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Plaster Altar Angels, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of polychromed plaster altar angels, France or Belgium, late 19th century. 11 inches wide
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Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Gesso, Wood, Paint

Plaster Altar Angels, 19th Century
Plaster Altar Angels, 19th Century
H 20.25 in W 11 in D 10 in
Pair of Mounted Gilded Altar Angels
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fine pair of left and right, hand-carved, gessoed and 22-karat gold gilded, angels singing in
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Antique 1820s Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Pair of Mounted Gilded Altar Angels
Pair of Mounted Gilded Altar Angels
H 21.5 in W 16 in D 8 in
Guatemalan Carved Wood Altar Figure of Angel (Gabriel), 18th century
Located in Austin, TX
Symbolism and craftsmanship aside, this Guatemalan Carved Wood Altar Figure of the Angel Gabriel
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Antique 18th Century Guatemalan Spanish Colonial Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

18th Century Spanish Baroque Carved Giltwood Altar Ornament with Angel Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful baroque altar ornament with Angel head. Great and unique item. Spain circa 1750
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Architectural Elements

Materials

Wood

Gilt Bronze Antique Church Altar Candlestick w Angel Sculptures by Edmond Lesage
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and heavy bronze. church altar candlestick by goldsmith Ed. Lesage of Paris, France
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Antique 19th Century French Religious Items

Materials

Bronze

Antique Carved Set of Marble Gothic Altar Panels w Christ and Disciples & Angels
Located in Lisse, NL
Supper at Emmaus ". This unique and large set of three altar panels is another one of our recent great
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Antique 19th Century Italian Gothic Revival Religious Items

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

Spanish Colonial Giltwood Altar
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Spanish colonial altar of Virgin and child with mirror insets. Piece with original
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Antique 19th Century Spanish Religious Items

Spanish Colonial Giltwood Altar
Spanish Colonial Giltwood Altar
H 25 in W 17 in D 9 in
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Carved Wooden Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful neoclassical carved wooden altar with beautiful gilded angels. Italy, circa 1760-1780
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Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Impressive Tabernacle, Italian Altar, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
a cloud around them where the child jesus ??Is playing with san juanito all around angels. In the
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Antique 17th Century Religious Items

Materials

Bronze

Pair of 17th Century Angels
Located in TOULOUSE, FR
Pair of angels in polychrome and gilded wood. They each carry a cornucopia receiving two iron arms
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Antique 1610s Spanish Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Pair of 17th Century  Angels
Pair of 17th Century  Angels
H 37.8 in W 13.78 in D 18.12 in
Angel or Archangel, Metal, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Angel. Metal in silver finish. XIX century. Angel or archangel figure made of silver metal, and
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Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Religious Items

Materials

Metal, Other

Angel or Archangel, Metal, 19th Century
Angel or Archangel, Metal, 19th Century
H 11.42 in W 6.7 in D 7.88 in
Reliquary Altar. Wood, Glass, Metal, Etc. Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Wall reliquary altar. Carved, polychrome and gilded wood, glass, metal, etc. Spanish school, 17th
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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Metal, Other

Antique White Marble Angel Plaque on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This elegant quatrefoil shaped white marble plaque depicts a kneeling angel in high relief mounted
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Antique Late 19th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

Antique White Marble Angel Plaque on Stand
Antique White Marble Angel Plaque on Stand
H 21.26 in W 17.72 in D 7.88 in
19th Century hand crafted model of a church altar diorama
Located in London, GB
pine model of an altar. Covered in gold leaf paper decoration with angels at the crown, central columns
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Antique 1870s Unknown Early Victorian Religious Items

Materials

Pine

Antique Altar Crucifix Detailed Silvered Bronze Sculpture of Christ & Monstrance
Located in Lisse, NL
bronze corpus of Christ have an amazing patina. The many Christian symbols, the angels and the miniature
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Antique Mid-19th Century European Gothic Revival Religious Items

Materials

Silver, Bronze

A Thai Teak Wood Sculpture of a Blessing Angel
Located in Chicago, IL
large blessing angel is based on sculptures that flanked altars or entrances. Thai Buddhists, like
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Teak

Pair of Daprato Studios Kneeling Angel Statues, c. 1910
By Daprato Rigali Studios
Located in High Point, NC
These stunning angel sculptures are sold as a pair. They were originally placed on an church altar
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Vintage 1910s American Architectural Elements

Materials

Plaster, Pine

Unknown, Oil on Canvas Painting Angel with Sleeping Child
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great angelic oil painting depicting an angel sheltering a sleeping child from a snake. Oil
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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large 18th Century Wooden Carving of an Angel with Cherubs
Located in Dallas, TX
This endearing hand carved wooden statue depicts a large central angel, flanked by two winged
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Antique 18th Century European Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antique 18th Century Gilt Gothic Art Carved Wood Angel Sculpture Candlestick
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and sizeable Church altar candelabra in the form of a winged Angel. This hand-carved
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Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Gothic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Edward F. Caldwell Neoclassical Style Silvered Bronze Box, Angels, Music Motifs
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in New York, NY
pair of winged angels playing music at an altar. One angel plays a lyre and the other an aulos or
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

