Historical Religious Altars

Vintage photographs of ornate altars and tombs in churches across Europe, featuring intricate architectural details and religious figures.

Altar of the Sant'ignazio in Rome, Italy, Anonymous, 1851 - 1900 photograph Rome cardboard. paper albumen print altar Sant'Ignazio di Loyola

Interior of the Tellskapelle, William England, c. 1850 - c. 1880 stereograph Counting chapel cardboard. photographic support albumen print parts of church interior: chapel. picture, painting Counting chapel

View of a cross with frescoes in Bressanone, Italy, Otto Schmidt, c. 1886 - in or before 1891 photomechanical print This print is part of a cover with thirty prints and three text magazines. BressanoneviennAPUBLISHER: Vienna paper picture, painting. interior of church Bressanone

Pulpits in Gdańsk, Interior of the Church of St. Mary in Gdańsk, History of the Church of St. Mary in Gdańsk, 1901, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Danzig, Kanzelei der Marienkirche

Interieur van de Immaculate Conception Church te Lowell, anonymous, c. 1887 - in or before 1892 photomechanical print Belvid paper collotype church (exterior). altar. pulpit, ambo, chancel Belvid

Image of the Transfiguration to the Cathedral of Wells; Photographs from the the sculptures in The West Front of Wells Cathedral (...), 1862; 20 N The Transfiguration.

Painting by T. Gaddi in the Santa Croce in Florence, representing the annunciation and the visitation, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph Holy Cross cardboard. photographic support albumen print interior of church. the Annunciation: Mary sitting. Visitation (possibly Joseph and/or Zacharias present) (Luke 1:39-56). church-window, e.g. rose-window Holy Cross

Véron, Italy Entertieur de la church Santi Siro and free cart , 1918 - Italy - Fernand Cuville - (March -August) (French - Vérone , Italie Intérieur de l' église Santi Siro e Libera). Church, Christianity, inner view, bench, sculpted decor, religious architecture, Religion , Habitat , Architecture, Italy, Verona, Roman theater, interior, sculptures of the choir of the little church of the Roman theater

Cathedral - Vorhall, MariaMeissen. Cathedral - Vorhall, Maria

The tombstone of Piotr Boratyński in the Wawel Cathedral Krieger, Ignacy (1820 1889)

Heart of the chapel of the Holy Grave to Jerusalem.

Umbria Terni Terni S. Maria Assunta, Duomo8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views: baroque facade, bell tower, portico, blind gothic portal with a vinescroll archivolt, and preserved main portal with an inhabited vinescroll architrave. Interior views: main altar marble ciborium and altar painting of the Assumption of the Virgin; half-dome fresco of the Trinity; mixed media altarpiece formed by a wooden crucifix hung on top of a painting of the crucifixion with saints Mary and Mary Magdalen; fresco fragments of Saint Anthony Abbot; organ by Bernini, and various paintings. Sacristy: ornate interior with ceiling paintings by Pietro da Cortona; museum with architectural fragments and a tomb effigy; reliquary of St. Valentine in the shape of an arm and hand; gold processional cross; terracotta statue of the Madonna and Child and a stone statue of the Pieta.. Crypt: 10th and 11th-century capitals; Roman and medieval sculptural fragments; and the tomb of St. Anastasia. Also included with the

Crib in the birth cave in Bethlehem; Grotte de la Nativite: La Crache.- Cave of the Nativity: The Manger .. Part of travel album with photos of Jerusalem and other biblical places.

Chasuble and stole, photograph, photo, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 139 mm, width 97 mm, photographer, 1873 - 1878, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print

Madrid, 19/06/1907. The remains of Rafael Calvo and Antonio Vico. The funeral chapel in the church of San Sebastián where the remains of the two actors were displayed.

In the cathedral - TulipanzelFreiberg. In the cathedral - Tulipanzel

st, Michaelerplatz - Michaelerkirche - interior view - high altar and angelic crash, Bruno Reiffenstein -, photographer

Photograph of painting: `Jesus presented at the temple` - from the church of St. Idzi St. Gilles in Cracow. Krieger, Ignacy (Kraków ; zakład fotograficzny ; 1860-1926), photo studio

Rheims Cathedral. Henri Le Secq (French, 1818 - 1882)

Gravenkmal of the Elector Moritz in the CathedralFreiberg. Grave monument d. Elector Moritz in the cathedral

Haskell & Post Publishers, Lakeside Press, Granada Cathedral, Tombs, Tombs of Isabella I and Ferdinand II the Catholic, Joanna the Mad and Philip the Handsome in the Cathedral of Granada, photomechanical print, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, height 258 mm, width 200 mm, photographer, 1881 - 1886, paper, collotype, clichémaker, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Held in front of the Christmas crib installed in the large chapel, Saint-Lazare prison, women's stop house, 107 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, 10th arrondissement, Paris. Held in front of the Christmas crib installed in the Great Chapel, Saint-Lazare Prison, Women's Stop House, 107 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis. Paris (Xème Arr.). Photograph of Henri Manuel (1874-1947). Gélatin-Argentic bromide draw on paper, glued on a cardboard album page. Enlargement according to a negative glass plate. 1929-1931.

