Religious Sculptures

Historic sculptures of Christian figures and saints, capturing spiritual themes through detailed craftsmanship and rich textures.

Anonymer Heiliger Sebastian aus Santiago de Compostela Anonymer Heiliger Sebastian aus Santiago de Compostela Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22711375

NUESTRA SENORA DE LA PIEDAD EN MARMOL. Location: CONVENTO DE LAS CARMELITAS. Toledo. SPAIN.

One of the Eight Prophets from the historical Cologne Town Hall. Cologne, c. 1430-1440. Germany. Oak, polychrome. Schnu_tgen Museum. Cologne, Germany.

MUSEO VIRGEN CON NINO. Location: CATEDRAL MUSEO DIOCESANO. Orense. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY.

Cristo preocupado, escultura de madera, siglo XIX, museo de los iconos, castillo Real, Sanok, voivodato de subcarpacia,,Polonia, eastern europe.

VIRGEN INMACULADA - 1636. Author: PIMENTEL JACINTO. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN LORENZO. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. INMACULADA CONCEPCION.

Standing Buddha. Indonesia, East Java, 8th century bronze, gold. Although this figure was found on Java, it was probably made elsewhere and exported to Indonesia. The drapery folds of the monks robe are characteristic of Buddha figures from India and Sir Lanka. The (ushnisna) or protuberance on the head, a standard feature in representations of the Buddha, is a later addition in gold.

Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain. Cathedral. The Portal of Glory, by Master Mateo, 1168-1188. Left jamb. Sculptoric detail of John the Evangelist.

crowned virgin, around 1500, gilded and polychrome wood, Navardun parish church, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

Sepulcro del Obispo Luis de Acuña. Catedral de Burgos.Capilla Santa Ana.

Anonymer Heiliger Sebastian aus Santiago de Compostela Anonymer Heiliger Sebastian aus Santiago de Compostela Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22711375

Saint Joachim Gegenbauer, Antoni ( 1773)

soul of purgatory, former Convent of Santo Domingo, Antigua Guatemala, department of Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, Central America.

The bodhisattva of Vajrasattva, which in Tibetan Buddhism Vajrasattva is associated with the sambhogakaya and purification practice. Dated 15th Century

Buddhist statue, Bagan, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (Large format sizes available)

Madrid, 07/06/2015. Report on churches in Madrid. In the image, the parish of Nuestra Señora de Atocha, on Avenida Ciudad de Barcelona 1. Photo: Maya Balanya ARCHDC.

Ancient Buddha hand. Concept of energy, ethnic, harmony, meditation, peace. Ancient Buddha hand. Concept of energy, ethnic, harmony, meditation, peace.

Finger pointing, hands of statues, Church of St Moritz, Augsburg, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Crucifix, Regensburg, Germany, an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

NA, Mexico, Guanajuato. Folk Art detail.

INMACULADA. Author: MATEO DE PRADO (1614-1677). Location: CATEDRAL DE SAN MARTIN. Orense. SPAIN. INMACULADA CONCEPCION.

PANTEON-CUEVA-VIRGEN DE LA ROSA. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA LA REAL DE NAJERA. NAJERA. Rioja. SPAIN.

Anonymous / "Christ of Mig Aran" (detail), 13th century, Sculpture (polychrome wood), 65 x 40 cm, Church of San Miguel de Viella, Viella Mitg Aran, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

Buddha, Cave N.3, one of the earliest at Longmen, completed between 641 and 650 AD, Longmen Buddhist Caves, UNESCO World Heritage Site, China, Asia

VIRGEN DEL SAGRARIO SIN EL NIÑO - SIGLO XIII - TALLA ROMANICA RECUBIERTA DE PLATA. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Toledo. SPANIEN.

SEPULCRO DEL DOCTOR GRADO - SIGLO XV - GOTICO FLAMIGERO - DETALLE DEL ROSTRO. Location: CATEDRAL. Zamora. SPAIN. GRADO JUAN DE-JUAN DE GRADO.

