What is an orthodox icon?

An Orthodox icon is a sacred image painted on wood according to strict canonical rules, often utilising tempera and gold leaf. These devotional panels serve as focal points for prayer within Eastern Christian traditions. The listings here include nineteenth-century examples, some featuring detailed silver riza work applied over the painted surface.

How are antique wooden sculptures carved?

Sculptors carved figures from timbers such as oak, walnut, limewood, and olive wood using gouges and chisels. Many of these pieces formed parts of larger architectural altarpieces or served as standalone devotional objects. Surviving examples often retain traces of original gesso and polychrome paint applied directly to the carved wood.

Where were oil paintings on canvas displayed?

Oil paintings on canvas were commissioned for churches, private chapels, and domestic devotional spaces across Europe. They depicted biblical scenes, holy families, and individual saints to inspire contemplation. Pieces on this page originate from Italian, Spanish, German, and Low Country schools spanning several centuries.

How do you date religious paintings?

Dating relies on stylistic analysis of brushwork, costume, pigments, and canvas preparation, alongside any recorded signatures or documentary evidence. Baroque and Renaissance characteristics offer clear chronological markers. Pictorial evidence on this page ranges from sixteenth-century Renaissance compositions to nineteenth-century academic works.

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Antique sacred art encompasses devotional sculptures, oil paintings, and icons from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century that served centuries of private and communal worship.

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An 18th Century Saint Portrait

From Oliveri Antiques Ltd

£495

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18th Century Life Size Christ Figure

From The House of Antiques

£3,450

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16th Century Corpus Christi - Parcel Gilt and Polychromed Lime Wood

From Vicky Thomas Antiques

£860

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C18th Bronze Plaques of the Death of Christ and the Removal of Christ from the Cross After Gian Federigo Bonzagna

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C18th Bronze Plaques of the Death of Christ and the Removal of Christ from the Cross After Gian Federigo Bonzagna

From I M Chaney Antique Furniture

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An 18th Century Saint Portrait

18th Century Life Size Christ Figure

16th Century Corpus Christi - Parcel Gilt and Polychromed Lime Wood

C18th Bronze Plaques of the Death of Christ and the Removal of Christ from the Cross After Gian Federigo Bonzagna

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