Religious Items
Religious Items For Sale
Color: Silver
20th Century Copper Silver-Plate Plaque, with Coral Inserts, Madonna Del Carmine
Located in PALERMO, IT
Particular plaque made of silver-plated copper, depicting the Madonna del Carmine, with inserts in Trapani coral. Below we find the words "Nuestra Senora Del Carmen"
Category
Early 20th Century Sicilian Religious Items
Materials
Coral, Silver Plate, Copper
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
Judaica - Antique Sterling Silver Pair of Rimonim by Maurice Salkind in 1920
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1920 by Maurice Salkind, this impressive pair of sterling silver Rimonim feature floral chasing, eagle finials, deer, hanging bells and beaded bases. The hand...
Category
1920s English Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Judaica Hannukah Menorah in Repousse Silver
Located in London, GB
This large antique silver menorah features a central column with fine detailing using the repousse technique, surmounted by an eagle finial whic...
Category
20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Judaica - Traditional English Sterling Silver Spice Box or Besamim - London 1930
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1930, this charming, Sterling Silver Spice Box, is of traditional form, with gilt bells and eagles.
The spice box measures 11"(28cm) tall, by 3.5"(9cm) wide...
Category
1930s English Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Midcentury Sugared Silver Christmas Topper
Located in Schagen, NL
Beautiful mid-century Christmas tree topper of glass with ‘sugared’ circles around. This European piece remains in good condition with light/norm...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Religious Items
Materials
Blown Glass
Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional pendant made in silver with a Latin cross shape, decorated on the outside with simple scrolls, spikes, pearls and other elements of classicist inspiration, as well as a ri...
Category
18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Bier judaica hammered silver Tzedakah Charity box , marked
By Bier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jizchak Bier founded in 1950's the Bier Judaica studio, to produce high quality silver judaica .
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Sterling Silver Openwork Filigree Yad or Torah Pointer
Located in Norwalk, CT
The intricate openwork floral and scroll motifs of this Torah pointer - known as a Yad - indicate the work of a master silver artist. Yad is stamped "925" an...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fine Antique Russian Vermeil Silver Enamel Pendant Icon of Kazan Mother of God
By Erik Kollin
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite antique Russian vermeil silver and cloisonne enamel pendant icon depicting Our Lady of Kazan, Kazanskaya Bogomater.
Assayer's mark for Iv...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Greek Sterling Tetralogy Icon Egg Sculpture of Christ's Life
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Greek sterling tetralogy icon egg sculpture of Christ's Life
Greece, Circa 1970s
This intricate and highly detailed work consists of four depictions of events in Christs life. Specifically the sculpture displays The nativity, The crucifixion, The resurrection and the Ascension.
Stamped "Made in Greece 72 PATENTED Ag 999"
Crafted of weighted Sterling...
Category
1970s Greek Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large and Very Rare Silver-Inlaid Antique Judaica Tray
Located in London, GB
A large and very rare silver-inlaid antique Judaica tray
Jerusalem, c.1900
Height 2.5cm, diameter 62cm
This large and remarkable work is a copper and silver-inlaid antique Jewish tray, featuring meticulous and exceptional metalwork, and was made in Jerusalem around the turn of the twentieth century.
It features a twelve-fold repeating pictorial decoration, which is set between two circles, that of the central ring in which a large menorah...
Category
Early 1900s Israeli Modern Antique Religious Items
Materials
Copper, Silver, Brass
Late 20th Century Silver Mezuzah Case by Shuki Freiman
By Shuki Freiman
Located in New York, NY
Late 20th century silver Mezuzah case handmade by the artist Shuki Freiman. The base of the mezuzah case is adorned with floral engraving throughout, while the cylinder is decorated ...
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Religious Items
Materials
Silver
18th Century Spanish Silver on Wood Baroque Reliquary
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and detailed reliquary holder with a thin hammered layer of silver on wood. Beautiful details.,
Spain, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses.
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Yehia Yemini Silver Plate Candleholder, Bezalel School, Jerusalem Signed
By Yehia Yemini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice candleholder by the very well known silversmith and jeweler Yehia Yemini ( Yihye Yemini, 1896-1983) Bezalel School Jerusalem .This candleholder made in Star of David shape ...
Category
1980s Israeli Post-Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Holy Water Font Crucifix Shell and Silver French Napoleon III
Located in Labrit, Landes
Holy water font crucifix Napoleon III, French, 19th century
Benitier crucifix holy water wall font late 19th century.