Photo production of a drawing of the choir of the Santi Severino in Naples, Anonymous, 1851 - 1900 photograph On the right is a spiritual looking at the work of a painter. paper. cardboard albumen print parts of church interior: choir. working situations ~ painter Saints Severino and Sossio

Description: Image of Confucius. Location: Chu Fou, China Date: 1904 china, asia, asiathroughalens

Organ Old North Church, Boston, Mass. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. churches , Massachusetts , Boston, Second Church (Boston, Mass.), Organs

Grave monuments of Isabella I and Ferdinand II the Catholic, Johanna the Madman and Philip de Schone in the Cathedral of Granada, Anonymous, c. 1881 - in or before 1886 photomechanical print paper collotype grave-building, monumental tomb Granada cathedral. Royal chapel

Man stands in front of Joan Melchior Kemper, Anonymous, 1835 - 1871 print A man with a top hat stands in Pieterskerk in Leiden for the burial monument of Joan Melchior Kemper, inaugurated in 1835. Leiden paper grave, tomb Pieterskerk

Heil, Frauenkirche in Nuremberg (without date): Annunciation group. Photo on cardboard, 34.9 x 28.3 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Frauenkirche, Nürnberg

st, Dr, -signaz -Seipel -Platz - Jesuitenkirche - interior view - central nave - view towards altar, Franz Holluber -, photographer

Photograph by R. Prziborsky depicting the Schnitz altar in the Hohenberg Church opposite Friedstein, printed on albumin paper around 1890.

Abruzzo Teramo Teramo S. Berardo, Cathedral3. 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

st, Augustinerstraße - Augustinian church - Georg chapel - tomb of Leopold II by Franz Anton Zauner, Michael Frankenstein , Comp, Photo Studio

Seven Pagodas. Vishnu recumbent on the snake Sesha Mahishasuramardini Mandapa

Cawnpore; The Memorial Well, the Marble Statue by Marochetti, under a different aspect of light; Samuel Bourne (English, 1834 - 1912); KÄnpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia; October 1866 - November 14, 1867; Albumen silver print

, Stephansdom - Inside - Pulpit, Postcard, Germans postcard publisher, producer

Calvary, Brittany, Frankrijk, Anonymous, c. 1865 - C. 1880 Photograph. visit card France paper. cardboard albumen print Brittany. Guimiliau. Calvary

, Stephansdom - Inside - Pulpit, Postcard, Germans postcard publisher, producer

Montgomery's tomb, St. Paul's Church, New York.. Hunt, Charles Havens. Prints. 1881. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Tombs & sepulchral monuments , New York (State) , New York, Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775 , Tomb

Chapel of the Holy Grafkerk, Jerusalem, Auguste Salzmann, 1854 - 1856 Jeruzalemprinter: Lillepublisher: Paris paper. cardboard salted paper print Holy grave church Jeruzalemprinter: Lillepublisher: Paris paper. cardboard salted paper print Holy grave church

St. Sebastian Chapel, Franciscan Monastery, Washington, D. C. , Religious facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Choir of the church of San Domenico in Lucera.

, Central Cemetery - honorary grave of Millöcker, postcard, Brothers Kohn KG B, producer

Sanctuary in Burma; Bures Shrine Modern 532. In the middle a person is praying.

Photo production of presumably a drawing of the Iron Virgin of Nuremberg, Anonymous, c. 1880 - c. 1900 photograph Part of travel album with recordings of sights in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Bavaria, Milan and Paris. photographic support albumen print torture

Ceremony of submission of the Order of the Holy Spirit on June 3, 1724, by Nicolas Lancret, detail. (IT)

Brzezany: Broken coffins in the castle chapel.

Man stands in front of Joan Melchior Kemper, Anonymous, 1835 - 1871 print A man with a top hat stands in Pieterskerk in Leiden for the burial monument of Joan Melchior Kemper, inaugurated in 1835. Leiden paper grave, tomb Pieterskerk

st, Augustinerstrasse - Augustinian church - inside - tomb Leopold Graf Daun, Bruno Reiffenstein -, photographer

The release of midnight mass in Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois.

