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Important Monumental Italian Church Altar Frontal Antependium
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent Italian church antependium altar frontal, acquired from the estate of the iconic
Category

Antique 19th Century Tapestries

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Baroque Period, Italian, Marble Tabernacle
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fabulous, hand-carved and veneered, 1700's, solid marble tabernacle from an Italian church altar
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Marble

Antique Italian Carved Polychrome Wood Church Altar Candle Stand Pricket
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce Italian hand carved polychromed parcel gilt church altar stick. Born in Italy in the
Category

Antique 19th Century Candlesticks

Materials

Metal

18th Century Spanish Colonial Church Altar Table now Sideboard Server
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent rustic Spanish Colonial antique, circa 1725, church altar with remarkable patina and
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Antique 18th Century Central American Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Wood, Pine, Paint

19th Louis XIV Style Pair of Church / Altar Candlesticks in Silver Metal / Lamp
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very nice pair of church or altar candlesticks in silver metal. The wear of the silver gives them
Category

Antique 19th Century European Louis XIV Table Lamps

Materials

Silver Plate

18th Century Italian Bronze Altar Candle Holder - Antique Single Stick
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Italian religious symbolism Altar candle holder made of hand crafted bronze, in good
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Candlesticks

Materials

Metal, Bronze

18th/19th Century Italian Baroque Silvered Metal Altar Monstrance Reliquary
Located in Forney, TX
1770-1820 Handmade in Italy in the late 18th / early 19th century, commissioned by the church to
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal

18th Century Italian Carved Painted Wood Reliquary Altar Figure Bust Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A remarkable pair of scarce large Italian Baroque period carved and painted wood church altar
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Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Blown Glass, Wood

Early 20th Century Italian Gilt Brass and Wooden Altar or Sculpture Stand
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Italian church to display a statue. The roof of the altar piece is held up by four Corinthian columns that
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Religious Items

Materials

Brass

Italian Wooden Church Candlesticks in the Shape of a Torch Holder
Located in Prato, Tuscany
pair of Italian altar candlesticks in the shape of a torch; they were made completely by the technique
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Medieval Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Sculptural Amethyst with Fluorite on an 18th Century Italian Altar Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural amethyst crystal with fluorite on an 18th century Italian altar base. The amethyst
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Antique 18th Century Brazilian Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Altar Stick with a Chesapecten Fossil Scallop Shell & Pearl
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf altar stick with a Chesapecten plated fossil scallop shell and
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Altar Stick with a Chesapecten Fossil Shell and Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf altar stick with a Chesapecten plated fossil scallop shell and
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Gold Leaf

Delft, Blue and White Chinoiserie Altar Vase, circa 1685
By Dutch Originals
Located in Verviers, BE
churches. Therefore it is no wonder that many altar vases are painted with the Christogram IHS. Altar
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Antique Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Delft and Faience

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Christ Crucified Altar Sculpture
By Juan De Mesa
Located in Forney, TX
Spanish or Continental European Catholic Church (French, Italian, Iberian, Portuguese) The Crucified
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Iron

Large European Antique Carved Painted Silver Gilt Religious Altar Niche
Located in Forney, TX
A large one-of-a-kind European antique hand carved polychrome painted silver-gilt religious altar
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Antique Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Pine, Paint, Glass

Pair of Large Rustic Religious Stripped Wood Antique Santo Altar Figures
Located in Forney, TX
Santo church altar figures. 18th/early 19th century, primitive hand-crafted construction, finely
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Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Colonial Religious Items

Materials

Wood, Paint

Altar de St. Antonio de Padua Hand Colored Engraving 1724
Located in Paonia, CO
by a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, and died in Padua, Italy. Noted by his contemporaries for
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1720s Baroque Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

18th/19th Century Carved Painted Limewood Christ Child Altar Figure Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
religious antiques, from an important tabernacle, altar table, relic reliquary, Catholic church altarpiece
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Antique Early 19th Century European Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Wood, Paint

Antique Carved Set of Marble Gothic Altar Panels w Christ and Disciples & Angels
Located in Lisse, NL
been part of a church or monastery altar. The excellent quality in the details and thus the perfect
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Gothic Revival Religious Items

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Polychrome Wood Santo Altar Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A most impressive antique Spanish Colonial hand carved polychromed wood Santo Catholic church altar
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Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Colonial Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Gesso, Wood, Paint