The crucifix is cut from th...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
19th Century Italian Jesus Christ on the Cross Silver
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Refined and delicate figure of Jesus Christ on the cross in silver, 1880s. Great artistic quality please look at the details from the face to...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
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
Sterling Silver Holly Smoke Collection Set from 19th Century - 20th Century
By Puiforcat
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 19th Century (1830) Crowned Lion of Judah shaped censer made of 800-silver by Candido Silva in Buenos Aires for the Bishop Mariano Medrano y Cabrera. 9.5H x 14W x 4D (inch)
Early 19th Century Spanish Colonial Silver oil lamp with lion motif handle. 3.5 H x 6.5Wx 2.5D (inch)
Early 20th Century Sterling Silver tray, lighter and matching holding canister by Buccellati, Milan. 2 H x 13.5W x 12D (inch) and 3 H x 4Wx 2D (inch)
and 3 H x 2.8 D (inch)
19th Century French Sterling Silver tong and spoon by Puiforcat. 1.3 H x 5.6 D (inch) and 1.3 H x 5.6 D (inch)
Early 19th Century Spanish Colonial Sterling Silver incense boat with attached matching spoon. 5 H x 8W x 4.2D (inch)
Early 19th Century English wood canister...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Victorian Sterling Silver Christening Cup with Boys Playing Tops
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sterling silver Christening cup was made in England in approximately 1848 in the period Early Victorian style. The front o...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Silver Spice Box Attributed to Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Silver and silver filigree spice container, Jerusalem, circa 1920.
Ball spice container raised on a stem, on a flat filigree foot, the lid is...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Silver Jewish Torah Pointer or Yad
Located in Delft, NL
A silver Jewish Torah pointer or Yad
A silver yad is a Jewish ritual pointer, known as a Torah pointer, used by the reader to follow the text during the Torah reading from the parchment Torah scrolls...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Jewish Ritual Objet Totem
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jewish ritual objet
Besamin TOTEM
Silver spice tower
Origin Germany Circa 1900
at its base it has the silver seals
Possibly a flag missing
95 g of weight.
Category
Early 1900s German Neoclassical Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
19th Century Sterling Silver Communion Beaker and Wafer Tazza
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine antique William IV sterling silver communion beaker and wafer tazza; an addition to our religious silverware collection.
This fine antique William IV English sterling silver communion set consists of a beaker and tazza.
The antique beaker has a plain bell shaped flared form onto a spreading circular foot.
The wafer tazza has a circular form with a plain circular foot.
The surface of the tazza, upper rim of the beaker and foot are ornamented with a band of tooled decoration.
This antique beaker retains the original gilt interior.
Dimensions
Height of beaker 7.7 cm/3"
Diameter of top 6 cm/2.3"
Diameter of base 4 cm/1.5"
Diameter of tazza 6.2 cm/2.5"
Weight
6 troy ounces/186g
Condition
Each piece of this antique communion set...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
German 18th Century Silver Hanukkah Lamp by Herfurth
Located in London, GB
German 18th century silver Hanukkah lamp by Herfurth
German, c. 1760
Height 17.5cm, width 23cm, depth 7cm
This exceptional German Hanukkah lamp was produced in the 18th century ...
Category
Mid-17th Century German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
French Roman Missal, Notebook and Coins/Rosary Purse Set Dated 1878
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This is 19th century boxed French Religious set containing a Missal called Paroissien Romain, a note pad and a purse used for coins or rosary beads presented in its original leather ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Monumental Polish Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century monumental, silver Hanukkah lamp made in Poland. Designed in an Art-Deco style, the lamp is decorated with floral motifs at its base, while a detailed figure of an eagle appears at the top of its central, supporting pillar, overlooking the eight candleholders and the servant light.
Marked with Polish marks.
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Category
Early 20th Century Polish Art Deco Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Israeli Ben Zion Sterling Silver Shabbat Candlesticks Candle Holders Judaica
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage pair of Ben Zion Israel sterling silver candlesticks / Shabbat / holiday candle holders with ornated tapered form and scalloped details. Marked inside cups.
Provenance : J...
Category
Late 20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Spanish Colonial Baptismal Font Vessel and Altar Garniture Pair
Located in Forney, TX
Spanish Colonial set of three Mexican religious folk art pieces. Ornate, highly decorative, silver tone with gilt accents, including two church altar ...
Category
19th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Kiddush Goblet by Hans Ettlinger
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver Kiddush goblet designed by Hans Ettlinger.
Hand hammered in Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1950.
