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Baroque Religious Items

BAROQUE STYLE

The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.

Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.

Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.

Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.

Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Baroque
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Indo-Portuguese sculpture from the 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CRISTO CRUCIFICADO Indo-Portuguese sculpture from the 18th century in ivor... Cross in carved rosewood and base in gilded wood. The figure is repres...
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Early 18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED 18th Century Italian Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED 18th Century Italian Sculpture in ivor.... The figure is represented dead, wearing a cendal point at the waist. Cross in carved rosewood wood. Silver termin...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

Reverse Glass Painting of Jesus Christ, Circa 1800
Located in Hamburg, DE
This captivating reverse glass painting from around 1800 features the head of Jesus Christ, rendered with remarkable detail and spiritual intensity. Reverse glass painting, a techniq...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Glass

French 18th Century Religious Statue of the Virgin Mary on a cloud
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 18th century / Statue of the Virgin Mary kneeling on a cloud / Polychrome, oak / Antique / Religious An 18th century oak statue with its original polychromy depicting Mary...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Oak

Unique Powerful Italian Antique Crucifix w. a Stunning Bronze Corpus of Christ
Located in Lisse, NL
Large antique Baroque crucifix with stunning details and an amazing patina. Because of the quality in the detail or because of the perfect anatomy o...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Bronze

17th Century Italian Baroque Angel Figure with Candleholder
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful angel figure with candle holder. Beautiful traces of the original paint and gilding visible, Italy, circa 1650-1700. Weathered, losses and old repairs More pictures availa...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

18th C. Giltwood Pelican Feeding Chicks Eucharist Allegory Religious Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
A striking 18th century Spanish giltwood religious sculptural panel, possibly part of an altarpiece, its central decorative motif of a stylized pelican bird and chicks a symbol of th...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Gold Leaf

JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED 19th Century Italian Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED 19th Century Italian Sculpture in ivor... Christ and table in carved ivory. Cross in Brazilian rosewood, carved...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED OUR LADY OF Sorrows 17th Cent. Indo-Portuguese Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED OUR LADY OF Sorrows 17th Century Indo-Portuguese Sculptures in ivor... Cross in rosewood wood with gilding. Plaque "INRI", and "...
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17th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Indo-Portuguese sculpture from the 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Indo-Portuguese sculpture, 17th Century on Ivor.... Wooden cross with ivory plaque. Defects and faults. Height: (christ) 26 cm.; Height: (total) 63 cm good con...
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17th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Cross in Exotic Wood, 19th Century Portuguese Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Cross in exotic wood, 19th Century Portuguese sculpture carved in ivor... Signs of use. Dim. Height: (christ) 16 cm; (total) 45 cm good conditions
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

MAGNIFICENT SILVER TORCH HOLDER Portuguese, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
MAGNIFICENT SILVER TORCH HOLDER Portuguese, 19th Century Shaft in the shape of a turned column with decoration representing plant motifs, on a circular base, with relief decoration ...
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19th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Silver

Relieve Virgen Maria. Carved and Gilded Frame in the Baroque Style
Located in Mexico City, MX
Polychromed and Gilded Plaster Carved and Gilded Frame in the Baroque Style Hispanic World 18th-19th Century This beautiful bust figure of the Virgin Mary is carved in relief on liv...
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Late 18th Century Mexican Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Plaster

Belgian Processional Crucifix on Pedestal, 16th Century
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 16th Century / Crucifix / wood, marble, metal / Religious An exceptional 16th-century Belgian crucifix, originally conceived for use in religious processions, later mounte...
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16th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Marble, Metal

18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant 18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved, with an ornamental decoration typical of Baroque religious art. Its oval shape features floral and symbolic deta...
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18th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Silver

18th Century French Carved Giltwood Polychrome "Mother and Child" with Base
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this beautiful gilt statue with base in a living room or bedroom. Hand carved circa 1780, this elegant two-piece antique sculpture was found in a chapel in Southern France and ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Giltwood