Church Interior with Praying Woman Signed by Belgian Emile Vloors 1894 Bruges
Located in Milan, IT
Church Interior with Praying Woman signed by Belgian Emile Vloors 1894 Bruges, an oil painting on
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Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oak

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
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Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Pair of 17th/ 18th Century Italian White Marble Baroque Ornaments
Located in Buisson, FR
adorned a church altar. Original period pieces, Italy, circa 1650-1750. Weathered and small losses
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Architectural Elements

Materials

Marble

Pair of Large Scale Italian Pietra Dura Panels, after Corbarelli
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Italy, the Corbarelli’s signature inlays decorating sacred architecture, tombstones and altars. These
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Georgian Decorative Art

Materials

Carrara Marble, Marble

18th Century Italian Candelabra Rococo Sterling Silver Candlesticks Venice pair
By Barbour Silver Co., Paul de Lamerie, Charles Nicolas Odiot, Gorham, Paul Storr
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
2 Italian contemporaries solid silver candlesticks altar Church candlesticks Style: Rococo, Italian
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Candelabras

Materials

Silver

Italian 18th Century Gilt Bronze Reliefs Christ and Virgin Mary after Girardon
Located in Milan, IT
the marble high altar designed by the sculptor François Girardon for the Saint-Jean-au-Marché church
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Louis XIV Religious Items

Materials

Bronze

Very Rare 19th Century Italian Trompe L'oeil Panels
Located in London, GB
hanging in situ) however we believe them to have originally been used as church altar board panels. Size
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Antique 1850s Italian Early Victorian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wrought Iron

17th Century Italian Architectural Fragment with Carnelian Pebbles and Raw Agate
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
from the interior of a church altar and it was probably above a figure of Christ. The minerals
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Art

Materials

Rock Crystal, Quartz, Agate, Metal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gold Candlesticks with a Wallpaper Base and Polished Jasper
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
had a designated place on the church altar.
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Multi-gemstone

Pair of 18th Century Italian Vases Decorated with Shells and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian gold leaf church altar vases decorated with fossil shells
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Vases

Materials

Gold Leaf

Pair of 18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Candlesticks with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian gold candlesticks with agate coral and baroque pearls. The altar
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Candlesticks

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

Pair of Italian White and Mecca Giltwood Hand Carved Lamp Bases Verona, 1980
Located in Milan, IT
decorated with scrolls and foliate patterns just on the front as most of Italian altar decorations. Made
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Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Pine

Italy 18th Century Lombard Carved & Polychromate Sculpture of St Peter of Verona
By Veronese
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian 18th century sculpture of St. Peter of Verona. A magnificent sculpture of St Peter
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Antique Italian Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Sculpture of St Peter, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb antique Italian Grand Tour patinated bronze sculpture of St Peter seated on a bronze
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Antique 1880s Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair Italian or Spanish Portapalme Urns in Copper and Brass, circa 1700
Located in Atlanta, GA
, these portapalme were particularly in Italian and Italianate churches, the utilization of a kind of
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Antique Early 1700s European Louis XIV Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Brass, Copper

Portrait of Languid Girl in Blue Camisole 18th century Italian Rococo Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
Annunciation (1738) for the main altar for the church of the Annunziata in Guastalla. After the death of Rotari
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Mid-18th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Guardian Angel Ridolfi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17/18th Century Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
- Corinaldo, 1644), of which several versions are known, such as those made around 1627 for the altars of the
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Late 19th Century Holy Spirit Dove
Located in Hastings, GB
originally hung inside a Church, usually over or near the Altar. Small hanging loop to the rear. Width
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Antique 1880s Italian Baroque Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Gio Ponti Large Walnut Diamond Table from San Francesco Fopponino Milan, 1961
By Gio Ponti
Located in Rome, IT
from the Church San Francesco al Fopponino Via Paolo Giovio Milan 1961-1964 likely an "altar" Unique
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass, Iron

Monsiau Nicolas-André Painting "Preaching of St. Peter" 'Attr.'
By Nicolas-André Monsiau
Located in Milano, IT
other apostles: this choice strongly emphasizes his primacy and personification with the whole Church
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Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings

Materials

Copper

18th Century marble coffee table
Located in Firenze, FI
motifs. The table top comes from an altar frontal of a chapel or church and dates back to the 18th
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Antique 18th Century Italian Card Tables and Tea Tables

