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Religious Sculptures and Statues

Imagery of ornate religious statues, primarily of figures like Jesus and Mary, displayed in various cultural settings throughout Europe.

Europe, Belgium, Flanders, Antwerp, tower of Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal, built 1352-1521, statue of the Virgin Mary

Valencia, Spain, Europe Ornate sculpture of Jesus

Inside Monastery of Tentudia in Calera de Leon, Extremadura, Spain Inside Monastery of Tentudia in Calera de Leon, founded at 13th century. Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/RudolfxErnstx 17871001

Statue of Virgin de los Dolores, church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Frigiliana, Malaga province, Spain, Europe

South America, Peru, Historic Centre of Lima. A statue of Mary in the Basilica Cathedral. (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Blessed Virgin Mary prays and looks to the sky, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Europe, Belgium, Flanders, Antwerp, tower of Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal, built 1352-1521, statue of the Virgin Mary

VIRGEN DEL VALLE - SIGLO XVII. Author: JUAN DE MESA (1583-1627). Location: IGLESIA DE LA ANUNCIACION. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Seville, 03/25/2019. Septenary of the Virgin of Hope Macarena. Photo: Raúl Doblado ARCHDC.

Córdoba, 04/14/2019. Holy Week, Palm Sunday. Procession of the brotherhood of Hope. In the image, Mary Most Holy of Hope. Photo: Álvaro Carmona ARCHDC.

Germany, Bavaria, Allgäu, Unterallgäu, Illertal, pilgrimage church Maria Steinbach,

Statue of Virgin Mary

Madrid, 07/09/2019. Parish of Saint Cristina. Photo: Isabel Permuy. Archdc.

Interior view, miraculous image at the main altar, Mariatrost Basilica pilgrimage church, Graz, East Styria, Styria, Austria, Europe

Crowned Virgin Mary statue in a catholic church. Spain.

Loreto Chapel (Laurentinian Chapel, Chapel of Grace), Black Madonna miraculous image

Iglesia del Salvador (Sevilla). Crowned Virgin Mary and Child. Spain.

Interior of the Basilica of Santa Eulalia in Merida, Extremadura, Spain Interior of the Basilica of Santa Eulalia in Merida, Extremadura, Spain is a religious building in the city of Merida. It could be considered a major birth of Christianity in the Iberian peninsula Copyright: xZoonar.com/RudolfxErnstx 17917502

Madonna in the pilgrimage church Bom Jesus, pilgrimage site, Braga, North Portugal, Europe

Spain, Andalucia, Seville, Shrine with the Virgin Mary on display at the Convento de San Leandro to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi.

11/21/2013. Seville. 11.21.13. Kissing hands of the Virgin of Bitterness for the Paco Robles Page. Photo: JMSerrano. Archsev.

LITHUANIA, VILNIUS, GATES OF DAWN, CHAPEL, MADONNA

France, Corsica, La Balagne, Calvi, Citadel, Cathedrale St Jean Baptiste cathedral, religious statue

Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte. Our Lady of Fatima. Braga. Portugal.

SPAIN - Rioja Media (district) - LA RIOJA. Navarrete; Iglesia de la Asunción; virgen del altar mayor

Santa Clara de Asis, convent of Santa Clara de Palma, 13th century, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Madrid, 02/19/2018. Parish of our Lady of Solitude. Photo: Maya Balanya. Archdc.

VIRGEN DE LA ROSA. Location: ERMITA DE LA VIRGEN DE LA ROSA. Beteta. CUENCA. SPAIN.

Low angle view of a statue of Virgin Mary, Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Saint Maurice church. Catholic mass. The statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried by believers during the procession. France.

Icon of The Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy, Vilnius, Lithuania, Europe

Statue of the Virgin Mary, St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles, California, USA, North America

Spain, Andalusia, Seville, Basilica de la Macarena, interior

LA ASUNCION (ESCULTURA)- S XVII ESCULTURA BARROCA-MADERA POLICROMADA. Author: GREGORIO FERNANDEZ. Location: CATEDRAL NUEVA. SALAMANCA. SPAIN. VIRGEN DE LA ASUNCION.

