Historic Religious Interiors

Black and white photographs of various religious interiors, showcasing altars, cathedras, and ornate decorations from historical churches and mosques.

View of the interior of a mosque in Turkey with worshippers Date: circa 1888

Interior of the St. Alfonsus-Retraitenhuis (Barchman Wuytierslaan 53) in Amersfoort: the hall with bust, flowers and wall decorations.

Spanish section ..

Interior of a temple in Nikko, Anonymous, 1860 - 1900 photograph Japan paper. cardboard albumen print temple, shrine ~ Shinto Nikko

Yoni strutted by a naga, topped at a non-contextual llinga (Former Light Collection). Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta District, D.I. Yogyakarta Province, 9th Century .. a Linggam ioni image where Linggam symbol stands for the male phallic symbol and ioni for the female variant.

Umbria Perugia Spello S. Maria della Rotonda. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Located on the outskirts of Spello, this church stands in a state of semi-dilapidation among tall grasses and cypress trees. It was built on a Greek cross plan with an octagonal cupola and attached cloisters. The Renaissance portal (1517) remains shut as the key is now lost. Interior views focus on the octagonal cupola, the three altarpieces, and their frescoes which are all in urgent need of repair. The large main altarpiece acts as a choir screen, and separates one arm of the church from the rest of the interior. Subjects of the altar frescoes (by Mezzastris) include the Madonna Lactans, the Madonna and Child between Pope Gregory and St. Michael, the Virgin and St. Anne, the Annunciation, the Coronation of the Virgin, and Saints Peter and Michael. Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign date: September 1983. General Notes: This church is more commonly known as the Chiesa Tonda. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hu

Photograph of Jan Matejko's painting Bishop Iwo Odrowąż Consecrates the Cornerstone for the Church in Iwonicz in 1226 Biza, Stanis Aw (1846 1890)

Knielende Koorknaap, Moses of Giosuè Bianchi, 1855 - 1904 print A choral juice is kneeling behind a table. In the foreground a vase of flowers. In the background an altar and a window. Italy paper etching Acolyte, Chorister, Reader, door, etc. ~ Functionaries in Roman Catholic Church

The miners of the famous salt-mine Wieliczka in the neighbourhood of the Polish town Cracow, have sculptured out a chapel of stone, which is really admirably chiselled. A view of the "salt chapel" in the mine of Wieliczka near Cracow in Poland. March 09, 1939. (Photo by Atlantic Photo).

Master Arnold, seven -armed candlestick in the Oberkirche, Frankfurt/Oder. (From: leaves for architecture and handicrafts, 19th year, 1906, Tafel 15.) (1906-1906): View. Light pressure on paper, 34.7 x 27 cm (including scan edges) Meister Arnold : Siebenarmiger Leuchter in der Oberkirche, Frankfurt/Oder. (Aus: Blätter für Architektur und Kunsthandwerk, 19. Jg., 1906, Tafel 15)

Confucius, Canton, China; Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909), Henry Hering (British, 1814 - 1893); Canton, China; April 1860; Albumen silver print

Interior of a church. Unknown maker, British

Abruzzo Chieti Chieti S. Tommaso Apostolo, Cathedral7. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Cathedral was begun in 840, and building continued in the 11th cent. It was reconstructed in the 14th cent. The interior underwent a radical restoration in the 18th cent. in the Baroque style. The campanile was built in 1335. Photos include exterior views of the facade and the campanile along with several details. The interior views show the Baroque nave with its vaults and cupola. There are paintings in the vaults and over the altars, including one of St. Thomas & Christ over the main altar. There are also photos of the marble paliotto in front of the altar (17th cent.). Other interior details are the baptismal font, a wooden statue of the Madonna & Child, and wooden statues of two saints, one St. Peter. There are also several photos of the crypt, including a few of the painting fragments remaining there. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s un

Reproduction of painting by G. Maigret, presenting a fight in a church during the Commune ().

View of the oratory of the Sint -Janscokathedral, behind the altar 'The beheading of Johannes de Boper' by Caravaggio, Anonymous, 1855 - 1875 tissue stereograph Valletta photographic support. paper. cardboard albumen print / cutting / perforating Roman Catholic Church. altar Sint-Janscokathedral

Eléphanta, India Entrance to the Sanctuary , 1913-1914 - India, Pakistan - Stéphane Passet - (December 16 -January 29) (French - Eléphanta , Indes Entrée du sanctuaire). Statue, temple, Hinduism, sculpture, portico, supernatural, cave, medium age, religious architecture, Religion, art, human beings, Habitat , Architecture

Calvary Church of St. Paul in Antwerp, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.

