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Religious Items For Sale
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Early 20th Century German Silver Spice Tower
Located in New York, NY
Silver spice container, Germany, circa 1900.
In the shape of a Gothic castle, hand engraved, topped with a silver flag.
Marked on the bottom with Germa...
Category
Early 20th Century German Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$2,232 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Dutch Tin Charity Box
Located in New York, NY
Black, red, and gold painted tin charity box, The Netherlands, circa 1915.
Used for collecting funds for the Jewish hospital.
Decorated with Stars of ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Religious Items
Materials
Metal
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Western Wall Heritage Mezuzah – Hand-Carved Stone by Gideon Bustani
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite mezuzah is hand-carved from authentic Jerusalem stone, originally part of the Western Wall. These historic stones, uprooted due to structural shifts over 70 years ago, were later repurposed to cover marble sinks used...
Category
2010s Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Stone
Sterling silver Hanukkiah made in London in 1985 by David Shaw Silverware Ltd.
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1985 by David Shaw Silverware Ltd., this Elizabeth II period, Sterling Silver Menorah, is of traditional form, with a bead border around the base. The menorah...
Category
1980s English Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
18th Century Dutch Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah, The Netherlands, circa 1730.
The backplate is pierced and embossed with floral motifs around the vessel in the center...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$2,784 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century Polish Silver Kiddus Goblet
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Kiddush goblet, Poland, circa 1820.
Large upper portion engraved with curtain decoration, set on a knobbed stem with skirt decoration on a round stylized base. Clearl...
Category
Early 19th Century Polish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$3,060 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of English Silver and Silver Gilt Rimonim
Located in London, GB
Pair of English silver and silver gilt rimonim
English, c. 1920
Height 37cm, diameter 10cm
Forged from luminous silver and enhanced with elegant silver gilt accents, this refined p...
Category
Early 20th Century English Other Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$7,451 / set
Late 19th Century Russian Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah pointer, Russian Empire, circa 1896.
The handle is made with a knob shape interval engraved with floral ornaments.
The Hebrew name Zisel Dresler with the Jewish year 5673 is engraved on the lower part of the pointer.
The reading end is shaped as a hand with a pointing index finger.
Original chain is connected to suspension loop at the top of upper section of the pointer.
Marked with Russian silver hallmarks...
Category
1890s Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$3,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Israeli Mezuzah
Located in New York, NY
Early Israeli Mezuzah on velvet mounting with ornate silvered body, and with gilded top and base. Decorated with colored glass and with gilded bell hangin...
Category
1940s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$3,119 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th-Century Jewish Wall Double Candle Holder with Deer Motif
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite early 19th-century Jewish double wall candle holder is crafted from wood and bronze, embodying a fine example of traditional Judaica craftsmanship. The piece features ...
Category
Early 19th Century Polish Primitive Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of a Conceptionist Nun, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of a Conceptionist Nun, 19th Century
Description: This finely detailed nineteenth-century hand-colored engraving depicts a Conceptionist nu...
Category
19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
18th Century German Pewter Passover Plate
Located in New York, NY
Pewter passover tray, Germany, 18th century.
The outer rim has wriggle- work engraving of the order of the Seder service, along with a pair of birds fl...
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Pewter
$6,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of 'The Academy Cartoon' Made after Leonardo da Vinci 'c.1890'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Academy Cartoon'. Original antique print on chine collé, made after the painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Source unknown, to be determined. Published circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$189 Sale Price
20% Off
Traditional Antique Sterling Silver Breastplate, Judaica, London 1922
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1922 by Morris Solovitch, this striking, Sterling Silver Breastplate, features decoration depiction the tablets with the engraved Ten Commandments in Hebrew, ...
Category
1920s English Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Brass Bezalel Dreidel, Jerualem Circa 1910
Located in New York, NY
A Brass Bezalel Dreidel, Jerualem Circa 1910
In 1906, Schatz opened the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem, named after the Biblical architect Betzalel ben Uri: “I have...
Category
1910s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Ancient Babylon with The Tower of Babel According to Herodotus & Kircherus, 1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Platte Grond van de Stad Babilon, volgens Herodotus en A. Kircherus'.
This original antique print shows a view of ancient Babylon with the tower of Babel...