VIRGEN DE LA PALOMA. Location: IGLESIA DE LA PALOMA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, United States. San Jose Mission church, interior. (PR)

Valencia, Spain, Europe Saint Joseph holding the baby Jesus

Seville, 08/13/2023. Novena and mass of the Virgin of the Kings, attended by the Archbishop of Seville, José Ángel Saiz Meneses. Photo: Raúl Doblado. ARCHSEV.

Iglesia San Nicolas de Bari, altar with Madonna against a blue background and golden decorations, flanked by chandeliers, Old Town, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, Europe

04/06/2009. Seville 04/07/09 departure of La Bofeta from the church of San Lorenzo Diaz Japón Archsev.

Madrid, 03/28/2021. Holy Week in the brotherhoods of the capital. Photo: Isabel Permuy. ARCHDC.

Icon of the Virgin Mary in Seville, Spain

veneracion de la patrona, capilla de nostra senyora de Gracia, Llucmajor, llucmajor.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. España.

Baldachin or baldaquin, part of the Holy Week procession, Semana Santa, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Virgin Mary, statue on the altar in the Church of All Saints in Blato, Korcula island, Croatia Virgin Mary, statue on the altar in the Church of All Saints in Blato, Korcula island, Croatia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21085481

Seville, 08/13/2023. Novena and mass of the Virgin of the Kings, attended by the Archbishop of Seville, José Ángel Saiz Meneses. Photo: Raúl Doblado. ARCHSEV.

VIRGEN DEL ROCIO. DETALLE DE LA VIRGEN EN SU ERMITA DE ALMONTE.HUELVA.

Mexico, Guerrero, Petatlan. Virgin of Guadalupe Art at the Santuario Nacional del Padre Jesus de Petatlan Sanctuary

VISTA DEL ALTAR Y LA IMAGEN DE LA VIRGEN. Location: SANTA CUEVA. COVADONGA. ASTURIAS. SPAIN. VIRGEN DE COVADONGA. Santina.

Our Lady of Fatima, Maria Vesperbild Church in Ziemetshausen, Germany Our Lady of Fatima, Maria Vesperbild Church in Ziemetshausen, Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21385037

Seville, 03/27/2018. Report about the chapel inside the San Telmo Palace. Photo: Vanessa Gómez ARCHSEV.

Córdoba, 04/14/2019. Holy Week, Palm Sunday. Brotherhood of prayer in the Garden. Photo: Álvaro Carmona Archcor.

Seville, 04/19/2019. Holy Week, Early morning. Departure from the Gypsy brotherhood. Photo: Rocio Ruz Archsev.

Prozession der Jungfrau von Carmen auf dem Meer seafaring procession of the Virgin of Carmen, Portinatx, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22826805

Bödingen an der Sieg, Pilgrimage Church of the Sorrowful Mother of God

apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the cave of Lourdes apparition to Bernadette of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the cave of Lourdes Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 9776782

Archsev. Photo: Felipe Guzman. Seville, 06-10-2010. Triduum To the Virgin of the Star in the Church of Saint Anne.

USA, California, Santa Clara, Mission Santa Clara de Asis, Spanish mission built 1777, religious painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe

Holy statue, Chiesa Cattedrale Chioggia, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, built in 1624 - 1627, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Spain, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria Island, Tejeda, town church, interior

Virgin Mary Jesus statue Basilica Church of San Cristobal, Puebla, Mexico. Church built in 1687.

Image of Virgin Mary on float (pasos) carried during Semana Santa (Holy Week), Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Africa, Angola, Luanda. Close-up shot of idol in Church of Our Lady of the Remedies.

Illuminated Mary Statue, Church of San Raphael Angelo, Venice, Italy. Church completed 800 and most recently 1700's.

VIRGEN DE LOS DESAMPARADOS O VIRGEN DE LOS INOCENTES, MARTIRES Y DESAMPARADOS O POPULARMENTE GEPERUDETA O MARETA. Location: BASILICA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LOS DESAMPARADOS. Valencia. SPAIN.