Italian 19th Century Painted and Gilded Wooden Reliquary with Angel Face
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian 19th century painted reliquary. This reliquary features a gilded and carved angel face on the door. The sides are flanked with and lions faces with ring pulls. The general...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Portuguese Sculpture from the 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED 17th Century Portuguese sculpture in carved wood, polychrome and gilded. Small flaws in the polychromy. Height: (Christ) 32 cm. Height: (total) 86 cm. good co...
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17th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

Bronze Bassin for Holy Water, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Holy wall font. Bronze. Spain, 17th Century. Small font for holy water designed to be placed on a wall, which has a container decorated with moldings and architectural elements and...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Bronze, Other

Baroque Sculpture of the Virgin Mary, Immaculate Conception, Olot School, Ca
By Spainhour Furniture Company
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing Sculpture of the Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception, Olot School, 20th century – Girona, Catalonia Material: Wood pulp School: Olot School Period: Early 20th century Count...
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Early 1900s Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Fabric, Plaster, Wood

Saint Stephen, Oil on Canvas, 17th Century, After Aegidius Sadeler s Engraving
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Stephen. Oil on canvas. 17th century, following Aegidius Sadeler's engraving (inspired by Jacopo Palma). The figure of the Saint appears in the ...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Other

Gilded Bronze Processional Cross Top, 20th Century, after Earlier Models
Located in Madrid, ES
End of processional cross. Ormolu, 20th century. Latin cross with straight arms with decoration of tongues between moldings on both fronts, rays at the intersection of the arms, an...
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20th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items

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Bronze

Antique silver-mounted crucifix
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
An ornate 18th/19th century European silver mounted brass and wood Catholic crucifix. The rosewood cross mounted with a gilt brass Corpus (body of Christ). The 'Inri' sign (Iesus Na...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Silver, Brass

JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Indo-Portuguese sculpture from the 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Indo-Portuguese sculpture from the 17th century in ivor... The figure is represented dead, wearing a cendal point at the waist. Cross in carved rosewood wood....
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17th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

17th Century Sterling Silver Reliquary
Located in Madrid, ES
A refined and devotional 17th-century sterling silver reliquary featuring a delicate reverse glass painting of the Virgin Mary. This exqui...
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17th Century Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Silver

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Ecclesiastical Chalice, Baroque Style
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...
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Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items

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Sterling Silver

19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Catholic Processional Crown
Located in Hastings, GB
A beautiful and very rare early 19th century Catholic processional Crown, hand crafted in wood with applied gesso and gilt, with rich, dark jewel adornments, (some missing) in wonder...
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Early 18th Century German Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Gesso, Wood

17th/18th Century Baroque Period Carved Polychrome Santo Altar Statue
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce Baroque period Spanish or Italian hand carved polychrome painted wood Santo sculpture with inset colored glass eyes, original white robe garb and later wood rosary. Intrica...
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Early 18th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Gesso, Wood, Paint

Antique Painting “Madonna with a Napkin” after Bartolome Esteban Murillo, 1666
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique painting “Madonna with a Napkin” after Bartolome Esteban Murillo, 1666 This lovely oil painting on beveled wood panel is after the f...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

South German “man Of Sorrows” – Carved Pinewood Devotional Figure (17th Century)
Located in Bilzen, BE
"South German “man Of Sorrows” – Carved Pinewood Devotional Figure (17th Century)" Region: South Germany (likely Bavaria or Swabia) Date: Mid to late 17th century (circa 1650–1700) M...
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17th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

19th Century Traditional Religious oak Icon Mother of God Joy of All Who Sorrow
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Russia / 19th century / Religious Icon / oak / Baroque / Antique Religious Russian Icon “The Suffering Mother God”, 19th Century in tempera on panel from the estate of a collector. ...
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Early 19th Century Russian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Oak