Category
1730s Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$453 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Indian Gold, Ruby and Turquoise Sarpech Turban Ornament
Located in London, GB
Rare Indian gold, ruby and turquoise Sarpech turban ornament
Indian, 19th Century
Sarpech: height 12cm, width 14cm, depth 0.5cm
Case: height 19cm, width 20cm, depth 4cm
Similar to works in the Royal Collection, this beautiful ornament is a nineteenth century Indian Sarpech. Crafted from gold, rubies, and turquoises, it is intended as a piece to adorn the front of a turban, although often these fine items of religious jewellery find themselves other purposes.
The two side panels towards the base are mounted on hinges, and share a similar design to the central element, with a single ruby in the centre surrounded by rings of turquoise. The long neck of the piece arcs to the left, finishing with a large round and more prominent ruby, like the eye in a bird's head. With a similar appearance to that of a sword hilt...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold
Early 19th Century German Silver Book Binding
Located in New York, NY
Handmade German silver book binding, circa 1804.
Both covers pierced and chased with foliate scrollwork with ribboned flower, spine chased to match...
Category
Early 1800s German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$7,160 Sale Price
51% Off
Rare Antique Print of Temptation and Expulsion, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print religion titled 'Tulit Igitur Mulier de Fructu Illius, et Comedit (..)'. This print depicts Temptation and Expulsion. Originates from 'Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel'.
...
Category
18th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$510 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Argentinian Silver and Gold Torah Crown
Located in New York, NY
Silver and gold Torah crown, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1925.
On silver base decorated with a small gold Stars of David. The lower ribs decorated with applie...
Category
1920s Argentine Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Gold
$15,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Stunning Antique Sterling Silver Pair of Rimonim - made in London in 1922
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1922 by Arthur Bowe trading as Noble & Co., this attractive pair of George V, sterling silver Rimonim have ornate lattice work throughout the bodies and featu...
Category
1920s English Baroque Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Brachot for the Baal Tokeah on Rosh Hashanah
Located in New York, NY
An evocative and finely preserved antique printed sheet containing the Brachot (blessings) recited by the Ba’al Tokeah, the shofar blower, on Rosh Hashanah. This piece was an essenti...
Category
Early 20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Parchment Paper
Early 19th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah lamp Menorah, Poland, circa 1810.
Cast in Bench form, on four feet. The backplate is cast and pierced featuring scrollwork.
This lamp was made by the technique known as "sand casting". This process begins with a wooden mold that was carved out to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. The mold is pressed into fine sand mixed with clay, then removed, and molten brass poured into the impression. When a mold wears out, a casting from that mold is often used as the mold for the next generation. Those later lamps...
Category
Early 19th Century Polish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Israeli Kiddush Cup by David Heinz Gumbel
Located in New York, NY
Hand hammered silver plate Kiddush cup with applied Hebrew text: "Peace be within your walls".
Signed on the bottom.
Kiddush cup is a ceremonial vessel to hold wine for the blessing said at Shabbat and Jewish holidays meals.
David Heinz Gumbel (given name was Detlev Heinz. He was born in Sinsheim, Germany to a secular family among the pioneers of the local silversmith industry. In 1918, the Gumbels relocated to Heilbronn where David worked as an apprentice in the "Bruckmann & Sons" factory, becoming a certified steel engraver.
In the late 1920s, Gumbel studied to be a silversmith at the school of applied arts in Berlin at the Kunstgewerbeschule. Following his studies, Gumbel was employed at workshops in Düsseldorf and Stockholm, as well as in the family factory in Heilbronn. It was there that Gumbel began to design hand-made silver pieces in the modern style. Simultaneously, he produced Jewish ritual objects like a Chanukah menorah...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
A United Charity Institution of Jerusalem Charity Box by Alfred Salzman, 1920
Located in New York, NY
A charity container designed by Alfred Salzman for the United Charity Institution of Jerusalem in 1920 is an intriguing artifact, reflecting the historical, cultural, and charitable ...
Category
1920s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Metal, Tin
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
A Glass & Tin Moroccan Charity Container, Fez 1920
Located in New York, NY
Antique glass and tin Moroccan Bikur Cholim charity container from Fez, circa 1920, is a fascinating artifact blending both cultural and historical sig...
Category
1920s Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Tin
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
An Art And Crafts Mezuzah Case, Israel 1948. Judaica
Located in New York, NY
An Art and crafts Mezuzah Case made in Israel in 1948.
Early Israeli Mezuzah case on a shaped piece of wood covered in green velvet with a scroll encased...
