Brera, he presented Aesop Tells His Fables to
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Romantic Fable Antique
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Portrait de Femme - Cubist Pencil Drawing, Portrait of Woman by Marie Laurencin
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
her time at Ravignan she also produced burin engravings and woodcuts inspired by fables and romantic
Category
1920s Cubist Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
The Bird Concert – After Jacob Savery
By Jacob Savery I
Located in Stockholm, SE
the devil” in old fables) could miraculously sing, and this subject was also linked to devotion to
Category
18th Century Old Masters Fable Antique
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Charles Dufresne, Oriental Reverie, Watercolor and Gouache, Circa 1920
By Charles Dufresne
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
fable or the story and those inspired by african life.
(...) If these drawings intended for the
Category
1920s Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Rare octagonal Venetian mirror in etched glass and micro-mosaic, Circa 1865
Located in Paris, FR
industry regain its splendour, and, like the phoenix of the fable, Venice and Murano rise from their ashes.
Category
1860s Italian Baroque Revival Fable Antique
Materials
Glass
1 Volume. Aesop, The Fables.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Aesop, The Fables. Signed Limited Edition. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full orange
Category
Early 20th Century English Fable Antique
Materials
Leather
John Gay, Fables, With A Life Of The Author
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. John Gay. Fables. With A Life Of The Author. Embellished With 70 Plates By William
Category
1790s English Fable Antique
Materials
Leather
18th Century Frontier Powder Horn
Located in Santa Fe, NM
horned owl atop it. A classical vignette from Aesop’s fables of a fox, ewer and a crane. All outlining
Category
Late 18th Century American American Colonial Fable Antique
Materials
Horn
Four panel screen "Les Fables de Fontaine"
Located in New Orleans, LA
paintings in oil and gold leaf on gessoed canvas, depict "Les Fables de Fontaine" from the illustrations of
Category
19th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Liverpool Delft ‘Aesops Fables’ Tile, c. 1765
By J. Sinclair, Liverpool 1
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Rare Liverpool delft ‘Aesops Fables’, tile, c. 1765. Printed after John Sadler, with a scene of
Category
1760s Georgian Fable Antique
Materials
Delft, Pottery
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Fable Antique For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate fable antique for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Old Masters style, while we also have 76 Old Masters versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect fable antique may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 18th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right fable antique is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes white, gray, beige and brown. Creating a fable antique has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Jean Jeacques Grandville, Bernard Picart, Marc Chagall, J. J. Grandville and Samuel Howitt are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in paper, lithograph and etching — can elevate any room of your home. If space is limited, you can find a small fable antique measuring 1.97 high and 1.78 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 48 across to better suit those in the market for a large fable antique.
How Much is a Fable Antique?
The price for a fable antique in our collection starts at $44 and tops out at $85,000 with the average selling for $158.