Antique Rosaries

A GILT-METAL MOUNTED SNUFF BOX Circa 1750, probably Saint-Cloud Modelled as a reclining monk, one hand supporting his bald head, the other holding a rosary and with a crutch at his s...

In her hands she holds a long strand of beads, likely intended as a rosary, symbolizing piety, contemplation, and moral propriety.

She wears beautifully draped robes with a long rosary draped over one arm, and both hands are joined together in prayer.

Legs, spacers, cross-bar and arm-rests are all turned as rosary beads intertwined with cubes. The back-rest stays upright.

Carved and gilded frame with painting on vellum, "Virgin of the Rosary with Santo Domingo de Guzmán and Santa Catalina of Siena", 17th century.

Delightful rendition of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, also known as Guanyin in Chinese Displays a desirable aged patina and in good original order Weathered bronze presents rich o...

Upper center (Plate No. 43): A veiled woman in long, flowing garments, holding a rosary. Bonnard presents this figure as a pious woman or widow, illustrating devotional dress of the ...

In the foreground, a humble Lazzaroni (street beggar of Naples) lies prostrate, his cap discarded beside him, while a woman identified as Femme d’Ischia turns toward him in compassio...

The composition shows the young saint in quiet adoration of the crucifix, his head tilted in prayerful devotion, surrounded by classic symbols of sanctity and purity: lilies, rosary ...

Each garment is depicted with authentic detail, including the cut of the robes, the shape of the cross emblems, and accessories such as staves, rosaries, and ceremonial crosses. The ...

The portrait is enclosed in an oval cartouche surrounded by rich Baroque ornamentation: smoking incense pots, rosaries, books, angels’ heads, and Latin inscriptions.

The ground there expands into a large, open space, filled at the chief festivals, with sellers of crucifixes, rosaries, carved shells, bracelets, and other matters of the same kind, ...

In 1919, he completed a large project at the Church of the Trinity in Pandino, including a cycle of frecoes dedicated to Saint Bassianus of Lodi, with side panels of Saint Eurosia an...

The brackets feature motifs of lotus and queen of the night flower, while the capitals are adorned with acanthus and rosary designs. The fluted shafts are beautifully overlaid with C...

The wooden panels are coffered and decorated with rosaries and small floral squares in relief. The large panels are divided by vertical relief bars decorated with flowers and tendrils.

He is often depicted in the black-and-white clerical attire of a Jesuit novice, sometimes with a rosary as a sign of his devotion to the Virgin Mary.

The central figure is dressed in a striking blue and orange dress with a white lace-trimmed bodice and an intricately braided hairstyle adorned with a pink ribbon. She clasps a rosar...

He holds a scroll in his left hand, and a mala/juzu (rosary) in his right hand. Part of the mala has broken off.

It was probably at this period that he painted his finest altarpiece, the Virgin of the Rosary (Rome, Santi Domenico e Sisto), in which the grace and charm of the figures are superbl...

Without crystal threads; neither Cascade nor rosary balloon: only the ornaments suspended from the perimeter of the ring.

His green cape is decorated with scallop shells, a traditional emblem of pilgrimage. A rosary hangs from his waist, while a wide-brimmed hat and sturdy sandals complete his humble at...

One figure sits with a tall conical Mevlevi hat, rosary in hand, immersed in meditation. The other sits in quiet reverence, facing the wall, a symbolic act of introspection and spiri...

We recognize the clothing of the white fathers which is the same as the natives of North Africa, the dress or gandoura and a white wool "burnous". They also wear a rosary around thei...

Plate No.31, "Chartreux" (Carthusian Monk), features a white-robed monk in profile, holding a staff and rosary. The Carthusian order was known for silence, seclusion, and prayer, and...

A scarce Baroque period Spanish or Italian hand carved polychrome painted wood Santo sculpture with inset colored glass eyes, original white robe garb and later wood rosary. Intrica...

The old woman, always shrinking and praying with the rosary is listening to the unspeakable loves of a lady of good position: in stealth ("Chiton") she will find her rewards.

Sarri's diverse portfolio included religious scenes such as "The Madonna of the Rosary" (1889) and "The Immaculate Conception" (1862), as well as allegorical pieces like "Art" (1876)...

The first image shows Lamas, Tatarian priests holding rosaries. In the background a Pagoda can be seen. The second image shows Mendian Priests of China.

While she's directing the preparation of the young figure that is watching us, his pupil, the maitresse reads his eternal rosary to obtain God's fortune through the sale of someone e...

The monk is dressed in a light blue habit, holding a rosary in his hand, symbolizing his devotion to prayer and contemplation.

His body was returned to his hometown, where he is buried in the Rosary Cemetery. Today, his masterpieces are preserved in major public collections, including the Tate, the Ashmolean...

Among Murillo’s earliest works is the Virgin of the Rosary (c. 1642). In the vestigial style of his artistically conservative Sevillian master, Juan del Castillo, this early work com...

Its lower section features a rosary frieze, followed by an inner frame with two friezes of posts adorned with acanthus leaves, facing a palmette, and finally an ovolo frieze transiti...

The subtle jewelry at her neck and the rosary-like beads she holds in her hand are symbols of both piety and status.

Her hands are clasped in front of her chest, holding a string of beads, likely a rosary, which serves as a focal point for prayer and meditation.

Origin: French, Paris Date: Late 19th-century, Circa 1880's Dimensions: 16in H x 17in W x 13in D Produced by Haviland & Company - stamped with their H & Co rosary stamp on the b...

The playing cards, pawn tickets, betting receipts, and girlie photo are the detritus of daily life; juxtaposed with the rosary they are an obvious contrast between the temporal and t...

Let us cite, as examples, the altarpiece of Pere Mates (Girona Cathedral Museum) from the 16th century with this legend (Provençal legend) in which the Santa already on land, with th...

After his return from England he frescoed, in 1869, the chapel of the Rosary in the right aisle of San Domenico di Perugia.

The first amber-turner’s guilds appeared in Bruges and Lübeck in the early 14th century. Rosaries and other religious objects were made and sent away to meet the growing demand.

In the other hand, he is holding a staff in the form of the Greek letter tau with a rosary hanging down over it. At his feet lies a pig wearing a small bell around its neck.

Then told the sign by which they all had seen How even nature loved to greet her Queen, For, when Our Lady's last procession went Down the long garden, every head was bent, And, rosa...

According to tradition, Saint Dominic is believed to have received a rosary from the Virgin Mary and introduced the devotional practice of praying the rosary.

The Virgin is shown holding a rosary and a scepter in one arm and the Christ child in another while being crowned by two putti.

The first is the inclusion of the putti in the lower center holding roses and a set of rosary beads, which partially frames the inscription at the base of the painting.