Category
1940s Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$2,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Israeli Shabbat Candle Holder by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
Shabbat candle holder crafted in brutalist style by David Palombo. Made for two candles, this uniquely shaped holder appears to be almost anthrop...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Religious Items
Materials
Iron
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Large George II Antique Sterling Silver Flagon, London 1730, Thomas Tearle
By Thomas Tearle
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1730 by Thomas Tearle, this handsome, George II, antique silver flagon, stands on a flared base, and features a wonderfully engraved coat of arms. The flagon ...
Category
1730s English George II Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Rare Modern Iron Hanukkah Lamp, Germany Circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
This rare and striking Modernist iron Hanukkah lamp, crafted in Germany circa 1930, is a powerful reflection of early 20th-century Jewish design sensibilities—fusing tradition with t...
Category
Early 20th Century German Religious Items
Materials
Iron
Late 19th Century North-African Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade gilt silver Torah pointer (Yad), probably Morocco, circa 1880.
Engraved in Hebrew: "For the soul of the virgin Tova daughter of Erza Asher.
Every item in Menorah Galleries...
Category
Late 19th Century African Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$2,548 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century North-African "Fleur-de-lis" Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass Hanukkah Lamp, Algeria, late 19th century or early 20th century.
Unique design. Backplate is decorated with vegetal motifs and with a number of medallions, a small shield...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$2,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Israeli Hanukkah Lamp Menorah by Dayagi
Located in New York, NY
Hanukkah lamp menorah made in Israel, circa 1950s. Signed on the bottom Dayagi. Green patina overlay in the front with a bold Star of David. A detailed scene of the spices on the way...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$728 Sale Price
20% Off
Old Print of Nature Godess Sibyl and Puzza of China on a Lotus Flower, ca.1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Puzza ou la Cybele des Chinois (…)' - This plates hows Puzza, Sibyl of China and Puzza sitting on a Lotus flower. Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists...
Category
1720s Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of a Member of the Congregation of the Mission, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Congregation des Prêtres de la Mission'. Print of a Member of the Congregation of the Mission. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.
The Congregation of the Mission (Latin: Congregatio Missionis) is a Roman Catholic society of apostolic life founded by Vincent de Paul...
Category
19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$151 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Algerian Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique Hanukkah lamp, cast brass, rivets, Algeria, circa 1880.
Crescent-shaped back plate, with eight gates, a vase with flowers, apertures in veget...
Category
Late 19th Century Algerian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$3,072 Sale Price
20% Off
An Antique Polish Lead Amulet
Located in New York, NY
This intriguing antique lead amulet, discovered in Poland after decades underground, bears the mysterious marks of its long burial, with many of its original designs now softened and...
Category
19th Century Polish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Lead
Antique Print of 'The Madonna di San Sisto' Made after Raphael 'c.1890'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Madonna di San Sisto'. 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
Hungarian Yizkor and El Male Rachamim Memorial Prayer Scroll, 1903
Located in New York, NY
This finely crafted ink-on-paper manuscript from 1903 features the Yizkor and El Male Rachamim prayers, traditional Jewish memorial prayers recited for the souls of the deceased. The...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Religious Items
Materials
Paper
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass Hanukkah lamp, Israel, circa 1950.
Covered with beautiful original green patina, bearing in gold Hebrew letters the word: "Israel" under the o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$968 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Algerian Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century brass casted Hanukkah lamp made in Algeria. The lamp is made of three central parts: its body, a tray for placing the oil candles, and a holder for the servant li...
Category
Late 19th Century Algerian Islamic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$3,420 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of 'The Cowper Madonna' Made after Raphael 'c.1890'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Cowper Madonna'. 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
A Dutch Jewish Hospital Charity Container, Netherlands, Circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
A Dutch Jewish Hospital Charity Container from the Netherlands, circa 1920, is a unique Judaic historical artifact.
This charity container was used to collect donations for a Jewish...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Religious Items
Materials
Tin
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of 'The Adoration of the Magi' Made after Ghirlandajo 'c.1890'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Adoration of the Magi'. Original antique print on chine collé, made after the painting by Ghirlandajo. Source unknown, to be determined. Published circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$189 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Afghan Silver Shabbat Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Silver Sabbath oil lamp, Afghanistan, late 19th century.
Featuring a rimmed bowl elevated on a paneled stem, with larger drip pan below, resting on three feet. Extended piece of han...
Category
Late 19th Century Afghan Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$6,240 Sale Price
26% Off
Late 19th Silver-Plated American Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, silver-plated Hanukkah lamp made in the United States. Typical of late 19th century revivalism in Judaica, the lamp is designed in a combination of styles such as the rococo scrollwork and diamond pattern and the Gothic niches...