Large Holy waterfont In Sterling Silver, 19th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Holy font in solid silver, hallmarked with 800 Holy font height 31 cm, width 19.5 cm, with rear shelf 38 x 28 cm The silver waterfont can get taken of easely...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Sterling Silver

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 Joseph in Bethlehem for the census. Multiple figures surround the center in a well balanced setting. Rich, deep color and great patina, which developed over about 400 years, make this piece of art exceptional. The panel is mounted on a later dusty rose velvet backing. Condition: Small part of backdrop on right is missing. Joseph’s left hand is missing. Measurements: Image size - 8 ½” W x 12 ¼” H x 2” D Back panel - 10 ¼” W x 14” H x ½” D Entire piece - 10 ¼” W x 14” H x 2 ½” D Weight: 2 lbs. 8 oz.  
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17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

Set of 2 Antique Religious banners or altar cloths, Belgium 1900s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1900 / religious banners / fabric / Antique / Religious Two antique catholic altar cloths with embroidered doves and letters in a wreath. One banner with between 2 doves ...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Fabric, Velvet

Pair of Wrought Iron Gold Spanish Church Altar Gates
Located in Hastings, GB
A glorious pair of large, hand forged wrought iron Church Altar Gates, Spain circa 1900. These gates would have stood at the entrance to the altar in a church, probably from Northern...
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Early 1900s Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wrought Iron

18th Century Italian Carved Santo Boy Sculpture Icon
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large 18th century Italian carved Santo figural icon sculpture depicting a boy with arms raised dressed in a blue parcel-gilt outfit with boots. Heavily aged and distressed polychrom...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Glass, Lacquer, Giltwood, Wood

17th Century, Spanish Giltwood Baroque Altarpiece with Angel Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and complete unique early Baroque altarpiece with beautiful and very rich carved and gilded decor, Spain, circa 1650 Weathered, small losses, old repairs and adjustments of ...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

Italian Sterling Silver liturgical chalice
Located in VALENZA, IT
Liturgical chalice made of sterling silver. Chalice with a round and elegant shape, features an embossment over its entire surface On the cup and base, embossing and chiseling with ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Religious Items

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Sterling Silver

18th Century Italian Painted and Parcel Gilt Reliquary Box
Located in Houston, TX
18th century Italian painted and parcel gilt reliquary box. This lovely large Italian Baroque box is made of painted and parcel gilt wood surrounded by ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Glass, Wood

Early 18th Century Portuguese Carved Giltwood Church Torchère, Candleholder
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Tall early 18th century Portuguese gilt oak church torchère with deep foliate carvings on a tripod base. This torchère can easily be converted into a ...
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Early 18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Giltwood

Spanish Baroque estipite, Column Sculpture , carved and gilded wood
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind carved and gilded wood sculptural work that was part of an outstanding Spanish altarpiece from the Baroque period, around the 17th and 18th centuries in the Andalusian ...
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1690s Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Giltwood

Baroque sculpture Dressed image Virgin Mary crowned, Virgin Queen Spain
Located in Valladolid, ES
A splendid, dressed statue of the crowned Virgin Mary. The sculptural mastery of the piece is remarkable, with an impressive sweetness and solemn expression. It is presented in an el...
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1790s Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Porcelain, Fabric, Wood

Original Oil on Wood Panel of St. Anthony of Padua
Located in Miami, FL
Original oil on panel of Saint offering the Child, by an unidentified artist. --This painting represents St. Anthony of Padua. The scene is one tha...
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Mid-17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood, Paint

18th Century Wooden Santos Jesus Sculpture Relic Vintage Antique Glass Eyes
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Interesting 18th Santos figure with glass eyes, but without hands or feet, this piece was part of a large installation. Appears all original with he...
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Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

Angel, archangel, or saint, on a base. Spanish school, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Angel, archangel, or saint, on a base. Carved and polychrome wood, textile, etc. Spanish School, 17th century. It has defects. A carved, polychrome, and gilded wood sculpture depi...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Other

