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Religious Items For Sale
Returnable Items Only
Unique and Large Crucifix with a Rare Size Hand Crafted Ceramic Corpus of Christ
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and artistic crucifix from the European Midcentury Modern era.
Over the centuries the life and teachings of Christ have inspired many an artist to create His image in just as many ways as there were artist. In more recent decades the way in which Christ on the cross has been portrayed has changed significantly from how He was portrayed in previous centuries. Just like Christ was portrayed very differently in the early 20th century as opposed to how He was seen and portrayed in, for example, the Baroque era. And this way will keep changing as evolve. Just like with the other Styles, this modernist version of Christ either speaks to you or it does not and the way in which different people will see and experience this Christ will be very different too. That ofcourse also is the job of every artist, to make you think about an artwork and make you feel something at the same time. Not only is this unique modernist sculpture different in design from most Christ sculptures you will have ever seen, it also is all hand-crafted in a very rare material. This ceramic work of religious art also comes with a mild glazing and the unique elongated design makes it even more modern and 'experimental'. Thanks to the perfect metal hook on the back, safely mounting this piece is much easier than one would expect. If you already have a place and space in mind for Him then maybe you should be this sculpture's next custodian.
Mind you, our fair price for this unique and very large, Midcentury crucifix...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Religious Items
Materials
Metal
17th Century Old Master Oil Painting Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Spanish School
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th century old master oil painting of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Spanish school.
Dramatic expression and perfect use of chiaroscuro, the art of light and shadow effects, makes th...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Canvas
Late 19th Century Spanish Terracotta Fuencisla Virgin in its Own Wooden Box
Located in Marbella, ES
Late 19th century Spanish terracotta figure sculpture of Virgin Fuencisla of Segovia, in its own custom wooden box so that the image could ...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Terracotta
Ermanno Nason Christ of the Glassblowers Murano Glass and Iron Pipes Early 1970s
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Intense and passionate glass sculpture from Ermanno Nason, using his favorite glass, the acciaio gray.
This warm transparent gray color is often used by glass massiccio Sculptors, w...
Category
1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Iron
Russian Tempera Icon of the Protection 19th century Intercession of Theotokos
Located in Sweden, SE
Icon "The Intercession of the Theotokos, or the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever - Virgin Mary", is a Christian feast of the Mother of God celebrated in the Easter...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Ecclesiastical Chalice, Baroque Style
By Mario Vallè
Located in VALENZA, IT
Ecclesiastical chalice in sterling silver in Baroque style. The shape is unusual, characterized by the oval cast base with volutes typical of the Baroque style.
The stem is also worked in fusion, while the golden cup...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Amazing Arma Christi, circa 1850
Located in London, GB
Amazing Arma Christi, circa 1850
We are proud to offer an amazing museum quality circa 1850 Arma Christi. Likely German or Austrian in origin, an excepti...
Category
1850s German Folk Art Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Rare Antik Judaic Kiddush Cup Medieval Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very rare small Judaic cup from medieval period used for the Kiddush ceremony and also probably for circumcision. This chiseled bronze cup is decorated on its belt, with Hebrew characters. The back of the cup is decorated with the Star of David. The whole has a beautiful old patina.
This object with certain oriental influences, probably comes from medieval Spain...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Islamic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bible Print of the Lost Sheep by Kronheim 'c.1860'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bible print titled 'The Lost Sheep'. This print most likely originates from an illustrated bible, published by J.M. Kronheim & Co, circa 1860.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$94 Sale Price
20% Off
1800s Carved Drapery Trompe l'oeil Panel Wall Relief Sculpture Memento Mori
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Late 19th century decorative wood panel, hand carved curtain relief.
Category
1890s American Late Victorian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Oak
$1,440 Sale Price / item
20% Off
18th Century Italian Wood and Gesso Altar Vase in Rose Silver
Located in Hastings, GB
A hand-crafted wood and applied gesso altar vase, late 18th century with gilt rose silver finish.
Small areas of loss to the gesso and wear to the paint commensurate with the age of...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Antique Judaica Sterling Silver Torah Pointer (Yad) 1873
Located in Doha, QA
This rare antique sterling silver judaical Yad (literally translated from Hebrew as “hand”) or Torah pointer was found in Vienna and survived among other historical religious items (...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Carved Wood Church Sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
An extraordinary one of a kind Mexican folk art carving of a church.
Carved from a soft wood, possibly cactus, and having a beautifully aged patina.
Everything thing about this pie...
