Ancient Mosaics and Frescoes

A collection of detailed ancient mosaics and frescoes featuring scenes of daily life and mythology, with vibrant colors and intricate designs representing historical artistry.

LIBYA, NEAR BENGHAZI, PTOLEMAIS (TOLMEITA), MUSEUM, ROMAN MOSAIC, TIGERS

Jordan, Middle east, madaba mosaic, mosaic in the Church of St. George in Madaba, known to be the oldest cartographic representation of Jerusalem, it dates from the end of the 6th century

MENADE EN EL DELIRIO DE LA DANZA ORGIASTICA. Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM. Tarento. ITALIA.

DETALLE DEL MOSAICO DEL DIOS PAN - SIGLO II. Location: CASA DE LA CONDESA DE LEBRIJA, SEVILLA, SEVILLE.

La Cataluña eterna. Mural de Torres García. Palau de la Generalitat, Barcelona. Author: JOAQUIN TORRES-GARCIA.

Ostia Antica. The Hall of the Grain Measurers. 3rd century. Mosaic depicting grain measurers (mensores frumentariiI) at work. Italy.

Italy, Latium region, Tarquinia, Etruscan Necropolis, Tomb of Baron, fresco depicting exchange of gifts between two knights

House of the Centenary, was the house of a wealthy resident of Pompeii, preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The house was discovered in 1879. Built in the mid-2nd century BC, it is among the largest houses in the city. Among the varied paintings preserved in the House are explicit erotic scenes in a room that may have been designed as a private 'sex club'.

Tunisia, , Carthage, Mosaics at the Roman Villa

Tunisia, Thysdrus (El Djem), Mosaic of the Silenus, couple harvesting grapes

Detalle de las pinturas murales del ábside central de la iglesia de Sant Miquel de Terrassa, siglo X.

Jordan, , Mount Nebo, Roman mosaics showing hunting scenes and animals

Roman mosaic. The Labours of Hercules. Hercules stealing the golden apples from the Graden of the Hesperides. 3th century. Liria, Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Tunisia, Dougga, Mosaic depicting lobster fishing from Ulysses and the Sirens' island

Charioteer and horses, painted tomb slab detail, National Archaeological Museum, Paestum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Wandmalereien Wall paintings, pilgrims to Santiago, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Alaitza, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22845826

Portugal, Conimbriga. Mosaic tile floor in Roman ruins.

Detalle del mural de la adoración de los Reyes de Santa Maria d'Àneu, siglo XII. Museum: Museu Diocesà d'Urgell.

SPAIN. Santiponce. Italica. Representation of Medusa. Roman art. Early Empire. Mosaic.

Descenso a los infiernos, pinturas góticas, Iglesia de San Martín de Tours, Gazeo, í. lava, Spain, Europe.

Paintings from Sorpe, Fresco transferred to canvas, 12th century. Museum: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.

Beethoven Frieze.

Gorgon Medusa, mosaic panel, 2nd cent. AD. Corinth. GREECE.

Men fighting with spears, Paestum, c4th century BC. Artist: Unknown.

Interior, tomb of the pharaoh Sethi I, Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Head of Medusa, mosaic preserved in the museum of Ptolemais, near Tolmeita, Libya, Roman civilization, 1st century BC-2nd century AD.

Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Aquileia, peacock mosaic detail.

Germany, Cologne. Historic Gothic Cologne Cathedral, second tallest church in Europe. Detail of ornate mosaic floor.

Detail of a mosaic depicting a peacock among acanthus leaves from Thuburbo Majus, Henchir Kasbet, Tunisia, frigidarium of thermal baths

GUERRERO CRISTIANO CON ESCUDO Y LANZA - BOVEDA LATERAL - EPOCA NAZARI - SIGLO XV - PINTURA CRISTIANA. Location: ALHAMBRA-SALA DE LOS REYES. GRANADA. SPAIN.

FIGURA FEMENINA DE LA ESPOSA - ALBANEGA NOROESTE DE LA SALA CENTRAL DEL CASTILLO DE QUSEIR AMRA - SIGLO VIII - PINTURA OMEYA. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

MâQâMâT D AL-HARîRî-1237 - REBAÑO DE CAMELLOS - SECUENCIA 32 - BAGDAD - MS AR 5847 -F10 R - SIGLO XIII. Author: YAHYA IBN MAHMUD AL WASITI (SIGLO XIII) PINTOR. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.

Great Palace Mosaic Museum. 4th-6th centuries. Detail of a mosaic. Istanbul. Turkey.

Red-figure pottery, Epinetron by Eretria Painter depicting woman at her toilet, detail

Italy, Sicily, cupids fishing, mosaic from Villa Romana del Casale, near Piazza Armerina, 4th century

mosaico con decoracion geometrica, Opus tessellatum, siglos III - IV d. C, calle San Sebastián, , Calahorra, Museo de la Romanización, Calahorra, La R...