Seville, 04/03/1942. Holy Week, Good Friday. Our Father Jesus of the Great Power in procession as he passes through Sierpes Street.

''Hall of a Thousand Mats, whereJapanese Soldiers hang Lucky Spoons, Myajima, Japan', 1905. Artist: Unknown.

Interior of the Hagia Sophia. Unknown, photographer 1850s-1890s View inside the main prayer room of the Hagia Sophia from the upper gallery, or matroneum. Two large, round medallions featuring the names of Mohammed and Allah written in Arabic flank the apse at the far end of the room. Several pendant chandeliers of different sizes hang low across the first floor of the main room, and both the Hünkâr Mahfili, or sultan's imperial loge, and the minbar are visible below. (Recto, mount) lower left, handwritten in pencil: "3"

Photograph by Charles Thurston Thompson showing the tympanum of the central doorway of the Portico de la Gloria in Santiago de Compostela cathedral, on albumin paper, taken between July 27 and September 3, 1866.

Michael Angelo's Mater Dolorosa. Unknown maker

THE GRAND BUFFET, ST. GEORGE HALL, AT THE GARTER BANQUET, GIVEN TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE FRENCH

Men and church. Unknown

Wall carvings in Krishna Mandapa, Mamallapuram, India

Canton. Chinese Joss..

Liturgical vessels: cup, monstrance and censer (I) unknown

Unidentified church interior on pastor's 40th anniversary. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Newburyport (Mass.)

Seville, 1943. Details of the passage of Our Father Jesus of the Great Power.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Kapel on the table of Christ, Anonymous, 1860 - 1880 stereograph Mensa Christi Churchpublisher: London cardboard. paper albumen print parts of church interior: chapel Mensa Christi Church

Jerusalem, McDonald, James, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, West Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Built up), View of west entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, photograph, photo, page, photos, photographic illustrated books, height 523 mm, width 340 mm, British, photographer, 1860 - 1865, paper, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print

Chinatown, New York City - altar in Joss House, 1911

Images of Buddha and two royal sons in the temple Mendoet south of Magelang, the Dutch East Indies, c. 1895 - c. 1915 photograph Images of Buddha and two royal sons in the temple Mendoet south of Magelang, the Dutch East Indies Magelang photographic support. paper. cardboard gelatin silver print Mendut temple

Boy praying in mosque, orientalist photography, Sebah and Joaillier, ca. 1870

King Gongmin of Goryeo (23 May 1330 - 27 October 1374) ruled Goryeo Korea from 1351 to 1374. He was the son second of King Chungsuk. In addition to his various Korean names, he bore the Mongolian name Bayan Temür

Tombs of Sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808-1839) and Abd'ul Aziz (r. 1861-1876) Jean Sébah (Turkish, 1872-1947). Tombs of Sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808-1839) and Abd'ul Aziz (r. 1861-1876), 1890-1900. Gelatin silver photograph, 12 x 16in. (30.5 x 40.6cm). Arts of the Islamic World 1890-1900

Altar to Our Lady of Help, Mott St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Mechanical Christmas pyramid

The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Spanish: Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition (Inquisición española), was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace the Medieval Inquisition, which was under Papal control

Funeral of Alphand. (TF)

'Milton's Statue Outside His Own Burial-Place in the City', c1935. Creator: Unknown.

European graveyard in Padang and a Chinese altar. Black album leaf with two photos of a European graveyard in Padang on Sumatra and of a Chinese altar or sarcophagus. Part of the loose-leaf photo album over the brothers of Tilburg on Celebes and Sumatra.

Inscribes slab (Old Javanese language, East Javanese Kawi script) from Candi Lor with a kalamukha on top (rear view); three statuettes (Surya, Nandi, femal dification imade), Residential house. Kediri, Kediri district, East Java province, 900-910 AD..