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Symbolic Turkish Sivas Carpet
Located in New York, NY
A highly inspiring directional Turkish sivas carpet woven for the Turkish government. Inscribed is the name of the regime at the time, "OSMANI". You also see the same elements seen in the Turkish flag...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Campaign Religious Items
Materials
Wool
$3,200 Sale Price
23% Off
18th Century Pearl and Murano Glass Bead Altar Palmetti and Urn
Located in Hastings, GB
A stunning late 18th century Italian altar palmetti, hand crafted flowers made from tens of thousands of individual murano glass beads and simulated pearls, woven together to form a ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Religious Items
Materials
Murano Glass, Wood
Antique Gothic Revival Stained and Glass Window Hanger Panel with Young Christ
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind, 19th century leaded and stained glass panel.
This incredibly well made glass window frame depicting a beautifully hand painted angel is another one of our recent great finds. The serenity and innocence that this child Jesus radiates reveils the quality of the workmanship of the artisan who created this work of religious art. This unique and highly decorative antique fragment...
Category
Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Religious Items
Materials
Lead
Set of Two Crying Baby Plaster Figures, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of two hand painted traditional plaster crying baby figures. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent wit...
Category
1930s Spanish Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster
$562 Sale Price / item
50% Off
China Zhou Dynasty Bronze Perfume Burner
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Bucket burns perfume in bronze resting on three feet. The body is sculpted with a band frieze with an archaic motif. Two inverted U-shaped handles punctuate the edge. This type of bronze bucket was cast with lost wax from molds in several parts and assembled when the piece was poured, these are the traces that can be seen on the back of the bucket. . The bronze has a beautiful green and dark gray excavation patina. This perfume burner was originally to have longer feet, no doubt arched, cut very long ago since the place of the cut has the same patina as the rest of the piece.
China Zhou Dynasty...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Italian 18th Century Hand Carved And Silvered Wooden Baroque Reliquary
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful and detailed reliquary holder with its beautiful weathered original silver,
Italy, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses and old repairs.
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
$799 Sale Price
50% Off
Stunning Victorian Lighting Gothic Brass & Mouth Blown Art Glass Pendant Lantern
Located in Lisse, NL
Graceful and all handcrafted antique light fixture.
This early Arts & Crafts era pendant has an aesthetic beauty that you don't find anymore in this day and age. It has the most pleasing to the eye shape and amber color and the handcrafted brass has a marvelous patina. In images 2 and 3 you can see that this unique light fixture started its life as (and still is) a candle lantern. Because of the Gothic quatrefoil details this may have been a sanctuary lamp at the entrance of a church or monastery. The beautifully patinated brass is all hand-crafted, but the unique art glass shade with its unique hand-etched, flowery patterns and amazing color is what makes this antique truly special. Have you also noticed the 'stand-alone' etched oak branches with acorns? They symbolize growth and unlimited potential since an acorn can grow into a huge oak tree that, by itself, can seed an entire forest. Both with the light switched on and off you could not wish for a more stylish, European antique fixture. It is of the kind that you certainly don't find anymore in this day and age. This ideal hallway or bedroom pendant light...
Category
Early 20th Century European Gothic Revival Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Mexican ex voto of San Lazaro saint. Guanajuato México 1958.
Damos gracias a San Lazaro por el alivio de mis piernas.
Esperanza Rodriguez y Jesus Amezquita.
...
Category
1940s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Metal
Embossed copper plate set in gilt wood frame, early 19th century circa 1820
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Early 19th century fine copper work picturing Jesus Christ talking to children, illustrating famous "let the little children come to me" biblical recommandation. Restauration product...
Category
Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Religious Items
Materials
Copper
$1,895 Sale Price
20% Off
Carved Fruitwood Plaque of Virgin and Child Madonna, after Donatello Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Carved Fruitwood Plaque of Virgin and Child Madonna, after Donatello Sculpture . A Large Beautiful 18th/19th Century Carved Relief Fruitwood partially gilt of “ MADONNA AND CHILD” , ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Antique French Oil Portrait Painting on Wood of Catholic Pope Paul VI France
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Antique portrait painting of Pope Paul VI on wood. This beautiful piece depicts a small portrait of Pope Paul VI. This painting is one wood and unframed. Pop...
Category
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Paint
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Gothic Revival Carved Oak and KPM Porcelain Triptych
Located in London, GB
The triptych comprises a trio of porcelain plaques, depicting the patron saints of the German city of Cologne (Köln) by the renowned Berlin manufacturer KPM (Konigliche Porzellan-Man...