Materials

Travertine, Marble

18th Century marble coffee table
18th Century marble coffee table
H 15.75 in W 53.55 in D 26.38 in
Tuscan Renaissance Wrought Iron and Walnut Cabinet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
armoires date back to when its sole function related to Church ceremonies and was a humble opening in the
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Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Cabinets

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair Gilt Bronze Andirons in the Style of Andrea Briosco (Riccio)
By Andrea Briosco (Riccio)
Located in Kensington, MD
by the great Italian renaissance sculptor Andrea Briosco known as Riccio (1470-1532). Riccio's great
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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Andirons

Materials

Ormolu

18th Century Lying Female Figure Painting by Giovanni Domenico Molinari
Located in Milan, IT
church of Santa Maria della Scala in Moncalieri depicting the Assumption venerated by Blessed Bernard of
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Antique 18th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Cercle of Jacopo della Pila - Marble relief depicting a winged Cherub
Located in Bruxelles, BE
the numerous family chapels and tombs built during the late fifteenth century in south of Italy employ
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

17th Century Madonna with Child from the Impruneta Tondo Polychrome Terracotta
Located in Milan, IT
the setting up of the Museum of the Church of Santa Maria dell'Impruneta, opened to the public in 1987
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Antique 17th Century Italian Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

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

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

Codina Corona BOTAS Boots original wood sculpture 1990
By Josep Maria Codina Corona
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
high) on the high altar of the Church of Fatima, Granollers. • Other of his works are in Canada, the
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian
By Bonifacio Bembo
Located in New Orleans, LA
the altar of the Chapel of San Nicola da Tolentino in the Church of Sant’Agostino in Cremona, Italy
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15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Portrait Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Panel

Pair of Late 19th c. Carved Painted and Gilded Wood Pedestals
Located in Hudson, NY
used as candlesticks for a private church altar as can be seen by the large hole in the top for the
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Pedestals and Columns

Materials

Pine

‘Petrarch’s First Sight of Laura’ Early 19th Century Oil Painting by O'Neil
Located in London, GB
canvas depicts the first meeting of Petrarch and Laura in a Church in Avignon in 1327. Petrarch (1304
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Early 19th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Adoration Shepherds Von Achen Paint oil on canvas 17th Century Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
) painted for the evangelical Gothic church in Stitnik (fig. 1), which is still set in the high altar of the
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Saint on a bed. Polychromed wood. Flemish school, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
church, an accompaniment that would give the viewer more clues about the identity of those represented
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Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Religious Items

Materials

Other

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia - Anton KERN (1709-1747)
Located in PARIS, FR
Italy and secured him an apprenticeship with Giambattista Pittoni. He remained with Pittoni for seven
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Antique 1640s Slovak Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Giovanni Battista Pittoni, Holy Family with Cupids, Venetian Baroque, Christmas
By Giovanni Battista Pittoni
Located in Greven, DE
to Venetian and Upper Italian patrons, Pittoni also had many interested parties from Europe. His work
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Early 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marinescape with Boat Long Island NYC Oil Painting
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
, Italy, Spain, Portugal and finally Canada and America. His studio is filled with sketches and studies
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

European Architectural Colonnaded Arcade Watercolor Painting
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
, Italy, Spain, Portugal and finally Canada and America. His studio is filled with sketches and studies
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Board

Relief, Grotesque or Candelieri, Wood, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
plaque was created to be part of an altar in a church even if it is not decorated with a religious theme
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Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

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Find many varieties of an authentic Italian church altar available at 1stDibs. Each Italian church altar for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and stone. If you’re shopping for an Italian church altar, we have 163 options in-stock, while there are 5 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Italian church altar, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. An Italian church altar made by Baroque designers — as well as those associated with Rococo — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made Italian church altar over the years, but those crafted by Interi, Angelo Biancini and Ciro Ferri are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

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Prices for an Italian church altar start at $75 and top out at $319,794 with the average selling for $2,948.
Questions About Italian Church Altar
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 30, 2023
    The side altars in a church are called side-altars or bye-altars. In some cases, these secondary altars are inside chapels, but they can also be positioned against or near walls or within bays at the front of the sanctuary. On 1stDibs, find a collection of altars from some of the world’s top sellers.