Standing Madonna with Nursing Child. Germany, circa 1485-1500. Drawings. Pen brown ink, graphite, and white heightening on prepared brown paper

CABEZA DE SAN JUAN BAUTISTA - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: JUAN DE MESA (1583-1627). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Wooden Jesus Little Statue Remains in Clerigos Church in Porto, Portugal

CRISTO YACENTE - SIGLO XVII - ESCULTURA BARROCA - MADERA POLICROMADA. Author: GREGORIO FERNANDEZ. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ESCULTURA-COLECCION. Valladolid. SPAIN. CRISTO YACENTE. JESUS MUERTO-CRISTO MUERTO-JESUCRISTO MUERTO.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997). Albanian nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta in 1950.

Legba Voodoo protection outside a house, Togoville, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Reclining alabaster Buddha at Wat Sai Thai. The reclining Buddha symbolizes the last earthly hours in front of entering Nirvana. This state is called Paranirvana, a state reserved only for enlightened beings at the end of their lives. Buddhism, religion, Krabi, southern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia

Buddha in meditation, Detail of a statue of the Bagan period,Bagan Museum, Burma

Statue depicting the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus. Made by jacobus Lutz in Cologne (Koln) germany circa 1680-1689. Silver and silver-gilt; engraved. This may have been a reliquary, a receptacle for holy relics and a focus for worship in the church. The Virgin is depicted as crowned as the Queen of Heaven.

One of the four Buddha statues inside the Ananda Temple, which is a Buddhist temple, built in 1105 AD during the reign (1084 to 1113) of King Kyanzittha of the Pagan Dynasty, in Bagan, Myanmar.

Our Lady of Sorrows from the crucifixion group. Olmützer, Hans, - (fl. 1473 - 1525), author

Man of Sorrows from Krauszów

ARCANGEL SAN MIGUEL - ESCULTURA POLICROMADA - SIGLO XVIII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: TORCUATO RUIZ DEL PERAL (1708-1773). Location: IGLESIA DE SAN JUSTO Y PASTOR. GRANADA. SPAIN. SAN MIGUEL. LUCIFER.

Standing mummy of a tall woman, noble dress, Catacombe dei Cappuccini, Capuchin monastery, Capuchin crypt, mummies, Palermo, capital, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Japanese Temple Guardians. Dated 14th Century.

Bodhisattva Guanyin, devotional painted wooden figure, Jin dynasty, 1115-1234, Shanxi, British museum, London, England, Great Britain.

Angel, statue, detail of the face, Dinkelsbuhl, Bavaria, Germany.

Female Figure (Bateba Phuwe) 1801-1900 Burkina Faso. Among the Lobi and their neighbors, protective spirits associated with families and the land reside in shrines that are filled with offerings of bottles, iron staffs, pottery vessels, clay figurines, and wooden statuary. A figure like this may be placed in such a shrine to serve as an assistant to the spirit. Offerings of chicken blood, millet beer, and shea butter are applied to the sculpture to ensure the benevolence of the spirit world.. Wood and sacrificial material . Lobi

France, Languedoc Roussillon, Pyrenees Orientales (66), Ille sur Tet, sacred art museum, Saint Jacques

Christ in Majesty (detail of the blessing hand), 19th century, in the neogothic facade of the Cathedral of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Lying Buddha, Anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800 Lying Buddha; Parinirvana (going up in Nirvana); Head, supported by the right hand, rests on two pillows. Bangkok (possibly) wood (plant material). gilding (material) gilding Lying Buddha; Parinirvana (going up in Nirvana); Head, supported by the right hand, rests on two pillows. Bangkok (possibly) wood (plant material). gilding (material) gilding

pope's hands with chaplet, statue in Ludzmierz Sanctuary Poland

Canada, Quebec, Montreal, Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Montreal (aka Notre Dame Basilica). Nun statue.

