Votive offering to a saint or to a divinity in Christianity or in ancient religions

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A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.

Wax ex-voto of head. Gash in forehead and blood from nose. Musee Etnographique, Palermo.

M0015412: Large sculpted foot made of porphyry, Roman, 1st Century

Relief: offering to Archinos to Amphiaraos

An episode in Juvenal's satire XII: in thanks for the escape of their mutual friend Catullus from a shipwreck, Juvenal shows to Corvinus a votive painting depicting Catullus's survival, while putti prepare to sacrifice animals as thank-offerings to the gods. Etching by W. Hollar after R. Streater.

Belgium: pilgrims praying at a shrine of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Engraving, 191-.

Wax ex-voto. Full face, head. Girl with markings on forehead. Musee Etnographique, Palermo.

Two votive pictures.

M0015222: Votive bust of Asclepius, c.2nd century A.D.

An altar, surmounted by a statue of the Virgin surrounded by votive offerings; in the foreground, sick or troubled people praying. Woodcut, 16--.

Votive offering: foot.

Saint Antony of Padua. Line engraving by S. Sondermayr.

Belgium: people kneeling before Saint Leonard of Noblac. Engraving, 191-.

Inscribed healing votives in ancient Roman Britain / Costas Paraskevaides.

The story of Cupid and Psyche: Psyche arrives at a temple of Juno, but from deference to Venus, Juno refuses to help her to find Cupid. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.

M0003954: Votive offering representing a leg with ulcers

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Votive offerings

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Images about Votive offerings

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Belgium: pilgrims praying at a shrine of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Engraving, 191-.

Belgium: people kneeling before Saint Leonard of Noblac. Engraving, 191-.

Inscribed healing votives in ancient Roman Britain / Costas Paraskevaides.

The story of Cupid and Psyche: Psyche arrives at a temple of Juno, but from deference to Venus, Juno refuses to help her to find Cupid. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.

M0003954: Votive offering representing a leg with ulcers

Votive offerings

Images from the collections

Images about Votive offerings

Works from the collections

Belgium: pilgrims praying at a shrine of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Engraving, 191-.

Belgium: people kneeling before Saint Leonard of Noblac. Engraving, 191-.

Inscribed healing votives in ancient Roman Britain / Costas Paraskevaides.

The story of Cupid and Psyche: Psyche arrives at a temple of Juno, but from deference to Venus, Juno refuses to help her to find Cupid. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.

M0003954: Votive offering representing a leg with ulcers

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