Bronze Pax or Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Peacekeeper. Bronze. Century XVI. Bronze purse with a handle on the back in the shape of an esse in the same material and a decoration in light relief on the front that shows, unde...
Bronze
Pax or Pax Board, Bronze, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Paper holder bronze, 16th century. Portapaz made of bronze with an "asymmetric" handle on the back, which presents a decoration in light relief framed in an architectural compositio...
Bronze
Silver Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Portapaz silver in color with a handle in the shape of "that" on the back, topped by a hoof below, and a figurative composition to the front, framed by two columns on pedestals and a...
Silver
Silver Pax Board, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rectangular in shape, it presents the main motif of the work (a Latin cross) framed by plant elements and flanked by two vases. This type of liturgical objects were used in the mass ...
Silver
Silver Pax Board, 18th-19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
With a burr mark. Portapaz silver in its color topped by a cross decorated with a symmetrical composition based on architectural and plant elements inspired by Rococo models of the e...
Silver
Bronze Pax or Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Paper holder bronze, 16th century. Bronze paper holder with handle in the shape of a torsa column on the back (area decorated with a work of rhombuses and flowers). The front presen...
Bronze
Bronze Pax or Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Portapaz. Bronze, 16th century. Bronze paper holder with a flat curved handle on the back that features a relief decoration organized in the front by an architectural composition wi...
Bronze
Bronze pax or pax board. Spain, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Peace holder in gilded and polychrome bronze. Spain, 16th century. Peace holder with the image of a bust of Christ in bas-relief, in profile to the left, in a tondo framed by border...
Bronze, Other
Pax or Pax Board, Bronze, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Paper holder bronze, 16th century. Bronze paper holder with a half-rectangle shaped handle on the back, which features an embossed composition on its forehead. The upper part of the ...
Bronze
Pax or Pax Board, Bronze, Spain, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Paper holder bronze, 19th century. Portapaz made of bronze with handle in "ce" decorated with spirals in the shaft and vegetable finishes at the ends that presents a decoration in r...
Bronze
Pax or Pax Board, Bronze, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Paper holder bronze, 16th century. Portapaz made of bronze with rectangular handle (which presents a piece to support this object diagonally) on the back that presents a decoration ...
Bronze
Bronze Pax Board or Pax, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze peace holder, 16th century. Base with two ecclesiastical shields on the sides and a Latin cross in the center; two columns flank the main iconographic theme in relief on th...
Bronze
Bronze Pax or Pax Board with Ecce Homo, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Portapaz, Ecce Homo. Bronze, 16th century. Brass portapaz with handle located on the back (flat, asymmetrical “ese” shape with a lower cap and ends finished with a volute) and relie...
Bronze
French Cast Iron Figural Flatback Rust Patina Garden Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A cast iron flatback panel originally from a balcony rail in France. Dating to the mid-late 19th century, these decorative objects were used as building or garden elements. Heavy, w...
Iron
$237Sale Price|43% Off
H 5.12 in W 3.94 in D 0.2 in
Antique Russian Wall Relief, Icon in Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small yet heavy wall relief - Russian icon in cast bronze. It depicts a seated Virgin Mary holding a very young Jesus and an Angel holding a crucifix. It was made in Russia circa 187...
Bronze
Antique Gilt Bronze Reliquary
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th Century French gilt bronze reliquary with removable glass insets that hold an embroidered sachet. Measurements: Height: 14.5" Diameter: 9"
Bronze
$3,073Sale Price|20% Off
H 13 in W 14.57 in D 5.52 in
Spanish Alms Box / Wall Decoration with Carved Saints Detail, 18th Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carved wood hand painted donation / offering ALM Box, Spain, 18th century. Polychromed carved wood church collection offering donation money box as wall decoration. This alms box is ...
Wood, Pine
Antique Italian Religious Giltwood Reliquary Relief Carved Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A rare antique Italian giltwood framed reliquary. 18th/19th century, hand carved giltwood frame housing an exceptional relief carving, depicting Saint Anne teaching the Virgin sculpt...
Bone, Giltwood
$2,500
H 14.75 in W 11.5 in D 1.75 in
18th Century French Wooden Carved Gold Leaf Tabernacle Door Fragment
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
French 18th Century Religious wall decoration fragment of a monstrance reliquary featuring a carved and gilded sunburst on a wooden tabernacle plaque, fragment door. We see this exqu...
Metal, Gold Leaf
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
H 24.87 in W 11.13 in D 0.75 in
18th Century Italian Tabernacle Door Fragment
Located in San Angelo, TX
18th Century Italian Tabernacle Door Fragment. Unique piece that can go anywhere. Perfect for a sculpture on the wall in a hallway or niche.