Devotional plaque, Virgin of the Rosary and Saints. Bronze. 17th-18th c.
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque, Virgin of the Rosary and Saints. Bronze. 17th-18th centuries. An oval devotional plaque featuring a molded listel and a handle at the top decorated with a relief...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Bronze

18th/19th Century Carved Painted Limewood Christ Child Altar Figure Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A superb antique European hand-carved and painted limewood Santo altar figure. Born in Europe in the late 18th / early 19th century, most likely Naples, Italy, the wooden sculpture...
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Early 19th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood, Paint

Liturgical chalice in two-tone 800 solid silver with semiprecious stones
Located in VALENZA, IT
Liturgical chalice in two-tone 800 solid silver with semiprecious stones. The body of the liturgical chalice is slightly hammered. The conical stem was completely gilded and two frie...
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Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items

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Silver

Circa 1800, Antique French Hand Carved Nutwood Putti Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Lovely putti sculpture in typical Baroque Style. This beautiful and chubby putto sculpture was probably part of a larger Church ornament / sculpture o...
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1790s French Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Nutwood

Hand Painted Baroque Cherub or Angel Portuguese Ceramic Tile
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous blue hand painted Baroque cherub or angel 18th century style Portuguese ceramic tile/azulejo The tile painted in cobalt blue over white in typ...
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Late 20th Century Portuguese Baroque Religious Items

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Delft, Faience, Terracotta

18th Century Baroque Style Baptismal Charger in Brass
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An 18th century baptismal plate in brass with beveled flower decoration to celebrate the birth of the infant or perhaps as in French is called "Plat a offrandes", which means "Plate ...
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Mid-18th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Copper, Gold Plate

17th Century Spanish Baroque Chestnut Carving of Christ
Located in Stamford, CT
A large-scale 17th century Spanish carving of Christ on the cross. Possibly of a much earlier date, the features and posture owing much to Byzantine depictions of Christ, especially ...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Chestnut

18Th Century Water Gilded Sunburst Around Clouds
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredible and very rare late 18th century Italian water gilded sunburst, with a formation of clouds surrounded by sunrays, in beautiful time worn condition, one ray has been lost...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Pine

18th Century White and Gold Baroque Stand
Located in Hastings, GB
A superb baroque stand, crafted from wood (possibly Oak) with painted design in gilt, dating to the 18th century, German, these would originally have displayed the statues of the sai...
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1760s German Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

19th Century Giltwood Baroque Church Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A deep carved large giltwood altar vase, probably German, in the baroque style, but dating to the latter half of the 19th century. The vase is carved with a flat back, so would have ...
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1890s German Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

16th Century Spanish Carved Polychrome Painted Saint Anne with the Infant Mary
Located in Miami, FL
This sculpture represents Santa Ana (Saint Anne) with the infant Mary. Verge.    
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16th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

18th Century Italian Baroque Carved Santos Icon Sculpture
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Majestic 18th century Italian baroque polychrome Santos icon sculpture of a young man. The carved icon is depicted standing and wearing a flowing robe with graceful movement. He has ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

19th Century Giltwood Baroque Church Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A deep carved large giltwood altar vase, probably German, in the baroque style, but dating to the latter half of the 19th century. The vase is carved with a...
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1890s German Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Wood

18th Century Russian Carved Oak Figure of a Saint
Located in Stamford, CT
A very interesting Baroque period carved oak figure of a saint or prophet said to come from a demolished Russian Orthodox church. This compelling figure is ...
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Early 18th Century Russian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Oak

18th Century Processional Painted Sunburst on a Baroque Silver Gilt Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A rare and exquisite 18th century iron processional sunburst with a painted central image of Holy Mother Mary presenting the rosary to Saint Dominic to one side and Ave Maria to the ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items

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Iron

Baroque religious items for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Baroque religious items for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage religious items created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, wall decorations, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, canvas and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque religious items made in a specific country, there are Europe, Spain, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for religious items differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $108 and tops out at $737,181 while the average work can sell for $2,750.

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