Christian picture exhibited in a room in Riobamba, Ecuador.

Mexico, Baja California Sur, San Ignacio, Mission San Ignacio Kadakaanman, Statue of Mary

San Gabriel Mission Museum in California was founded in 1771

The festivities of Corpus Christi, the most important religious festival in Peru, held in Cuzco, Peru, South America

South America, Peru, Cusco, a statue of the Virgin Mary from the Cusquena school, situated in the chapel of San Antonio Abad in the Orient Express Monasterio hotel, which is housed in a former Spanish convent, PR,

procesion marinera de la virgen del Carmen, Portinatx, Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.

Grotto, Trail Dust Frontier Town, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA

Man seated in church in Negombo, Sri Lanka

Antoni and Marià Riera; Lluis Bonifàs / "Imágen de la madre de Dios" (Image of the Mother of God) (detail), 1691-1694, Altarpiece of the Roser, Basilica of Santa María de Mataró.

Catedral de la Asuncion, built in 1860, Leon, Nicaragua, Golden statue of a saint in a baroque church architecture, Central America, Central America -, Central America

Astronomical clock build by Hans Dueringer circa 1470. Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdansk, commonly known as Mariacki church. Gdansk, Main City, Pomorze region, Pomorskie voivodeship, Poland, Europe

Portugal, Azores, Terceira Island, Angra do Heroismo. Convento do Sao Francisco convent interior

iglesia de Santa Magdalena,fundada en el siglo XIV y reconstruida en 1740, Palma, Mallorca, islas baleares, Spain.

Maltese Islands, Gozo, Victoria, Church detail - religious poster

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Virgen de la Macarena(-virgin)

Statue of Virgin Mary in a church, San Agustin Church, La Serena, Coquimbo, Norte Chico, Chile

Blessed Virgin Mary

VIRGEN DE LA PALOMA. Location: IGLESIA DE LA PALOMA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Gardens of Tepeyac.Sculpture ´La Ofrenda´(1986).Villa de Guadalupe.Mexico City..

Statue of the Virgin Mary with infant Jesus and painting behind, Basilica Mariazell in the Vienna Woods, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Our Lady of Fatima

Spain, Andalusia, Seville, Iglesia Del Salvador, Virgin Mary Statue,

Seville, 28/11/2015. The Virgin of the Kings looks restored on the altar of the Cathedral. Photo: Raúl Doblado. ARCHSEV.

Unsere Liebe Frau von Guadalupe Unsere Liebe Frau von Guadalupe Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22711334

VIRGEN DE LOS DOLORES - 1719. Author: JUAN PRIETO (S XVIII) IMAGINERO CORDOBES. Location: IGLESIA DEL HOSPITAL DE SAN JACINTO. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Detail of Virgin Mary sculpture in Sacred Heart Catholic Syriac Church. Mary holding prayers beads. Istanbul. Turkey. (Istanbul, Marmara, Turquie)

Our Lady of Guadalupe by Salcedo, Sebastian (active ca. 1779-1783) / Denver Art Museum / 1779 / Mexico / Oil on copper / Bible / 62,9x47,5

Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca City. December12, is the Virgen of Guadalupe Day in all of Mexico. Here in Oaxaca, churchgoers attend the church in Llano Park, while children dress as young 'indios' and have their picture taken in fancy dioramas. Many booths sell religious memorabilia.

Church of the Gracious Mother of God. The Virgin Mary. Warsaw. Poland.

Virgin Mary statue. Aosta. Italy.

Seville, 08/14/2023. Novena to the Virgin of the Kings in Seville Cathedral. Photo: JM Serrano. Archsev.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem

Our lady of Fatima. Virgin Mary..

Seville, 04/17/2019. Holy Week, Holy Wednesday. Procession of the Brotherhood of San Bernardo, in the image María Santísima Del Refugio. Photo: Vanessa Gómez ARCHSEV.

Mexico, Guerrero, Barra de Potosi. Detail of Small Virgin of Guadalupe shrine

VIRGEN DE LOS REYES - ESCULTURA GOTICA. Location: CONVENTO DE SAN CLEMENTE. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY.

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