Capilla Real, Sepulcro de los Reyes Catolicos. Camino (Spanish, died 1888)

Umbria Perugia Trevi S. Francesco7. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of the 13th-century Cistercian church focus on the gothic main portal. The interior, restored in 1977, include: frescoes of saints Ventura, Nicola and Andrea (15th century); an organ (16th century); an altar fresco by Angelucci of the Madonna and Child and saints with Christ and Veronica in the lunette; a marble intarsia altarpiece with a painting of the Madonna and Child with saints Peter, Paul and perhaps scenes of the Last Judgment; a painting the Crucifixion; an Umbrian painted crucifix; tomb monuments of the Attavanti family; a tomb effigy (in relief) of the hermit St. Ventura; fresco fragments; and a holy water font. Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign date: May 11, 1984 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical develo

The R.K. Church of the Begijnhof, during the 5th centenary of the Miracle of Amsterdam, celebrated from 4 to 12 March 1845. Massed in the Roman Catholic Begijnhof Chapel decorated with various draperies at the beguinage, on the occasion of the fifth century festival of the Miracle of Amsterdam celebrated from 4 to 12 March 1845. A separate statement belongs to the print.

La Procession. Procession at Brussels.

Sculpture in the north side of the Sapta Matarah Hall (Hall of Sacrifice), Kailasa temple, Cave 16, Ellora Caves, India

Poets' corner in Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain, with O.A. The memorial for William Shakespeare. .

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano39. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Byzantine architectural fragments; parchment fragments with miniatures (12th century) from Montecassino; painted wooden crucifix (13th century); Carolingian crucifixes; Bishop's miter (11th century) of gold and silver damask; fresco (13th century). Post-medieval: Architecture (15th century). Formerly the Palazzo Antignano. Unusual Catalan/Moorish-style portal; Paintings on panel and canvas (15th-18th centuries); marble intarsia (16th century); marble sculpture: busts of Christ and Mary (17th century); sculpture of saints in marble and in wood (15th century); painted and gilded sculpture in wood; marble grave sculpture (16th century); sarcophagus with allegorical carvings; gold reliquary "Rosa d'Oro"; crucifix made of elephant tusk Specific Location: Pianterreno Antiquities: Italic sculpture (seated women holding babies); inscription. Photo campaign #1: 533 photos. Roman relief and sculpture; cinerary urns; Greek an

Interior with door of the Rinnoji temple in Nikko, Anonymous, c. 1870 - c. 1900 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Japan. cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print temple, shrine ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism Nikko

01/31/1930. Mass Witnessed by Numerous Faithful at the Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Frankish leaders and priests pay homage to the infant King Clovis II. Clovis II (637 ñ 657 or 658). Clovis succeeded his father Dagobert I in 639 as King of Neustria and Burgundy

The Feast of Belshazzar. Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Skioptyconform with motifs from Bacharach am Rhein.The image has been stored in cardboard marked: the journey in 1904. Bacharach. Rhine hiking.

The mausoleum in Charlottenburg ..

A SIAMESE ROYAL FAMILY FESTIVAL

Mosaics in Church of the Nativity 1934, West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel

St. Peter's Basilica, Neue Photographische Gesellschaft, Roma: Basilica S. Pietro: Mausoleo d'Innocente 1910, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, gelatin silver print, developing gelatin silver print

Buddhist temple, Hong Kong. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1868/1871.

Copper baptismal font in the Sint-Janskathedral in Den Bosch, Anonymous, Joseph Maes (Possible), After Christoffel Plantijn, c. 1875 - in or before 1880 photomechanical print Sint-JanskathedraalAntwerpafter design by: Antwerp paper collotype / photolithography baptismal font Sint-Janskathedral

Santiago de Compostela, June 1965. A person gives the traditional hug to the Apostle Santiago in the Cathedral.

Reinosa (Santander), August 1937. Main church of Reinosa, converted into a warehouse for utensils from humble homes, stolen by the republicans, veiled by an image of the Virgin Mary.

S 512. The birth church. Bethlehem; Bethleen No 1113 interior de l'Eglise de la Nativite .. The interior of the birth church in Bethlehem. The photo is part of the photo series collected by Richard Polak from Israel, Palestine and Syria.