Archaeological zone of ruins of Ampurias,roman mosaics,Girona,Spain,Europe.

Early Christian floor mosaics with animal motifs from the 4th century in the Romanesque basilica at Aquileia, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aquileia, Udine, Italy, Europe

Neveri convent: fresco, bariano, Italy

Historical Mosaic, Bellerophon and Chimaira, Archaeological Museum in the former Order Hospital of the Knights of St John, 15th century, Old Town, Rhodes Town, Greece, Europe

Anonymous / "Medusa mosaic" (with restoration), 3rd century, Mosaic.

France - Paris - Luxembourg Palace, the aviary. Roman Art. 2nd-3rd century A.D. Flower garden with peacock, rabbit and duck. Mosaic from Carthage (late 2nd-early 3rd century A.D.)

Fish, Roman mosaics, Villa Romana del Casale, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Piazza Armerina, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Patera (shallow circular decorative element) from Cypriot shop from Bernardini Tomb in Palestrina, detail

Roman mosaic with the Labours of Hercules. First Labour. Nemean lion. Limestone. 3rd century. Liria (Valencia). National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Spain, Andalusia, Seville province, Santiponce. Roman city of Italica. Founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Scipio. House of the Planetarium. Mosaic which represents the seven stars of the solar system known at that time by the Romans. Each planet is personified by a god, in turn, symbolises a day of the week. Detail of Helios or Sol, the Sun "Sol Invictus" (Sunday). The Sun is depicted wearing a crown of rays.

Great Palace of Constantinople (East Roman period). Detail of one of the mosaics that decorated the pavements. Fantastic winged animal attacking a deer. 4th-6th century. Great Palace Mosaics Museum. Istanbul, Turkey.

gladiator fight. Mosaic. 3rd century. Rome. Two Eques flanked by two lanistae. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Spain.

Mosaic work on a wall, Roman Ruins, Volubilis, Morocco

Apollo's wedding to Helen, bell crater from the funerary chamber of Prince Iltirtiiltir, 4th century BC, necropolis of Piquia, Arjona, Iberian culture, Iberian Museum of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain.

Libya, Tolmeita, Mosaic Depicting Tigers And Urn Exhibited In The Museum

Italy, Pompeii. Villa of the Mysteries. Ancient Roman suburban Villa. Frescoes depicting a bride initiating into a Bacchian Mysteries in preparation for marriage, 1st century AD. Detail.

Detail of a floor mosaic in the Great Palace in Istanbul, 6th century. Artist: Unknown

Italy, Campania, Pompeii, Main Fresco In The House Of The Ceii

Mosaic floor, House of the Birds, Roman ruins of Italica - 2nd century, Santiponce, Seville province, Region of Andalusia, Spain, Europe.

Etruscan Art. Copy of Etruscan wall painting. Tempera on canvas 1900. Tomb of the Shields. Tarquinia, Italy c. 350 BC. Velhur Velcha and his wife, Ravnthu Aprthnei. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Denmark.

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). House of Orpheus, Orpheus surrounded by animals, detail of an elephant. Mosaic

Spain. Italica. Roman city founded c. 206 BC. House of the Planetarium. Mosaic of Bacchus and Ariadne. Tiger. Andalusia.

Italy, Lazio, Palestrina, Sanctuary at Praeneste, Mosaic work depicting a ship loaded with soldiers

Apotheosis of Hercules, engraving by Benedict Piringer (1780-1826) from a Greek original, from Collection de Vases Grecs de Ms le Comte de Lamberg, by Alexandre de Laborde, 1813-1824, Paris.

Tomba dei Baccanti Tomb of the Bacchants with frescoes from the 6th century BC, Etruscan Monterozzi Necropolis, Tarquinia, Viterbo Province, Lazio Region Latium, Italy, Europe

Image set of Casas Pintadas, Evora, Portugal unusual 16th-century murals paintings of creatures real and imagined, birds, hares, foxes, a basilisk, a mermaid and a harpy

A canon and a pair of Castellani surrounded by death, detail from The Dance of Death, fresco from the 15th Century. Abbey Church of St Robert, La Chaise Dieu, France.

Tomb of the Leopards. ITALY. Tarquinia. Necropolis of Monterozzi. Banquet scene and leopards. Etruscan art. Fresco.

Triumph of Neptune, with Nereid and Triton. 2nd-4th cent. AD. Roman period mosaic. La Chebba. TUNISIA.