Category
19th Century German Gothic Revival Antique Religious Items
Materials
Porcelain, Oak
Antique Print of Saint Nilus Kneeling in Prayer, 1762
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'S. Nilus a D.N.I.C. Crucifixo ipsi apparente benedictur, et ab impuris tenta tionibus prorsus liberatur'. Scarce plate showing Saint Nilus, kneeling in prayer; in front of him a crucifix; Christ comes alive. This print originates from 'Picturae Dominici Zampierii, vulgo Domenichino, quae extant in sacello sacrae aedi Cryptoferratensi adjuncto tabulis aeneis incisae' published 1762.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'F. Bartolozzi' after 'Domenico Zampieri'. Francesco Bartolozzi...
Category
18th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$416 Sale Price
20% Off
Reverse Glass Painting of Saint George and the Dragon
Located in Stamford, CT
Verre églomisé, or reverse glass painting with gilding of Saint George and the Dragon. St George shown riding his steed, slaying the dragon...
Category
Early 19th Century German Folk Art Antique Religious Items
Materials
Glass
18th Century Italian Church Kneeler in Walnut Wood
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An early 18th Century Italian Baroque Kneeler or kneeling stool in walnut.
This rare antique from a church has a drawer as well as a door with a shelf inside. In the interior of this piece, the bible or other catholic religious items...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Iron
18th Sacred Reliquary with Chalice and Consecrated Host in a Carved Gilt Frame
Located in Marbella, ES
An antique religious reliquary with a symbolic representation of the Eucharist, featuring a golden chalice with a consecrated host at the top, ad...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Coral, Gold
Rare Art Deco Bronze Crucifix, 1920
By Peter Hartmann
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Bronze Crucifix by Peter Hartmann, Switzerland, 1920s. Elegant and rare French Art Deco bronze crucifix by Swiss sculptor Peter Ha...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Old Print of Idols of the Temple of Ablaykit, a Buddhist Monastery in Kazakhstan
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Représentation d'Idoles du Temple d'Ablaikit et caractères Mongoles'. Copper engraving of of Idols of the Temple of Ablaykit and Mongolian characters. Ablaykit ...
Category
18th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$227 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Italian Antique Oil on Canvas Painting Saint Francesco Saverio
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful antique Italian oil painting on canvas. Excellent pictorial quality great attention to detail. Italian school of the 18th century. Not signed. A beautiful religious painting Saint Francesco...
Category
1750s Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Canvas
$4,737 Sale Price
20% Off
Continental Porcelain Virgin Mary Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Continental (probably Austrian) porcelain oval plaque with painted image of the Virgin Mary wearing a blue cape
Category
20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Religious Items
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Antique Italian Prayer Kneeler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a simple yet beautiful 18th century Italian kneeler. Made of European Pine that has been waxed and oiled to display and preserve beauty of the wood. All parts are hand made a...
Category
18th Century Italian Rustic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Pine
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Tombstone from France, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
Beautiful recuperated antique tombstone from France.
Recuperated from a cemetery near Paris.
Category
1840s French Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sandstone
Antique Print of 'The Madonna di Foligno' Made after Raphael 'c.1890'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Madonna di Foligno'. Original antique print on chine collé, made after the painting by Raphael. Source unknown, to be determined. Published circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$189 Sale Price
20% Off
Religious icon with three chosen Saints, ca. 1700
Located in Gorssel, GE
Rare icon with three chosen Saints most likely the patron saints of a family consisting of a father, a mother and a son. The inscriptions which could identify the saints are gone but most likely the depicted saints from left to right are: Saint George, Saint Dimitri and Saint Paraskeva. In the background we see the icon of the Old Testament Trinity; the three angels visiting Abraham and Sarah...
Category
Late 17th Century Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Post-Modern Lucite and Brass Menorah
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful post-modern lucite and brass menorah, circa 1980s. The piece features a etched lucite base and back with brass candle vessels. The menorah is in very good vintage conditio...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Large Italian Religious Cross
Located in Hastings, GB
This heavy, hand carved wooden cross, with applied gesso and gilding is stunning, Italian and dating to the turn of the 18th/19th centuries.
163cm...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Enameled Reliquary Pendant – 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Enameled Reliquary Pendant – 19th Century
Delicate circular reliquary pendant, in solid silver with hand-painted enamel, dating from the 19th century, probably of Italian origin. It ...
Category
19th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Plaster Religious Jesus Christ Traditional Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster figure of Jesus Christ. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age...
Category
1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster
$213 Sale Price
80% Off
French Nun of the Order of Feuillantines, a Catholic Congregation, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Religieuse Feuillantine'.
Print of a Nun of the order of Feuillantines, Congregation of Our Lady of the Feuillants, Cistercian. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.