Gold Leaf
Three German Antique Iron Plaques Cast in the Renaissance Style
Located in London, GB
This charming set of three antique German plaques are each cast from high quality 19th century iron, meaning that the detailing on them is of a very high standard. All three plaques ...
Iron
$4,180
H 18.8 in W 35.4 in D 1.6 in
18th Century Hand-Carved Oak Biblical Wall Panel, Christ Entering Jerusalem
Located in Lisse, NL
Impressive and deeply expressive antique oak wall panel depicting Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Christ is shown riding into the city on a donkey, accompanied by His disci...
Oak
19th Century Gothic Style Bronze Reliquary Box With Repousse Figures
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Gothic Style Bronze Reliquary Box With Repousse Figures 8.5" x 4.75 x 3.5"H
Bronze
Tabernacle Door, Wood, Metal, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This type of elements are basic in churches, chapels, etc. since they contain the Sacred Forms, reason why it is logical the abundance, with a series of typologies more habitual and ...
Metal
$949
H 13.78 in W 6.3 in D 8.27 in
Antique Religious Souvenir from Lourdes, Virgin Mary in gilt bronze, France 1920
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a rare bronze religious souvenir from Lourdes, depicting Virgin Mary. The piece is done in bronze. Which appears to have been gold-plated. A souvenir fr...
Bronze
$4,280Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 10.25 in D 2.5 in
17th Century Early Baroque Flemish Wood Carved Religious Figural Group
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This rare 17th century panel, carved in high relief, is museum quality and without doubt the work of an important Flemish master carver. It represents the biblical scene of Mary and ...
Wood
$22,033
H 8.27 in W 4.14 in D 1.58 in
Silver Portapaz, Gilded Relief, Renaissance Style, 16th Century Spain
Located in Madrid, ES
Portapaz. Silver in its color and gilded. Century XVI. Portapaz made of silver that has a handle (decorated with delicate plant motifs similar to those of the pilasters) and a fem...
Silver
French Cast Iron Fireback, Biblical Relief, Baroque Design, Circa 1770
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French cast iron fireback featuring a highly detailed biblical narrative bas relief. The central scene depicts the biblical story of Susanna and the Elders from the b...
Iron
Antique 19th Century orthodox Bronze Travel Icon
Located in Madrid, ES
This antique 19th-century travel icon is crafted from bronze l, giving it exceptional beauty and durability. Orthodox travel icons were used by the faithful to carry a sacred represe...
Bronze
Allegory of Abundance
Located in New York, NY
Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632). Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s. The eldest son of Jan Breughel the Elder, Jan the...
Copper
$67,795Sale Price|20% Off
H 45.28 in W 59.45 in D 2.76 in
Alberto Carlieri, Capriccio with Christ and the Adulteress, Oil on Canvas
By Alberto Carlieri
Located in IT
Alberto Carlieri (Italy-Roma 1672-1720), "Christ and the adulteress", Oil on canvas, with frame cm H 115 x L 151 x 6.5, only canvas H 98.5 x L 135 cm good conservation conditions ...
Canvas
$55,931
H 17.33 in W 22.05 in
Macbeth and the Three Witches a Painting on Panel by Francesco Zuccarelli
By Francesco Zuccarelli
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting, created during Zuccarelli's stay in England, represents the decisive moment when Macbeth, together with Banquo, meets the three witches who announce that he will be Ki...
Oil, Wood Panel
$69,332Sale Price|20% Off
H 63 in W 53.15 in
Neptune Poseidon Guercino Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Neptune on the Waves of the Ocean Workshop of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Il Guercino (Cento, 1591 – Bologna, 1666) Attributed to Ercole Gennari (Cento, 1597 – Bologna...
Oil
$19,850Sale Price|39% Off
H 44.25 in W 51.38 in D 3 in
Italian 18th Century Oil on Canvas "Madonna & Child" - After Giovanni Lanfranco
By Giovanni Lanfranco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large Italian 18th century oil on canvas "Madonna and Child" after Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian, 1582-1647). The impressive artwork depicting a young Virgin Mary atten...
Canvas, Giltwood
$16,000Sale Price|50% Off
H 52 in W 9 in D 32 in
15th C Gothic Tabernacle 4 ft.+ Rare Architectural Religious Art, Museum Quality
Located in Vero Beach, FL
15th century period Gothic Tabernacle, extremely rare (Medieval) architectural religious art, museum quality ecclesiastical altar piece. This is an absolutely stunning circa 1450 or...
