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18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Saint Antony"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Saint Antony"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Napoleon III Period Statue/Desk Accessory
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
grouping of Jean de la Fontaine's Fable "Le Loup plaidant contre le renard par-devant le singe". The
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Fable Antique
Materials
Silver, Brass, Ormolu
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Saint Antony"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Hunting Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Contryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Hunting Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Romantic Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Sculpture"
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "River Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Cityside"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Angels "
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
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18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Virgin Wedding "
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Saint Antony"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Saint Antony "
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Prayer"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one of the main
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
Large and Unusual 19th Century Craquelure Wall Mirror
Located in London, GB
fables, and the goat is a creature that featured in several of these tales. Original silvered plate
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Late 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Fable Antique
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Hunting Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Contryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
Copper Engraved Portrait of Jesus Christ by Robert Brichet, around 1800
Located in Langweer, NL
Title on the engraving: "Un Christ d'un original très ancien, que la fable donne pour après nature
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Late 18th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Paper
$370 Sale Price
35% Off
The Woman and the Street
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairlawn, OH
: The Fables of La Fontaine, Plate 84
From the deluxe portfolio edition of 40 examples, printed on japan
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1920s French School Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Leisure Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
geometric motifs, telling stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Romantic Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes with text as if it were a comic book ancestor, they became one
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Hunting Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
geometric motifs, telling stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Battle Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
geometric motifs, telling stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Battle Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
motifs, telling stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Battle Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
motifs, telling stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables, sometimes
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Battle Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
geometric motifs, telling stories of the life of saints or profane themes such as the La Fontaine fables
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Ceramic
British Suffrage Movement Cigarette Case and "Cinderella" Stamp, ca 1895-1923
Located in York County, PA
fable of a girl regarded as having inferior value within her family (i.e., lesser value among stamps and
Category
Late 19th Century English Fable Antique
Materials
Metal
French Giltwood and Tapestry Five-Piece Salon Suite Louis XVI Style, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
execution
Tapestry weave with wool and silk pattern wefts
Panels depicting selected fables of Jean de la
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Fable Antique
Materials
Wool
Œuvres complètes de J. de la Fontaine" Tome II, circa 1838, Ed. Lefèvre, 2Y110
Located in Bordeaux, FR
historical literature or admirers of Jean de la Fontaine’s timeless fables.
Category
1830s French Empire Fable Antique
Materials
Paper
$148 Sale Price
75% Off
A George III Greek Revival Chimneypiece in the Manner of Architect James Stuart
By James Stuart
Located in London, GB
centre depicts the ancient Greek fable of Androcles and the lion from Aesop. The jambs are carved in
Category
Early 19th Century English Greek Revival Fable Antique
Materials
Marble
Painting of Birds, Attributed to Marmaduke Craddock
Located in Essex, MA
Aesops Fables, "Jackdaw and Peacock Feathers". The fable relates the story of a crow that adorns himself
Category
Early 18th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Canvas
Original Antique Print of a Lion and Donkey hunting
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Langweer, NL
with a male lion. This print originates from a series depicting fables by Samuel Howitt. Samuel Howitt
Category
Early 19th Century Fable Antique
Materials
Paper
$275 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Grey Agate Ring With Renaissance Cupid Cameo , early 17th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
, as in Plato's Symposium or, in the Alexandrian era, in the fable of Cupid and Psyche.
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
John Roy Eldershaw (1892-1973) Australian watercolour NEW SOUTH WALES TAZMANIA
Located in Cirencester, GB
, rather than a deterrent from, her creative ambitions, later inspiring The Purple Mouse, a fable about a
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Fable Antique
Materials
Watercolor
Les Deux Taureaux et une Grenouille - Etching by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 100 prints.
From the series “Les Fables de La Fontaine”.
Category
1920s Surrealist Fable Antique
Materials
Etching
Pair of 18th Century Louis XVI Aubusson Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exceptional Louis XVI chairs with original fables of Fontaine Aubusson.
Category
18th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Wood
$15,500 / set
19th Century Red Lacquer Tray with Rabbit Running Over Waves Under Full Moon
Located in Hudson, NY
painting, the imagery of this tray is based on the fable, the hare of inaba, in which a rabbit uses his
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Fable Antique
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Hand-Colored Print of the Labyrinth of Versailles, c.1720
Located in Langweer, NL
illustrates the fable 'The Snake with several heads' of the labyrinth of Versailles (France). The labyrinth of
Category
18th Century Fable Antique
Materials
Paper
$74 Sale Price
20% Off
Au Japon
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ninon. It illustrates about 60 books, from the fables of Andersen , Perrault and Grimm , to the tales of
Category
1920s Art Deco Fable Antique
Materials
Screen
En Espagne
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, from the fables of Andersen , Perrault and Grimm , to the tales of Poe , as well as the famous
Category
1920s Art Deco Fable Antique
Materials
Screen
Recueil Amusant De Voyages, 1787
Located in Delft, NL
differents Auteurs, auquel on a joint un choix des Epitres, Contes & Fables morales qui ont rapport aux
Category
18th Century French Fable Antique
Materials
Paper
$444 / set
The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi, Illustrated by F. Richardson, 1927
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
children’s books like Aesop's Fables, Mother Goose, Pinocchio, and East of the Sun and West of the Moon. He
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Fable Antique
Materials
Fabric, Paper
A Pair of Watercolour Illustrations of a Donkey and Cow by Carton Moore Park
By Carton Moore-Park
Located in London, GB
Fables of La Fontaine (1905); The Wonders of the Insect World (1906); The Children’s Story of the Bee
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Fable Antique
Materials
Watercolor
Rare Surrealist Animal Hand-Colored Copper Engraving JJ Grandville, Paris 1875
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Fontaine's Fables, Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and Cervantes's Don Quixote. In later
Category
Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Fable Antique
Materials
Paper
Whimsical Animal Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving by Granville, Paris 1875
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Palm Springs, CA
to book illustration. He illustrated several classics such as La Fontaine's Fables, Defoe's Robinson
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Fable Antique
Materials
Paper
The Painter and His Muse
By Benjamin Eugène Fichel
Located in Wiscasett, ME
) – based on a fable by La Fontaine; and a silver medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle. He finalized his
Category
19th Century Baroque Fable Antique
Materials
Oil
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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.