A Teak Wood Sculpture In The Form of a Thai Greeting Angel
Located in Chicago, IL
large set of wooden greeting angels is based on the sculptures that typically flanked altars or
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Teak

Relief with angel head. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Relief with angel head. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century. Rectangular
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Antique 16th Century Spanish Renaissance Religious Items

Materials

Other

18th century Polychrome and Giltwood Angel from the ambit of Franz Ignaz Gunther
Located in Leesburg, VA
of the upper section of a tall church altar in Bavaria where such angelic sculptures frequently
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Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting of Jesus Angel Saint 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
featuring a crucified Jesus Christ, angel, or saint (possibly Saint Sebastian who was a Roman centurion who
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Antique 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Reliefs with heads of angels. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th c
Located in Madrid, ES
Reliefs with heads of angels. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century. Pair of
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Antique 16th Century Spanish Renaissance Religious Items

Materials

Other

Antique Greek Orthodox Icon "The Annunciation of Mary" Egg Tempera Gilt 1750
Located in Portland, OR
. The icon depicts the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, to the left is the Angel Gabriel presenting a
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Antique 1750s Greek Revival Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century, Pair of Italian Grand Scale Gold Gilded Pricket Sticks
Located in Marbella, ES
Pair of tall hand-carved wood altar candlesticks, gilded using gold leaf and topped with period
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Candlesticks

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century Pair of Italian Grand Scale Gold Gilded Pricket Sticks
Located in Marbella, ES
Pair of tall hand carved wood altar candlesticks, gilded using gold leaf and topped with period
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Candlesticks

Materials

Gold Leaf

Antique Spanish Colonial Archangel Polychrome Wood Santo Carving
Located in Forney, TX
Antique religious Spanish Colonial hand carved and painted archangel santo altar figure. circa 1800
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Antique Early 19th Century North American Spanish Colonial Sculptures an...

Materials

Wood, Paint

Sacrifice of the Mosaic Law. Oil on copper. 17th century, after RUBENS.
Located in Madrid, ES
due to the columns shown. Towards the right, there is an altar with a priest, on which there is a
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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Paintings

Materials

Copper, Other

Antique Carved Polychrome Painted Panel Devotional Icon Triptych Altarpiece
Located in Forney, TX
polychrome paint, depicting saint with staff, flanked by two angels. Can be displayed or folded closed
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Early 20th Century Rustic Religious Items

Materials

Metal

5/6thC Chinese Bronze Buddha - 9585
Located in Ukiah, CA
Amazing personality to this very early (pre-Tang) bronze Buddhist "angel" from a huge and elaborate
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

5/6thC Chinese Bronze Buddha - 9585
5/6thC Chinese Bronze Buddha - 9585
H 2.75 in W 2.63 in D 1 in
Fine 19th Century European Gilt Bronze Ormolu Monstrance Reliquary
Located in Forney, TX
altar monstrance reliquary. Exquisitely hand-crafted in Continental Europe in the second half of the
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Antique 19th Century European Empire Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Continental Paint Decorated Octagonal Tilt Top Tavern Table, Dated, 1706
Located in Bridgeport, CT
a burnt sacrifice at an altar as an angel stands by. Along with a worn inscription and painted
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Antique 18th Century European Jacobean Card Tables and Tea Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique Medieval European Castle Gothic Forged Iron Processional on Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A spectacular early European castle altar processional / torchiere stand. circa 1730 or earlier
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Antique Early 18th Century European Gothic Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

First Half of the 18th Century Putti Pair of Sculptures in Gilded Wood
Located in Milan, IT
San Gaetano, very similar to the present. Of him as plasterer remain the angels of the side altars of
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Colonial Spanish oil on canvas " Saint Rose of Lima"
By Colonial Furniture Company
Located in Valladolid, ES
area, as a break of glory, two large angels wear a crown of roses. She chose this type of crown because
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Antique 1780s Peruvian Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Pair of Patinated Gilt Bronze Buddhist Apostles
Located in Chicago, IL
apostles are often found along side Buddha statues and holy angels on temple altars. In South East Asia
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Early 20th Century Thai Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Relief, Grotesque or Candelieri, Wood, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
symmetrical composition with a polychrome angel head with a top of a shaft with plant elements and a molding
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Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Monsiau Nicolas-André Painting "Preaching of St. Peter" 'Attr.'
By Nicolas-André Monsiau
Located in Milano, IT
18th century. The work is a round framed painting made of gilded wood, with an angel above the frame
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Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings

