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.

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-.

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.

The Castalian spring at Delphi; the cavities in the rock are for votive offerings. Etching by F.R. Hay, 1813, after E.D. Clarke.

Votive offerings: 5 terra cotta model of female breast

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-.

M0019056: Terracotta votive offerings representing the uterus, Roman

A woman who has fallen down a well being rescued by a man praying to Sansovino's Virgin and Child. Watercolour.

A child in bed, its parents praying to the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting.

Votive picture: a man and two members of his family praying to Christ crucified for the health of another relative in bed. Oil painting.

The parents of José Lopez Romero commending him to Christ and to St Joseph. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, c.1840.

Two men and a woman praying for the health of a child. Oil painting by an Italian painter, c.1890.

Votive picture: a woman praying before a painting or tapestry of the Virgin and Child in glory. Oil painting.

Votive picture: a boy falling under the wheel of an ox cart. Oil painting.

D.G., ill in bed, praying to Christ and the Virgin of the Seven Sorrows, 1859. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 1859.

A man praying to the Virgin as he is run over by a horse-drawn cart carrying textiles. Oil painting.

Two women attending a man in bed and appealing to Sansovino's Virgin and Child. Oil painting by an Italian painter, 1888.

A woman in bed in a sick-room, attended by a physician, receiving the blessing of the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting by R. Pistoni, 1872.

Angelo Loerch, being run over by a horse and carriage, makes a vow to the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting, 1883.

A sick woman praying to Christ on the cross. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 1857.

Cure at London following prayer at Rome. Oil painting by an Italian painter, 1896.

Juaquin ? recovering from a wounded leg, 6 (?) September 1861. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 1866.

Votive picture: a man praying to the Virgin and Child in a church in which either he or another man stands on a ladder which is falling away from the wall. Oil painting.

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Votive offerings

Images from the collections

Images of Votive offerings

Images about Votive offerings

Works from the collections

A sick woman praying to Christ on the cross. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 1857.

A woman in bed in a sick-room, attended by a physician, receiving the blessing of the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting by R. Pistoni, 1872.

Cure at London following prayer at Rome. Oil painting by an Italian painter, 1896.

Juaquin ? recovering from a wounded leg, 6 (?) September 1861. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 1866.

Votive picture: a man praying to the Virgin and Child in a church in which either he or another man stands on a ladder which is falling away from the wall. Oil painting.

Votive offerings

Images from the collections

Images of Votive offerings

Images about Votive offerings

Works from the collections

A sick woman praying to Christ on the cross. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 1857.

A woman in bed in a sick-room, attended by a physician, receiving the blessing of the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting by R. Pistoni, 1872.

Cure at London following prayer at Rome. Oil painting by an Italian painter, 1896.

Juaquin ? recovering from a wounded leg, 6 (?) September 1861. Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 1866.

Votive picture: a man praying to the Virgin and Child in a church in which either he or another man stands on a ladder which is falling away from the wall. Oil painting.

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