Find a variety of antique religious prints available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique religious prints was constructed with extraordinary care, often using
paper,
wood and
ceramic. Antique religious prints have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique religious prints are generally popular furniture pieces, but
Georgian style is often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique religious prints over the years, but those made by
A. Calmet and
Bernard Picart are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
Antique religious prints can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $278, while the lowest priced sells for $59 and the highest can go for as much as $6,800.
Prints are works of art produced in multiple editions. Though several copies of a specific artwork can exist, collectors consider antique and vintage prints originals when they have been manually created by the artist or are “impressions” that are part of the artist’s intent for the work.
Modern artists use a range of printmaking techniques to produce different types of prints such as relief, intaglio and planographic. Relief prints are created by cutting away a printing surface to leave only a design. Ink or paint is applied to the raised parts of the surface, and it is used to stamp or press the design onto paper or another surface. Relief prints include woodcuts, linocuts and engravings.
Intaglio prints are the opposite of relief prints in that they are incised into the printing surface. The artist cuts the design into a block, plate or other material and then coats it with ink before wiping off the surface and transferring the design to paper through tremendous pressure. Intaglio prints have plate marks showing the impression of the original block or plate as it was pressed onto the paper.
Artists create planographic prints by drawing a design on a stone or metal plate using a grease crayon. The plate is washed with water, then ink is spread over the plate and it adheres to the grease markings. The image is then stamped on paper to make prints.
All of these printmaking methods have an intricate process, although each can usually transfer only one color of ink. Artists use separate plates or blocks for multiple colors, and together these create one finished work of art.
Find prints ranging from the 18th- and 19th-century bird illustrations by J.C. Sepp to mid-century modern prints, as well as numerous other antique and vintage prints at 1stDibs. Browse the collection today and read about how to arrange wall art in your space.