Category
Late 19th Century American Rococo Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
$2,348 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Chinese Silver Kiddush Goblet
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver covered Kiddush goblet, 19th century.
Round cup on a stem mounted to a flat circular foot. Stepped domed cover with bird finial. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Moroccan Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Hand hammed and hand engraved brass Hanukkah lamp, Morrocco, 19th century stands with oil fonts with pinched spouts attached to the back plate. Han...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$3,292 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Iraqi Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Unique silver Hanukkah lamp, Iraq, circa 1880.
On four feet, a handmade silver tray with nine candle holders for eight days of Hanukkah, and one for t...
Category
Late 19th Century Iraqi Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$3,068 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-19th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass Hanukkah lamp, Poland, circa 1860.
"Bench" style Hanukkah lamp, fronted with oil fonts. The backplate is cast with lions, a crown, and...
Category
Mid-19th Century Polish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$5,320 Sale Price
20% Off
A Mezuzah Case by Chava Wolpert Richard, New York Circa 1970, Judaica
Located in New York, NY
A Modern Mezuzah Case made by Chava Wolpert Richard in New York Circa 1970.
Chava Wolpert Richard was an artist who dedicated her career to the creation of Jewish ceremonial art. Growing up in the shadow of her father, Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert — one of the most influential innovators of modern Judaica of the twentieth century — she soon carved out her own career and came to be recognized as an artist in her own right.
Richard brought several innovative practices to the art of Judaica. For example, her mezuzah cases of the early 1960s were made of aluminum coated with phenolic.
This Mezuzah case is one of the classic examples of the modernistic designs. Reverse and rounded sides are made of aluminum and the front center is coated with phenolic. The front black panel fits smoothly into its rounded sides where a mezuzah scroll...
Category
1960s American Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Aluminum
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
The backplate is cast and pierced with a central two-handled vase of flowers, flanked by fully formed birds with their heads turned outward. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah Lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to the singular servant light normally found on a Chanukah Lamp), served a purpose, having been used on one of the days that Chanukah fell on the Sabbath, as Sabbath Candlesticks.
For another example, see page 296 of the book “Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps...
Category
Mid-18th Century Polish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Engraving of Mount Sinai with St. Catherine's Monastery and Bedouins, 1680
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare antique print titled ‘Bergh Sinai of Sint Catryn’.
This engraving shows Mount Sinai (also known as Mount Horeb) with St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of the mountains a...
Category
1680s Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$652 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Hungarian Synagogue Iron Charity Container
Located in New York, NY
Large handmade iron charity container, Hungary, circa 1850.
The iron tzedakah box was installed within the wall at the Hungarian Synagogue.
On the fr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Hungarian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Iron
$15,024 Sale Price
20% Off
An Olivewood Esther Scroll Case and Parchment Scroll, Jerusalem C. 1950
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful example of mid-20th century Jerusalem craftsmanship, this hand-carved Esther Scroll case is fashioned from locally sourced olivewood and feat...
Category
1950s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Hide, Wood, Olive
Antique Print of Phineus, Son of Poseidon or Phoenix, 1733
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Phinée délivré des Harpyes (..)'. This print depicts Phineus delivered from the Harpies by Calais & Zethes. Phineas was said to be a son of Poseidon, or of Phoenix, and had the gift of prophecy. Zeus, angry that Phineas revealed too much of the plans of the gods, punished him by blinding him and setting him on an island with a buffet of food. However, he could eat none of it because the harpies, vicious, winged women, stole the food out of his hands right before he could eat. This continued until the arrival of Jason and the Argonauts...
Category
18th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$321 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of a Swiss Guard for the Pope in The Vatican, 1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique costume print titled 'Sergent Suisse de la Garde du Pape'.
Old print depicting a Swiss sergeant of the Pope's guard. This print originates from 'Costumes Mod...
Category
1850s Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of 'The Marriage of Cana' Made after Paolo Veronese 'c.1890'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Marriage of Cana'. Original antique print on chine collé, made after the painting by Paolo Veronese. Source unknown, to be determined. Published circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$189 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Three Patinated Copper Panels with Repoussé Scenes
Located in London, GB
These three circular copper panels were crafted in the 19th century in France. They are decorated with biblical and Christian themes taken from the lives of King Solomon (d. 931 BC) ...
Category
19th Century French Renaissance Antique Religious Items
Materials
Copper
Antique View of the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem, Ca.1778
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print titled 'A perspective View of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem and other Structures'.
A view of the Holy Sep...
Category
1770s Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
$321 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.