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What is a religious picture called?
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A religious picture, sometimes called a votive image, is a work of visual art that is representational and has a religious purpose, subject, or connection. Religious pictures are also often referred to as religious art or sacred art. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage religious pictures.
1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
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Large 18th Century Italian / Neapolitan Hand Carved Wooden Head of Christ
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique handcarved wooden head of Christ with beautiful expression and glass eyes, once used at processions.
Napels/ Italy, circa 1750-1800. Beautiful example of 18th century craftsma...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Wood
$3,007 Sale Price
28% Off
18th Century Portuguese Altar
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An exquisite work of 18th century Portuguese craftsmanship, this carved, painted, and gilded wood tabletop altar-niche would have been used to stage religious artifacts or statuary f...
Category
Antique 18th Century Portuguese Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Gold
Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful small tabernacle that once graced a church altar. Beautiful original silverleaf and faux marble paint.
weathered, small losses. Italy circa 1780
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Religious Items
Materials
Wood
$1,149 Sale Price
48% Off
Portuguese 18th Century Christ Painting from a Church
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Portuguese 18th century assemblage painting of Christ, likely an architectural fragment or retablo that would have hung in a church. Constructed of thick, wood panels the central vig...
Category
Antique 18th Century Portuguese Other Religious Items
Materials
Gold
Antique Hand-Carved Oak Gothic Panel, Feeding Pelican, Symbol of Christ (1927)
By Known Work
Located in Lisse, NL
This magnificent religious solid oak wall panel in deep relief with a gilded border was crafted in 1927 by the renowned workshop Fa Jos. Thissen & Zn, Roermond, the Netherlands.
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Category
Early 20th Century European Gothic Revival Religious Items
Materials
Oak, Paint
Antique French Gothic Revival Church Tabernacle Cabinet Cathedral Altar Shrine
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent French Gothic parcel gilt paint decorated church tabernacle. circa 1810
France, early 19th century, executed in period Gothic Revival ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Gothic Revival Religious Items
Materials
Gold Leaf