The Feuillants were a Catholic congregation originating in the 1570s as a reform group within the Cistercians in its namesake Les Feuillants Abbey in France, which declared itself an independent order. In 1630 it separated into a French branch (the Congregation of Our Lady of the Feuillants) and an Italian branch...
Category
1840s Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$208 Sale Price
20% Off
Old Print of Aztec deities Vitzliputsli, Tlaloch or Tescalipuca, Mexico, 1723
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vitzliputsli (..)'. Old print of the Aztec deities Vitzliputsli, Tlaloch or Tescalipuca. Also depicted are Mexican priests. Originates from 'Ceremonies et coutu...
Category
1720s Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$397 Sale Price
20% Off
Embroidered Holy Spirit Panel
Located in New York, NY
Embroidered Holy Spirit panel. Antique embroidered doubled sided panel in paper with original antique seeded glass and gilt carved frame, Italy, l...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silk
Antique Religion Print of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, 1913
Located in Langweer, NL
Large antique print of the descent of the holy spirit. Published by Mosella-Verlag, 1913. This print originates from a series titled 'Kathol. Schulbibelwerk von Dr. Ecker'.
Category
Early 20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$284 Sale Price
20% Off
Cabinet of Curiosities Shelve Sculptural Wall Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cabinet of curiosities of plaster figures and pieces in a wooden wall stand. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. Olot has a long tradition in the pr...
Category
1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster, Wood
$1,160 Sale Price
68% Off
18th Century Gold Processional Religious Church Cross
Located in Hastings, GB
Wonderfully ornate gilt gesso over carved wood processional cross, probably northern Italy late 18th century. The large floral wreath with carved gilt ribbons, a small cross to the c...
Category
1780s Italian Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
17th Century English Carved Oak Corbel “the Green Man”
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th Century English carved oak corbel “The Green Man”.
Rare antique decorative architectural ornament of the enigmatic Green Man. Images and carvings ca...
Category
17th Century English Renaissance Antique Religious Items
Materials
Oak
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Solid 800 Silver Statue depicting the Virgin Mary and Child blessing
By Mario Vallè
Located in VALENZA, IT
Hanging statue depicting the Madonna and Child blessing, seated on the throne.
It was made with the sand/earth casting technique, finely chiseled and subsequently burnished and treat...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Cabinet of Curiosities Sculptural Artwork on a Wooden Niche, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cabinet of curiosities of plaster figures and pieces in a wooden drawer. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. Olot has a long tradition in the produc...
Category
1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster, Wood
$420 Sale Price
72% Off
Antique Religious Print "No.26" the Institution of the Eucharist, circa 1840
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Histoire Sainte, Nouveau Testament, Institution de L'Eucharistie.’ This plate shows a scene from the New Testament; The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$246 Sale Price
20% Off
MCM Petite Red Enamel and Brass Crucifix / Cross on Base
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice MCM petite red enamel and brass crucifix / cross on base, circa 1970s. Nice weight and detail. #2475
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Religious Items
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Wooden Religious Cross Traditional Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious wood wall artwork of a cross. Made in Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina...
Category
1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster
$254 Sale Price
82% Off
20th Century Italian Solid Silver 800 Nine Lights Chanukkiyah
Located in VALENZA, IT
Jewish candelabra completely handmade in solid 800 silver.
The round base is raised from the support surface with 4 feet made with the casting techni...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Antique Print of a Jesuit Missionary in China, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Jesuite Missionnaire a la Chine'. Print of a Jesuit Missionary in China. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.
Artists and ...
Category
19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$227 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage George VI Arts & Crafts Style English Sterling Silver Chalice
By J. Wippell & Co. Ltd. 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage George VI English sterling silver chalice in the Arts & Crafts style; an addition to our religious silverware collection.
This exceptio...
Category
1940s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Traditional Plaster Figure of a Dog, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional plaster dog figure. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a...
Category
1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster
$266 Sale Price
62% Off
Cross of Caravaca 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Cross of caravaca xvii century
Very beautiful cross of Caravaca made in bronze. 17th century. Measurements: 12 x 6cm
Good condition.
Category
17th Century Italian Gothic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Hispanic Filipino Crucified Christ Carved Wood Sculpture
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind sculpture of Crucified Christ in carved wood and crystal eyes (one of them its loose), 18th century Hispano Filipino School. The crown, ...
Category
1730s Philippine Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$19,068 Sale Price
30% Off
Modernist Stainless Steel Crucifix / Cross
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist stainless steel crucifix / cross with Jesus, circa 1970s. The piece measures 5"W x 10"H and is in very good vintage condition. #2673
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Religious Items
Materials
Stainless Steel
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Religious Artifacts and Antiques for Sale on 1stDibs
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.