‘The result is one of the smallest, most intensely powerful exhibitions I have seen for a long time, in which each piece, while itself a perfect ex-voto, also contributes to the intercessory impact of the whole.’
‘His ex-voto will be a part of himself: his child.’
‘The monument was probably constructed as an ex-voto to thank God for having stopped the plague that had broken out in 1598.’
‘The house is full of folk art - the crudely painted ex-votos left by people who felt their life had been changed by divine intervention, and clay pots and plates all decorated in the same vibrant colours.’
‘Recently, Charles Dempsey observed that this work, an ex-voto painted in response to Rome's plague of 1656, incites fear and pity.’
‘A traditional ex-voto figure would have shown the duke kneeling, his hands folded in prayer, without the reliquary or Saint George.’
‘Among the most vibrant evidence for the cult of the saints are the ex-voto gifts left in thanksgiving by pilgrims whose prayers had been answered.’
Origin
Late 18th century from Latin ex voto ‘from a vow’.
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