Zanzibar - Tanzania - Large Ivory Tusks Date: circa 1910s

Abruzzo Teramo Teramo S. Berardo, Cathedral6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views mainly of the facade: doors and portal sculpture by Deodatus; also views of the bell tower, crossing, and dome. Interior views of the restored nave (12th century): capitals, low-relief sculpture and holy water basins. Choir (14th century): the roof, a paschal candlestick, and a pulpit; also numerous views of a silver altar (1433-1438) with scenes from the Life of Christ and his Passion. Sacristy: (16th century) an elaborately carved altarpiece, paintings, and wood furniture. Baroque chapel of S. Berardo (17th century): a cupola, niched statues, ornate capitals, pendentive sculptures, an altar with a marble sarcophagus and ciborium, and a reliquary in the shape of an arm. Negatives (but no prints) show a silver bust of S. Berardo from this chapel. Other interior views include a holy water font, the coat of arms of the Bishop Micozzi, crucifix (13th century), rose window, fresco fragments, a large ciborium

Christallies the baccrat. .

Interior of Haghpat Monsastery,Armenia.

Naples, un enterrement photo production of drawing ..

Elsevier photo collection. W. de Vries, Chairman Dutch Organist Association, removes memorial plaque Jan Pietersz Sweelinck, Dutch grandmaster organ. 1931

, Triester Straße at - spinner on the cross, postcard, Brothers Kohn KG B, producer

Naga stones at base of Brahma-stambha at Jain temple complex in Guruvayanakere, India

Interior of the temple of Aboo Simbel. Roberts, David (1796-1864). Croly, George (1780-1860). Prints, Illustrations. 1842 - 1849. Dorot Jewish Division. Middle East , Description and travel, Temples , Egypt , Abû Sunbul, Colossi, Great Temple (Abû Sunbul, Egypt), Hieroglyphics

Zakopane. Top of wooden altar in regional Zakopane style with saint figures. unknown, photographer

Two bronze handbells and a statuette of bodhisattva Padmapani. Talaga, Cirebon district, West Java province, 9th and 16th century, Indonesia.

Rangonn, Burma: Scene in the Shwedagon Pagoda. Young people are framed by two pillars, besides columns, large Buddha statue with local; 5 young men sitting in cutter seat against Buddhastatuen under pillar-carried roof of the Schwedagon pagoda

Anefo photo collection. The new church is preparing for the inauguration of Queen Juliana. August 6, 1948

The new church in Amsterdam ..

Via Dolorosa, beginning at St. Stephen's Gate Locking Church of the Holy Sepulchre 1900, Jerusalem, Israel

Outside church of St. Jean Baptiste, selling beads, etc.

Unknown, Egyptian Court Scene, 19th century, steel engraving on paper.

An unwelcome guest , Monks, Infants

Elsevier photo collection. Unveiling Monument Queen-Mother Emma Hague Queen Wilhelmina. June 4, 1936. Hague, South Holland

Two Friars Made 1843-1846 Scotland. Salted paper print . David Octavius Hill

Boeddhabeeld in the Candi Mendut, Kassian Cephas, 1890 - 1900 photograph Magelang paper. cardboard albumen print Buddha, founder of Buddhism. monument, statue. temple, shrine ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism Mendut temple

Artistic Workers In Vatican City. 1910

, Central Cemetery - honorary grave by Franz Schubert, postcard, Brothers Kohn KG B, producer

The new bubbleCarlsbad. The sparkling water

Postcard - Prismatic Fairy Fountain at The Exhibition. Topographical Views - Kesterton Collection

Joss House, Chinatown

Sweden. Chinecule. 1000 year old church ..

Funeral procession with men wearing white-hooded outfits; Fotografia Marittima; 1865 - 1870; Hand-colored albumen silver print

Banagé Polanaruwa (Preaching House). Joseph Lawton (British, died 1872)

Scene in church: blooming wedding ..

Russian Chapel in Alexander Hospice, Jerusalem. 1898, Israel

Great bell daibutsu Nara.. Postcards. 1900 - 1909. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Buddhist temple bells, Bells, Buddhist temples, Tdaiji (Nara-shi, Japan), Nara-shi (Japan)

Georgia, Tbilisi. Old Town, St. Georgia Basilica interior.

Greece, Crete - Chania - Muslims at prayer in the Mosque Date: 1910s

The manger, Church of the Nativity , Churches, Shrines

Varanasi (Benares), India. View in magnificent decorated pillar hall of the monkey temple (Hanuman) with Hindus and monkeys

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