Religious Paintings For Sale
Browse art and see similar matches
Try Visual Search
Category
Filter (1)
Other famous religious paintings include“Maesta” (1280-85) by Cimabue, an artist renowned for being one of the first to break from the two-dimensional Byzantine style; “Lamentation (the Mourning of Christ)” (1305) by Giotto; Fra Angelico’s “Annunciation” (1437-46); “Adoration of the Magi” (1481) and “The Last Supper” (1495-98) by Leonardo da Vinci.
Several ancient civilizations in the mid and far east that practiced some form of ancestor worship employed artists to produce religious paintings to venerate their deceased antecedents. These ancestor spirits were believed to possess god-like powers to help or harm their descendents. 2000-year old cave paintings of Hindu deities still grace the walls of the Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India, while the art of Buddhist painting proliferated in China between 317-1279 CE.
As Islamic doctrine bans the creation of figurative artwork within a religious context, both early and contemporary Islamic religious paintings feature abstract designs of symbolic religious significance and calligraphy of Quranic verses.
The oldest-known Christian paintings date to 70 CE (a time when Christian artwork was relatively rare) and were found in the ruins of Megiddo in Northern Israel. Eventually, the 4th century conversion of Roman Emperor Constantine I to Christianity would cause Christian themes to dominate western painting for the next millennia.
Christian iconography panel paintings of the Byzantine tradition were created using the encaustic painting technique (i.e. pigment with a wax binder). Artists were required to paint high-fidelity reproductions of church-sanctioned prototype images of divinities, leaving very little room for creative license.
Today, although religious paintings are still used in religious ceremonies and rituals, many contemporary painters choose to incorporate various religious elements into works both figurative and abstract, for purely aesthetic or non-ritualized inspirational purposes. For example, a religious painting of Jesus may serve as a decorative reminder of Judeo-Christian values rather than as an icon used in ceremonial worship. Furthermore, artists may create works depicting religious symbols, deities, scenes from sacred texts, etc. to communicate messages both religious and non.
Filter
Category
Style
Subject
Medium
Material
Price
Size
Orientation
Color
Artist Country
Featured Artist
Paintings, 48 W x 30 H x 1 D in
United States
$1,160
Prints from $48
Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$445
Prints from $40
Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$445
Prints from $40
Archangel Gabriel To Mary Annunciation. Diptych
Paintings, 10.2 W x 6 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$310
Inspiré de la "Madone avec l'Enfant" de Canonica
Paintings, 31.5 W x 31.5 H x 0.8 D in
France
$2,699
Paintings, 19.7 W x 25.6 H x 0.8 D in
Spain
$1,010
Prints from $100
Paintings, 55.1 W x 55.1 H x 2 D in
$4,750
Prints from $40
Paintings, 10.2 W x 9.8 H x 0.1 D in
Spain
$870
Paintings, 14 W x 17 H x 1 D in
United States
$445
Prints from $40
"There's So Many Things That Have To Happen For Two People To Meet..."
Paintings, 14 W x 17 H x 1 D in
United States
$445
Prints from $40
afraid of time 061220200912202010122020
Paintings, 70.9 W x 51.2 H x 1.2 D in
Czech Republic
$34,300
Prints from $100
Paintings, 35.4 W x 27.6 H x 0.8 D in
Italy
$2,430
Prints from $70
Paintings, 28.5 W x 70 H x 1.1 D in
Serbia
$12,630
Paintings, 14 W x 17 H x 1 D in
United States
$445
Prints from $40
Paintings, 47.2 W x 59.1 H x 0.8 D in
Germany
$10,560
Paintings, 40 W x 30 H x 1 D in
United States
$7,950
Paintings, 9 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$340
Prints from $40
Paintings, 23.6 W x 23.6 H x 1.6 D in
Spain
$3,610
Paintings, 18 W x 24 H x 1 D in
United States
$580
Prints from $40
Paintings, 19.7 W x 27.6 H x 2 D in
France
$5,220
Prints from $73
Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$445
Prints from $40
Paintings, 27.6 W x 39.4 H x 1.8 D in
Switzerland
$1,930
Paintings, 78.7 W x 78.7 H x 0.1 D in
Switzerland
$3,430
One Knows Another Much More Through Art Than One Knows One Through Tangible Relationship
Paintings, 14 W x 17 H x 1 D in
United States
$445
Prints from $40
Paintings, 10.2 W x 13 H x 0.1 D in
South Korea
$2,100
Paintings, 48 W x 24 H x 2 D in
United States
$5,010
Paintings, 45.7 W x 35 H x 1.6 D in
Spain
$2,900
Prints from $141
Paintings, 30 W x 24 H x 1 D in
United States
$720
Prints from $40
Paintings, 28.6 W x 10.5 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$975
Paintings, 35.4 W x 35.4 H x 1.6 D in
Netherlands
$850
Prints from $40
Paintings, 19.7 W x 27.6 H x 2 D in
France
$5,220
Prints from $170
Paintings, 27.6 W x 31.5 H x 0.1 D in
Ukraine
$1,950
Prints from $40
Suicide / Leftovers no. 52ACTG18
Paintings, 40.2 W x 28.3 H x 1.2 D in
Croatia
$6,390
Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$950
Paintings, 39.4 W x 55.1 H x 0.8 D in
Italy
$2,870
Prints from $60
Paintings, 40 W x 50 H x 0.5 D in
United States
$3,590
Paintings, 60 W x 48 H x 2 D in
India
$2,540
Prints from $100
Paintings, 20 W x 30 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$1,610
Prints from $86
Paintings, 19.7 W x 12.6 H x 0.1 D in
France
$1,570
Prints from $100
Paintings, 31.5 W x 47.2 H x 0.4 D in
Egypt
$1,080
Paintings, 31.9 W x 25.6 H x 0.6 D in
Spain
$2,710
Paintings, 24.5 W x 32.3 H x 1.3 D in
United States
$1,150
Paintings, 59.1 W x 74.8 H x 1.2 D in
Germany
$10,810
Prints from $240
Paintings, 10.2 W x 13 H x 0.1 D in
South Korea
$2,100
Paintings, 10.2 W x 13 H x 0.1 D in
South Korea
$2,100
"Where can I go from Your Spirit?"
Paintings, 27.7 W x 14.3 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$3,160
Paintings, 25.6 W x 19.7 H x 0.4 D in
Spain
$660
Paintings, 16 W x 20 H x 1 D in
$1,300