Wood, Paint
The Resurrection of Christ
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: with “Mr. Scheer,” Vienna, by July 1918; where acquired by: Jindřich Waldes, Prague, 1918–1941; thence by descent to: Private Collection, New York Literature: Rudolf K...
Tempera, Panel
$44,850Sale Price|30% Off
H 25.25 in W 20.25 in D 3.25 in
Fine Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Jesus Christ Crowned with Thorns
By (circle of) Pierre Mignard
Located in LA, CA
A very fine Italian 17th century oval oil on canvas "Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns" Circle of Pierre Mignard (French, 1612-1695) within its original gilt wood and gesso carved f...
Oil, Canvas, Wood
Secretary Swedish Rococo. Black
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Swedish Rococo Secretary Desk in Black-Painted Pine. Executed in a beautiful and characteristic Rococo style with a wavy body, sides, and back. The slanting writing flap with...
Brass, Iron
$3,500
H 31.25 in W 38.25 in D 1.5 in
Early 18th Century Oil on Canvas Laid on Board Painting, Italian School
Located in Round Top, TX
Original oil on canvas laid on panel painting, Italian school. Unsigned. Possibly a religious composition with three putti in lower left. Condition: Age related craquelure, some abra...
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$50,846
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in D 3.35 in
Late 15th Century Polychrome Wood Carving Depicting the Nativity
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
While the birth of Christ is briefly told in the Gospel of Luke (2, 7) it is in the apocryphal texts that we find most of the elements and details that have then inspired artists. As...
Wood
Magnificent 18th Century Venetian Madonna
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Great oil on canvas depicting Madonna and Child. Carved, gilded and polychrome wooden frame with floral arrangements. Venetian, 18th Century. Dimensions in centimeters: CANVAS 69cm H...
Canvas
$90,394Sale Price|20% Off
H 18.31 in W 13 in D 1.97 in
Paolo di Giovanni Sogliani - Processional Cross Florence, around 1515
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Paolo di Giovanni Sogliani (Florence 1455-1522) Processional Cross Florence, around 1515 Enameled, chiseled, engraved, stippled, and gilded copper; wooden core ; Inscription: "OPA...
Copper, Enamel
$50,846
H 3.94 in Dm 55.91 in
17th Century, Italian Oil on Panel Painting Depicting Madonna della Purità
Located in IT
17th Century, Italian Oil on Panel Painting Depicting Madonna della Purità The painting, executed in oil on a circular wooden panel and presented in an imposing carved and gilded wo...
Wood, Giltwood
A Rare Dingyao Green-Glazed Dragon Dish, Liao-Song Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This dish is covered in a rich green glaze, with a central medallion depicting a sinuous dragon in high relief, surrounded by a continuous band of floral scrolls. The dragon’s scales...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$9,604
H 36.23 in W 16.54 in D 10.24 in
"OUR LADY OF GLORY WITH ORATORY" Brazilian sculpture of the 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
OUR LADY OF GLORY WITH ORATORY Brazilian sculpture of the 19th century , in polychrome and gilded wood. Oratory in painted and gilded wood. Small defects. Dim.: (sculpture) 42 cm; (...
Wood
Religious art has had an enduring and significant role throughout history and continues to resonate with modern audiences. Over the years, vintage and antique religious artifacts have become popular with collectors and the devout alike, and religious art has been used to express devotion across a range of media.
Historic examples of religious art remain evocative. From the Renaissance to 1800, many Old Masters actively explored sacred themes from Christianity. In the Baroque period, painters infused religious scenes with intense emotions through the technique of chiaroscuro, which uses strong contrasts between light and dark.
From the 18th to 19th century, Gothic Revival saw designers using elements that evoked the Middle Ages. Artists found inspiration in the romantic qualities of medieval paneling, furniture and other accoutrements, such as candelabras, statues and crosses. Works created in the Gothic style add drama and a grandiose elegance to any room.
Religious art reflects the diversity of beliefs around the world. Islamic art and Judaica are just a couple of examples of the vibrant expression that has coursed through faith-based art over the centuries. Sculptures have long depicted the image of Buddha, while intricately carved reliefs have stunningly depicted deities from Hinduism, like Ganesh. Members of Nepalese religions that emphasize shamanism have made ornate drums, artistically enhanced with images of animals like birds.
In some cases, artisans have created pieces that celebrate specific religious holidays such as the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. But even everyday items are an opportunity to bring both art and religion into a space. For example, designers of furniture over the years have drawn on elements found in cathedrals and other religious settings in order to elevate their work.
On 1stDibs, find a varied collection of antique and vintage religious artifacts and other objects that can be searched by style, period, artist and material, such as wood or metal.