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Oratórios

Hand-painted household shrines, with the saint of your devotion.

House-shaped oratório without doors and with a red roof: painted houses, an angel, a star and a nativity scene with three kings and animals

A house-shaped oratório with the nativity scene set in front of painted houses, under an angel and a shooting star. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

Oratório

16 works

  • Open oratório with a nativity scene: an angel and cattle painted on the left door, the three Wise Men and a star on the right, and a dove on top

    A nativity scene in an oratório: the Holy Family at the center, the Wise Men and the star on one door, an angel and cattle on the other. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

  • Open oratório with the nativity scene under a star on a red background, and an angel on gold on each door

    The Nativity on a red background, under the star, with angels painted inside the oratório's doors. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

  • The same oratório open, with Mary and the Child, Joseph holding a staff and angels painted on the doors

    A cut-out oratório with the Holy Family at the center and angels painted inside the doors. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

  • Close view of an oratório: a white dove with open wings on a disc of rays, a cross on top and an angel among spirals on each side

    The white dove of the Divino Espírito Santo among rays, with an angel on each side, on an oratório. The Divino Espírito Santo is the Holy Spirit, depicted as a white dove; also a popular festival. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

  • Open oratório between turquoise pillars, with Our Lady of Aparecida on a blue background, angels on the doors and a heart on top

    Our Lady of Aparecida, patron saint of Brazil, on a blue background, with angels on the oratório's doors and a heart with a cross on top. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

  • Closed oratório between turquoise pillars, with golden spirals and flowers on the doors and a heart with a cross on top

    An oratório with its doors closed, with golden spirals and flowers, between turquoise pillars and under a heart with a cross. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

The Nativity with the Wise Men and an angel above; on the oratório's doors, four angels. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

Open oratório with the nativity scene and three kings under an angel and flowers, and four angels on a yellow background on the doors

Oratório

  • Open black and yellow oratório with a cut-out outline, with Our Lady of Aparecida among green rays and angels on the doors

    Our Lady of Aparecida, patron saint of Brazil, among green rays in the niche of a cut-out oratório, with angels on the doors. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

  • Open blue oratório with Our Lady of Aparecida in the niche among flowers, a cross on top and black doors with spirals

    Our Lady of Aparecida, patron saint of Brazil, in the niche of a blue oratório, among flowers, with spirals on the doors. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

  • The same oratório open, with an empty niche and an angel painted on each door

    Closed, the oratório shows a white church and the houses of a town under a turquoise sky; open, angels on the doors and an empty niche. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

  • Open oratório with Our Lady of Aparecida between two angels at the center and flowers painted on the doors

    A triptych oratório with Our Lady of Aparecida, patron saint of Brazil, between two angels at the center and flowers on the doors. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

  • Closed yellow oratório with a cut-out, perforated outline, with houses and a church under a turquoise sky painted on the doors

    An oratório with its doors closed, with a town's houses and a church painted under a turquoise sky. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

  • Open oratório with Jesus and Mary, each with a heart on the chest, and an angel under a heart on each door

    The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary side by side, with angels and hearts on the oratório's doors. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

  • Open yellow oratório with a cut-out outline, with Our Lady in a blue mantle between two angels and four angels on the doors

    Our Lady in a blue mantle in the niche of a cut-out yellow oratório, with angels on the doors. An oratório is a small household shrine with doors, traditional in Brazilian Catholic homes, made to hold or depict saints.

    Oratório

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  • Banner with three kings under a star and the Child Jesus lying below, with colorful ribbons hanging

    A Folia de Reis banner with the Three Kings and the Child Jesus, decorated with ribbons. Folia de Reis is an Epiphany tradition in which musicians travel house to house, following the Three Kings, with a banner.

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