Mosaic, Akratos and Euphrosyne, Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Southeastern Anatolia Region, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia

Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup) 450-440 B.C. Greek, Attic Wreathed satyr, looking over his right shoulder, with his right arm extended, and his left leg bent, holding a thrysos in his left hand; below the rim, to the right and left of the satyr's head, part of an inscription, KALOS; one complete handle preserved. Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup). Greek, Attic. 450-440 B.C.. Terracotta; red-figure. Classical. Vases

Zillis, village church of St Martin, Romanesque wooden ceiling with biblical depictions, sea monsters and fantasy creatures

Mosaic, Carts pulled by mules with travellers, Cisarii. c1st Century AD Artist: Unknown

Adam and Eve, floor mosaic in the Cathedral dell' Annunziata, Otranto, Puglia, Otranto, Puglia, Italy, Europe

in jordan the antique ceramic roman decorative mosaic like background

Egyptian tomb wall painting depicting a battle scene, Thebes, Luxor. Dated 11th Century BC

Entrance area with wall painting of the Palazzi degli Ambasciatori Embassy palaces with archway to the Quartiere Coppede, Coppede district in Art Nouveau style built by architect Gino Coppede between 1913 and 1927, Rome, Lazio Italy

Turkey, Southeastern Anatolia, Gaziantep. Zeugma Mosaic Museum. Roman villa mosaics from the ancient city of Zeugma. River Gods mosaic of Oceanos & Thetis.

Roman mosaic. Geometric decoration. Ostia Antica. Italy.

Mosaic of Medusa on the floor of one of the Terrace Houses, Ephesus, Izmir Province, Turkey

Sweethearts of Mercury and Herse. Flamenco tapestry. Prat de la Riba room. Institute of Catalan Studies. Barcelona. Century XVI.

Representation of winter, mosaico de los amores, archeological site of Castulo, Jaen province, Spain, Europe

Great Palace Mosaic Museum. 4th-6th centuries. Detail of a mosaic depicting a horse. South-western hall. Istanbul. Turkey.

Floor mosaic in the Cathedral dell' Annunziata, Otranto, Apulia, Otranto, Apulia, Italy, Europe

blur in iran persepolis the old ruins historical destination monuments and ruin

Third century AD Roman mosaic 'Triumph of Neptune' and the Four Seasons (from La Cebba), Bardo Museum; Tunis, Tunisia

mosaic of the house of Caius Lulius Silvanus, III century, Museum-Interpretation Center of the archaeological park of Segóbriga, Saelices, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

PANTEON REAL - PINTURAS ROMANICAS AL FRESCO - FINALES DEL SIGLO XI PRINCIPIOS DEL XII. Location: COLEGIATA DE SAN ISIDORO. LEON. SPAIN.

Roman mosaique floor at Perl-Nennig, Saarland, Germany, Europe

libya, tripoli, national museum, mosaic, detail

Italy - Tuscany Region - Pisa - Monumental Cemetery - Frescoes Room - Triumph of Death

Fresco of the Villa Poppea (Villa Poppaea), Oplontis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Ancient Two People Mosaic, Jordan.

Amianthus reclining on a couch drinking, funerary mosaic, 4th century Roman from Thaenae, Tunisia

Italy. Pompeii. Triclinium of The House of the Vettii. Frieze of the Cupids or Cherubs. Painting of Cupids doing goldsmith work. 1st century AD. Campania.

Italy, Lazio, Civita Castellana, Red-figure kylix (wine pottery) depicting youngsters embracing, inscribed (in Faliscan language) with an invitation to drink, circa 350 B.C.

Frieze with surreal scenes, early 16th century, unknown artist, fresco, Casa dello Zecchiere, Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Detail.

DETALLE DEL TAPIZ DE LA CREACION - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO, GERONA, SPAIN.

Mosaik mit geometrischer Dekoration Mosaic with geometric decoration, Opus tessellatum, 3rd - 4th century AD, La Enramada street, Calahorra, Museum of Romanization, Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22945971

Ancient Eagle wall painting, Santa Maria Gloriosa de Frari Church, San Polo, Venice, Italy. Church completed mid 1400's.

Roman mosaic of a peacock in foliage, 3rd century. Artist: Unknown

EGYPT FRESCO ON ROCK TOMBS ANCIET ART PAINTINGS

PINTURA MUDEJAR DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN ROMAN DEL SIGLO XIII - RESURRECION DE LOS MUERTOS - CONVERTIDA EN MUSEO DE LOS CONCILIOS Y LA CULTURA VISIGODA. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN ROMAN-MUSEO DE LOS CONCILIOS. Toledo. SPAIN.

Mosaico romano de la Villa Fortunus de Fraga, Huesca, siglo IV.

Mosaic of Chresis, 4th century AD, Archaeological Museum, Antioch, from Daphne, Hatay Archaeological Museum, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey, Asia

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