Acoustics: a telephonic demonstration at an exhibition (in Paris). Wood engraving, ca.1889.

st, Dr, -signaz -Seipel -Platz - Jesuitenkirche - Interior view - central aisle, Bruno Reiffenstein -, photographer

Orihuela (Murcia), 1906. Departure of the procession of Our Lady of Monserrate.

Interior with a pulpit from Beaulieu Church in Hampshire. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in England and France.

Interior del Altar de la Patria en. San Pedro Alejandrino, San Marta, Col. - Interior of shrine of the Fatherland, monument to the liberator, Manor House at San Pedro Alejandrino , Altars, Monuments & memorials, Santa Marta Colombia. Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Villach: Tomb of Sigismund V.Dietrichstein in the parish church. .

Holy Thursday and Good Friday in St Peter's Basilica, the Holy Cross, illuminated for the Holy Week ceremonies in front of the main altar, Vatican City, from an 1787 print by Piranesi, Rome, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XL, No 12, March 23, 1913.

Timparen representing Marta between two angels by Andrea della Robbia, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph Europe cardboard. photographic support albumen print sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture). the patroness of housewives, Martha of Bethany; possible attributes: aspergillum, broom, bunch of keys, dragon, ladle. angels Europe

The Coronation Chair, Westminster Abbey, London. The stone below the seat is the infamous Stone of Scone. Historically, the artifact was kept at the now-ruined Scone Abbey in Scone, near Perth, Scotland. It was used for centuries in the coronation of the monarchs of Scotland, the monarchs of England, and, more recently, British monarchs. On 3 July 1996 it was announced in the House of Commons that the Stone would be returned to Scotland, and on 15 November 1996, after a handover ceremony at the

Umbria Perugia Gubbio S. Domenico6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of the church in the Medieval core collection show a 14th-century facade. Most views are of the restored baroque interior (1765): the altar paintings which line the nave, chapel ceiling frescoes of the four Evangelists, wood intarsia choirstalls and a pulpit. Painting subjects include: the Last Supper, S. Domenico, S. Vincenzo Ferreri, S. Chiara, S. Martino, St. Peter Martyr, St. Francis, St. John the Baptist, the Annunciation, the Three Magi, the Flagellation, Mary Magdalene, and Christ Entombed. Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign date: November 8, 1982 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 development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanes

Triptych with images, a crucifix and a tapestry below. Images: Left Maria with child, sandstone; Right pieta / emergency of God, alabaster. Crucifix polychromed wood. Wall carpet named Maria on the Zodenbank.

The interior of St Marys Church in Kraków. Work on the polychrome designed by Jan Matejko (southern corner between the nave and the chancel) unknown

Coronation of Czarina Elizabeth, Moscow, April 25, 1742 1742. Coronation of Czarina Elizabeth, Moscow, April 25, 1742 341761

ALBUM. EXPIATORY TEMPLE OF THE SAGRADA FAMÍLIA. Edited by the Spiritual Association of Devotees of San José. Barcelona (1920s). Model of the cover of the central nave..

Greetings from Vienna I, Interior of the Church z, Hieronymus Franciscaner , Carl Karl Ledermann jun, Producer

, Triester Straße at - spinner on the cross, postcard, Carl Karl Ledermann jun, Producer

O Yka (Olica, Ukraine). A collegiate church of this Trinity - a silver bowl with the image of the Trinity; around 1916 (negative); around 1916-ok. 1922 (print) (1914-00-00-1922-00-00);

Seville, 03/29/1918. Good Friday, Our Father Jesus of the Great Power as he passes through Sierpes Street, at three thirty in the morning. On the balcony the artist Amalia Molina sings a saeta to him. This is the first photograph taken at night during Holy Week.

Heart of the shot church in sexten.

Cathedral, Protective Cartridges St. John and St. DonatusMeissen. Cathedral, Protective Cartridges St. John and St. Donatus

Freiberg. Armor d. Elector Moritz in the cathedral

Skiott icon with motifs from unknown building in Regensburg. Possibly the regensburger dom. The image has been stored in cardboard labeled: the journey 1906. Regensburg 3. Passau 4.

ASSISI St Francis' BasiIIca lower church

Untitled, One of 274 Vintage Photographs , late 19th-early 20th century. Photograph, image: 6 11/16 x 9 5/16 in. (17 x 23.6 cm). Arts of the Islamic World late 19th-early 20th century

, Herbststraße - - Heiligengeistkirche - inside - high altar, postcard, Unknown

, Stephansdom - interior view, postcard, Carl Karl Ledermann jun, Producer

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