Stem embossed with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver-Plated Mezuzah Case by Israel Hadany
Located in New York, NY
Handmade in Jerusalem, this Israeli silver-plated mezuzah is distinguished by its strikingly modern aesthetic. Bold Hebrew letters from top to bottom read, “Shaddai” used for one of the names of G-d. The letters displayed shows a modern aesthetic of linear and minimalistic quality. Easy to read, the original silver-plated mezuzah is in great condition with an engraved signature of Hadany found on the back. The Mezuzah is a tiny receptacle that houses a parchment scroll which contains two verses from the scriptures. It is attached to the doorway of every Jewish home.
Israeli artist, Israel Hadany is both a sculptor and crafter with specialization in silver made Judaica. He studied painting at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1957. Thereafter, Hadany went on to teach Sculpture and Design at Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, Israel. He continued with his imprint on the international art scene through his representation of Israeli artistry. Some of his notable public works include 1973 Sculpture, Eshkol Park, Dimona, 1975 Glass Sculpture in Beit Yad Lebanim, Jerusalem, 1977 Memorial Sculpture at Ben...
Category
Mid-20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Italian Silver Travelling Crucifix
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique 1800s Italian silver travelling crucifix; an addition to our religious silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Italian silver travelling crucifix has been crafted with an oak wood back.
The impressive cross design is ornamented with a cast and applied figure of Jesus Christ, surrounded by angel and putto designs, all below the plaque bearing the initials 'INRI'; (Latinate 'INRI', Greek 'INBI') pertains to 'Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews'.
This antique silver crucifix...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Paten
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver paten; part of our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Vic...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century German Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A late 18th century German silver Hanukkah lamp. This magnificent Hanukkah lamp has a shaped rococo cartouche backplate, chased with a swag of flowers and arched edges. The rectangle box...
Category
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 18th Century German Parcel-Gilt Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
A late 18th century continental parcel-gilt silver Torah pointer made in Germany. This magnificent torah pointer is shaped in a tapered spiral form. At one end of the pointer, a beau...
Category
Late 18th Century German Classical Roman Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Silver Megillah with Filigree Work by Bezalel Academy
Located in London, GB
Silver Megillah with filigree work by Bezalel Academy
Jerusalem, c. 1920
Measures: Height 22cm, diameter 4cm
This beautiful silver megillah was crafted in the early 20th century by the prestigious Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. The item contains the Megillah Esther (Scroll of Esther...
Category
Early 20th Century Palestinian Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century Continental Silver Kiddush Cup
Located in New York, NY
Hand engraved silver Kiddush cup, 1893.
Engraved with Hebrew text: "This cup of Blessing donated by Max Freined for "Aid for sick" society,
Rosh Ha'Shana...
Category
1890s European Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Antique Silver 'Yad'
Located in London, London
Carrying spurious marks for Russia 1872, this Antique Silver Yad measures 11.5"(29cm) in length, and weighs 2.4 troy ounces.
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid-18th Century Italian Silver Book Binding
Located in New York, NY
An 18th century Italian silver book binding. An impressively designed, this book binding is formed by two, nearly identical covers, each embossed w...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Havdalah Box / Spice Box, London 1912, Joseph Zweig
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1912 by Joseph Zweig, this Antique Sterling Silver Havdalah Box, or Spice Tower, is of a traditional Eastern European form. The Havdalah box measures 9.75"(25...
Category
1910s English Baroque Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 6 Buccellati Sterling Silver Christmas Ornaments
By Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional assortment of 6 Buccellati sterling silver Christmas ornaments, all made in Italy, consisting of:
- an engraved snow...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Silver Incense Boat 'naviculae', Possibly Portugal, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Naveta. Silver. Possibly Portugal, 18th century.
Base with counterweight. With hallmarks.
Naveta with oval foot decorated with relief elements and moldings, balustrade foot and body with light boat shape, presenting a hinged lid in the front, a widening in the lower area towards the foot and a decoration distributed throughout the exterior base of rockery motifs and plant elements (the same theme is presented on the foot and base) on a background of chopped luster, with an angel's head on two wings in relief towards the peak, accompanied by plant elements (the which protrude from the edge of the lid). Although the shape of the piece follows in general lines the most usual prototypes in these incense containers used in the liturgy, it is necessary to indicate that it was more frequent to find them more similar to a ship. The naveta's belonging to the influence of Rococo is clear both for the lines of the object and for the decoration to which reference has already been made (pebbles, plant elements with movement, volutes with pronounced curves, contrasts between concave and convex lines ... ), as well as it is possible to find some points in common with Portuguese works (presents an auction with an angel head in relief a silver naveta with a spoon by Leandro
Gagliardi made in Rome between 1744 and 1750 that is preserved in the Museum of Sao Roque of Lisbon in Portugal, compare with the silver plated censer that the same master made between 1749 and 1751 for the Chapel of San Juan Bautista of the Church of San Roque in Lisbon). The contrast marks present in the upper part of the naveta (the "capitalized" letters in a rectangular space), although it should also be noted that this work does not follow the most striking typology of navetas related to this center (naveta de 18th century silver from the Church of Alcántara de Maranhao, Brazil; naveta by Sebastiao Bernardes dos Santos, dated 1747 from Sé do Funchal, which is kept in the Museu de Arte Sacra Do Funchal in Madeira Portugal...