Saint John the Evangelist 13th century Austrian Carved almost in the round, this figure and that of John the Evangelist to the right of the door originally flanked a sculpture of Christ on the cross. The group was probably installed on a beam that spanned the width of a church choir. The figures reminded the faithful of the words in John's Gospel (19:26-27): "When Jesus therefore has seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman behold thy son. After that he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother.". Saint John the Evangelist. Austrian. 13th century. Wood and paint. Made in Tyrol, Austria. Sculpture-Wood

Thailand, Bangkok, Wat Phra Kaew, Or Royal Palace. Close Up Detail Of Golden Statue With Floral Arrangement Placed On Her Clasped Hands

Europe, Austria, Vienna, Kaisergruft, Imperial Crypt, Capuchin Church, skull and crossbones.

Virgin Mary of the 13th century, polychrome wood carving, Catalan Pyrenees, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

An ancient stone statue of a man dressed in long robes holding a staff outside the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand.

Man entering Bet Medhane Alem church in Lalibela, Wollo, Ethiopia, Africa

Sculpture detail : stigma on Christ's hand. Gesu Catholic Church.

Ev. Michaeliskirche Hildesheim Ev. Michaeliskirche Hildesheim Copyright: xZoonar.com/HGVorndranx 21489985

Angels Musicians Angels Musicians, carving in red wood, 18th century, colonial museum, Casa de Santo Domingo, ancient temple and convent of Santo Domingo and the Major College of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Antigua Guatemala, department of Sacatepéquez, Republic of Guatemala, Central America Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22071337

The Virgin And Child With St Anne. On a sofa, placed on an elevation, Anna sat with her feet, Maria used to left. This holds the naked child on her right leg, on which she looks down. Anna carries a head and child cloth and a robe with sleeves a cloak, which depends on the shoulders backwards and has been left over the shot to the left.

Egypt, Tomb of Iufaa, Remnants of a shroud, Abusir, 26th dynasty, Abu Sir

Reliquary bust of one of the eleven thousand virgins, Pasquier or Jan II Borman. 1520, carved and polychrome oak wood, Vitoria, María Inmaculada Cathedral, Álava, Spain.

Skull and feather headdress. Nazca. Pre-Inca civilisation. PERU.

Divino Redentor, talla en madera encarnada, y policromada, siglo XVII, museo colonial, Casa de Santo Domingo, antiguos templo y convento de Santo Domingo y al Colegio Mayor de Santo Tomás de AquinoAntigua Guatemala, departamento de Sacatepéquez, República de Guatemala, América Central.

Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. April 30, 2025. Historic wooden sculptyres of angels in St. David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.

Seated virgin with child, 13th century, carved and polychrome wood, from the church of san Pedro de Arbues, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

INMACULADA - SIGLO XVIII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: Francisco Salzillo. Location: IGREJA DE SANTA CLARA. MURCIA. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY. INMACULADA CONCEPCION.

CORO ALTO DE LA CATEDRAL DE TOLEDO - SAN ELIAS - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: ALONSO BERRUGUETE (1488-1561). Location: CATEDRAL-CORO ALTO. Toledo. SPAIN. SAN ELIAS. ELIAS PROFETA SIGLO IX AC.

Virgin Mary and child sculpture. Asian style.

England, London, Westminter, Westminster Abbey, The Tomb of Elizabeth the First and Mary the First

Saint Eustache, Catholic Church Saint Eustache in Dobrota, Montenegro Saint Eustache, Catholic Church Saint Eustache in Dobrota, Montenegro Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20780289

Divine Redeemer, incarnate wood carving, and polychrome, seventeenth century, colonial museum, Casa de Santo Domingo, ancient temple and convent of Santo Domingo and the Colegio Mayor de Santo Tomás de AquinoAntigua Guatemala, Department of Sacatepéquez, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Eagle warrior- Eagle Knight. Aztec. 1300-1521 AD, Mexico.