Materials

Copper

Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
change her mind condamned her to die grinded by a breaking wheel. With the intervention of an angel the
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Antique 16th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
H 46.46 in W 15.36 in D 6.7 in
19th Century European Brass Hanging Church Sanctuary Pendant Lamp with Cherubim
Located in Madrid, ES
oil lamps of ancient times, and three angels, or cherubim, with crossed wings and somber expressions
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Antique 19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Candle Lamps

Materials

Brass

Cercle of Jacopo della Pila - Marble relief depicting a winged Cherub
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Archbishop Nicola Piscicelli to be placed in the Cathedral of Salerno. The last known work is an altar
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Pair of Reliefs, Grotesque or Candelieri, Wood, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
later Pair of reliefs made of hand carved wood, gilded and polychrome, showing a winged angel head (or
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Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Decorative Art

Materials

Wool

Large 18th Century Spanish Colonial Santos Torchère
Located in Forney, TX
An impressive Spanish Colonial santos figure church altar stick (candle holder), handcrafted in
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Antique 18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Torchères

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Paint

16th Century Sacrifice of Isaac Drawing Sanguigne on Paper
Located in Milan, IT
. The patriarch obeyed and only when he was about to cut the boy's throat did an angel come down to stop
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Antique 16th Century Italian Drawings

Materials

Paper

Devotional Pendant, Oil on Aventurine, Gold, Enamel, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
(Rome, Italy), and a simplified Martyrdom of San Lorenzo (the saint, the grill and an angel with a crown
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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Other

Art Nouveau Southern French Fayance art pottery FLOOR VASE rare colours&pattern
Located in Kumhausen, DE
; Where earliest smiled that gracious child of France, Angel and knight and fairy, called Romance, I stood
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Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Pottery

"Piety". Oil on Board. Italian School, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
intended for a private altar. It represents with a scenographic sense and deep dramatism the subject of the
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Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Paintings

Materials

Wood

Rare and important painted bronze Crucifix after a model by Michelangelo
By Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in Leesburg, VA
master. It is sensible smaller details, like an altar cross, could have fallen under his responsibility
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Antique 16th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Life Size Italian 19th Century Marble Sculpture Children on Crib, A. Tantardini
By Antonio Tantardini 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Juvarra altar has two marble angels in adoration by Antonio Tantardini. Number of items: Two (One
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Antique 1860s Italian Beaux Arts Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Carrara Marble

Iron Floral Candelabra by Jan Barboglio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
were for her silver, bronze and iron candelabra. Altar pieces and house blessing crosses were
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Early 2000s Mexican Spanish Colonial Candelabras

Materials

Iron

Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Circle of Van De Kasteele, Frans
By Francesco da Castello
Located in Madrid, ES
Circle of VAN DE KASTEELE, Frans (Brussels, c. 1541 – Italy, 1621). "Virgin with angels and saints
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Antique Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Paintings

Materials

Copper

Devotional Statues / Religious Sculptures of St. Francisco de Jesus Marto & More
Located in Lisse, NL
, Mary or other saints or angels. We have never seen one of a child so to find two was even more special
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Early 20th Century European Religious Items

Materials

Cement

Pair of Walnut Armchairs, Late 16th Century, French Renaissance, with Ram Mask C
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
upon the altars of the Millennial Temple. The most famous Ram in the Old Testament is the one Abraham
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Antique 16th Century French Renaissance Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Large Silvered & Gilt Bronze Gothic Revival Sanctuary Lamp with Angels in Prayer
Located in Lisse, NL
radiate certainly is worthy of a church altar piece like this. The three gilt angels holding the scrolls
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Antique 19th Century French Gothic Revival Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Bronze

A Pair of Italian Altar Angels Holding Candlesticks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of kneeling angels wearing tied robes and holding candlesticks, on associated box support.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Gesso

Pair of Mexican Silver Plated Altar Candlesticks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
supporting scrolls framing three panels with winged angel heads amidst radiance, the multi-baluster stems
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Antique 19th Century Mexican Table Lamps

Very Large Italian Baroque Angel, 17th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
This very large wooden polychrome Angel comes out of a church and was hanging above the Altar. It
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Antique Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Very Large Italian Baroque Angel, 17th Century
Very Large Italian Baroque Angel, 17th Century
H 39.38 in W 66.93 in D 25.99 in
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Altar Angels For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of altar angels available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique altar angels was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and bronze. Altar angels have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of altar angels to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Baroque, neoclassical and Rococo altar angels are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made altar angels over the years, but those made by Daprato Rigali Studios, Antonio Tantardini and Edward F. Caldwell & Co. are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Altar Angels?

Prices for altar angels start at $119 and top out at $650,000 with the average selling for $4,600.