Category
18th Century European Rococo Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Other
Israeli Silver Hanukkah Lamp by Arie Ofir, 1985
Located in New York, NY
Israeli silver hanukkah lamp by Arie Ofir features nine balls supported by a zig zag base. The stunning silver Hanukkah lamp is for use with oil and candle w...
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid-19th Century German Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
German silver Hanukkah lamp, marker's mark L.S. incuse, berlin, 1847-50. Seen in bench form with covered lamps, on shell and scroll feet. The back...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Reliquary Pendant, Silver, Enamel, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
One of its fronts presents a textile background under a transparent glass, space that was surely designed to contain relics. The other side has a brightly colored enamel with the Vir...
Category
17th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Enamel, Other
Early Sterling Silver Pendant William Spratling
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely necklace pendant in 980 sterling silver from Taxco, Mexico. Designed and made by the studio of William Spratling, an American designer and entrepreneur who established his s...
Category
1930s Mexican Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Antique Pair of Sterling Silver Rimonim, London 1916 Morris Salkind
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1916 by Morris Salkind, this elegant pair of Antique Sterling Silver Rimonim, feature floral chasing, eagle finials, lions, hanging bells, and beaded bases. E...
Category
1910s English Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century German Silver Ecclesiastical Figure of Sankt Peter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique loth silver ecclesiastical figure of Sankt Peter, holding a book and keys standing 6.75" high, Hallmarked with a blank elliptical mark, "N" (Nurnberg?), topiary style mark...
Category
19th Century German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
18th Century Bolivian Silver Cross
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Bolivian silver cross.
Category
Mid-20th Century Bolivian Religious Items
Materials
Silver
1500s Elizabethan Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Elizabethan English sterling silver communion chalice and paten; an addition to our diverse religious silverware collection.
This exceptional two piece antique Elizabethan sterling silver communion set consists of a chalice and paten/diskos.
The chalice has a cylindrical tapering shaped form onto a plain knapped pedestal and spreading circular foot.
The body of this sterling silver communion cup...
Category
16th Century English Elizabethan Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Austrian Solid Silver-Gilt and Enamel Reliquary by Rudolf Linke, circa 1890
By Rudolf Linke
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century Austrian rare and unusual solid silver-gilt and enamel reliquary, pierced and decorated with multicolored enamels, sides set with carved rock crystal panels and ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Rock Crystal, Enamel, Silver
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Hanukkah Lamp by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Hanukkah lamp Menorah by Bezalel. Decorated with filigree work, and with acid etched Hebrew text: "these candles are holy". The Menorah can also serve as Shabbat Cand...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
18th Century German Silver Festival Kiddush Goblet
Located in New York, NY
Silver Kiddush Goblet, Hieronymus Mittnacht, Augsburg, Germany, 1763-1765.
Classic style tulip-form bowl with chased scalloped design motif with facete...
Category
1760s German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century Austrian Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah pointer, Vienna, Austria, circa 1880.
Decorated with Guilloche silver work within three rings; on the top, in the middle of the shaft, and next to the finger.
Set with the original silver chain.
Stamped with Austrian silver hallmarks.
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Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
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
Silver Incense Boat (Naviculae). with Hallmarks. Spain, 18th Century
By Juan Antonio Sanz de Velasco
Located in Madrid, ES
Silver incense boat (naviculae). SANZ DE VELASCO, Juan Antonio (1720-1778). Valladolid, Spain, 18th century. With hallmarks.
The hallmarks on the base place the realization of the piece in Valladolid (note that it is the one which some experts place in time until the appointment as a "fiel contraste" of Antonio González...
Category
18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
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
Late 19th Century Russian Empire Silver Spice Tower
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver spice tower, Minsk, Russian Empire, 1878.
Beautifully engraved with eagle, ox, and lion amongst foliage, the spice box has a hinged door shaped as a bird, resting on...
Category
1870s Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
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.
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