José de Arimatea José de Arimatea, Gotico set of the descent of the Cross of the Chapel of the Salvador, the end of the 12th century, Artur Perez Cabrera Sala, Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, Heritage of Humanity Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain

Descendimiento de la Cruz de Erill la Vall, detalle, siglo XII. Museu Episcopal de Vic.

Carving of Queen Teresa, founder of the monastery of Villabuena, polychrome wood, eighteenth century,Monastery of Santa María de Carracedo, El Bierzo region, Castile and Leon, Spain.

Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II of England Tomb at Fontevrault 1154-1189.

Der heilige Johannes der Evangelist Saint John the Evangelist, polychrome wood carving, thirteenth century, Catalan work, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22283399

Standing figure of a Jina (or Tirthankara) from Southern India. Dated 10th Century

arcángel San Miguel, talla en madera, estofada,encarnada y policromada, siglo XVIII, museo colonial, Hotel museo Casa Santo Domingo, antiguo Convento de Santo Domingo,Antigua Guatemala, departamento de Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, Central America.

Buddha statue in world heritage site, sacred city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Mummies of the Chachapoya culture in the museum of Leymebamba, province of Chachapoyas, Amazonas region, Peru, South America

Buddha and snakes in buddhist wat, Lampang, Thailand

Bolivia. Santa Cruz. Colonial Church of San Rafael (Chiquitania). Old Jesuit Mission(1695). UNESCO World Heritage Site.Mural paintings.

Custodia procedente de la Iglesia de la Piedad, siglo XVIII, Catedral de Vic.

Plastron of coffin depicting grey-haired man

VIRGEN DE LA ESTRELLA EN UNA DE LAS BOVEDAS DE LA IGLESIA DE SANTA MARIA DE ILLESCAS. Location: MARIENKIRCHE. Illescas. Toledo. SPAIN.

Rosary chapel. Lourdes is one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in France

Photograph of a model reconstructing Mahatma Gandhi watching his wife Kasturba Gandhi dying in 1944. Dated 21st Century

Head of a bearded monk head of a bearded monk

carving of Saint Alexander, gilded and polychrome wood, hermitage of Saint Alexander on Mount Larrain de Bernues, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

IMAGEN DE S ISIDRO. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN ANDRES-CAPILLA SAN ISIDRO. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN ISIDRO LABRADOR (1080-1130).

Jesus encounters the crying women Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus, Schluchsee created by Helmut Lutz 1982 - 1985. Figures from Ahornholz

Shop selling Buddhist religious items.Happy smiling big Buddha symbolizes joy, abundance, prosperity, generosity, protection, and spiritual contentment, bringing happiness to all. Vung Tau. Vietnam.

RIOSTRA(ESCULTURA)DE DIOSA MADRE ASHTA MATRIKAS(MULTP BRAZOS. Location: TEMPLO DEVI MANDIR. KATMANDU.

Belgium, Bruges, Church of Our Lady, tomb of Charles the Bold

Close-up of a Voodoo statue of a woman

The Temple Hotel in the City centre of Siem Riep neat the Ankro Wat Temples in the west of Cambodia.. ASIA CAMBODIA ANGKOR THOM

DETALLE DE SAN PEDRO - DETALLE DEL CORO ALTO DE LA CATEDRAL DE TOLEDO - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: ALONSO BERRUGUETE (1488-1561). Location: CATEDRAL-CORO ALTO. Toledo. SPAIN. APOSTLE PETER.

Lopende Boeddha.Ongoing Buddha, Sukhodaya type; false. On base.

Sculpture of St. Joachim, Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, 1743-1772, architect Balthasar Neumann, Bad Staffelstein, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

VIRGEN CON NINO. Author: JOSE RISUEÑO (1665-1732). Location: CARTUJA. GRANADA. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY.

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