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

Greek art. Attic red-figure kalathos representing Alcaeus and Sappho and symbolizing poetry and music.. c.470 B.C.. Munich, museum of archaeology. Location: ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. MUNICH. DEUTSCHLAND. Alceo. SAFO DE LESBOS (600 AC) SAFO DE MITILENE.

Auriga winner on quadriga (chariot of four-horse). Roman painting. Domus. 4th C. Merida (Augusta Emerita). National Museum of Roman art. Merida. Spain.

Painting titled 'Study of dead Christ' by Hugo Van Der Goes (1440-1482) a Flemish painter. Dated 15th Century

Maenad and Eros. Roman fresco. 1st century AD. Tablinium. House of Lucius Caecilius Lucundus. Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

High angle view of a mosaic floor, House Of The Dolphins, Delos, Cyclades Islands, Southern Aegean, Greece

Marble relief of an elderly man shaking hands with a younger man, Archaeological Museum, Piraeus, Greece.

Woman with bare breast, holding wreath, Roman mosaics, Villa Romana del Casale, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Piazza Armerina, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Detail of the mosaic in the front hall with the zodiac sign lion; Detail mosaic front hall. .

Albania, Near Saranda, Butrint National Park, Great Basilica from 6Th Century Ad, mosaic

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.

Eye-cup (Kylix) with young figures scene and two eyes (detail). Pre-classical Greek Archaic Period. 6th century BC. Emporion, Girona.

Griffin Atop Entablature, AD 1-100. Italy, Pompeii, Roman, 1st Century. Fresco fragment; overall: 37.2 x 44.1 cm (14 5/8 x 17 3/8 in.).

libya, near tripoli, villa silin, roman, 2nd century, mosaics

Mosaic with geometric decoration, Opus tessellatum, 3rd - 4th century AD, La Enramada street, Calahorra, Museum of Romanization, Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain, Europe.

Bull-leaping fesco from the Knossos sculpture, 1500, 1400 BC, Archaeological Museum with most important finds of the Minoan culture, Heraklion, Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Europe

Close-up of marble mosaic on floor, Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy. Cathedral completed from 1215 to 1263.

Mosaics at Gaziantep Archaeology Museum, Gaziantep (Antep), Turkey

The Standard of Ur. 2600 -2400 BC. Peace panel. Babylonian art. Mosaic. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum. Proc: IRAQ. Ur.

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 22946396

Roman mosaic. Theatre scene with actors wearing masks. 2nd-4th cent. AD. Tunisia.

Sri Lanka, Sigiria Ancient Fortress, Frescoes Painted On Rock Walls In Former Living Quarters

This photo of a mosaic showing a hunting scene (a lion taking down a horned animal) was taken in the summer of 1970 at Piazza Armerina in Sicily. Piazza Armerina is home to the Roman Villa del Casale and its famous mosaics, the 'finest mosaics in situ anywhere in the Roman world,' as described by UNESCO, which inserted it into its World Heritage list in 1997. Villa Romana was a lavish patrician residence built at the center of a huge latifundium (agricultural estate) at the end of the 4th century AD. It is thought to have belonged to a member of the Roman senatorial aristocracy, who traded in

Mosaics, House of the Paquius Proculus (House of Cuspius Pansa), Roman Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Astronomical clock at the Old Town City Hall in Prague

Ostia Antica. Mosaic depicting a cargo ship from Carthage. Square of the Guilds or Corporations.

18th century Ramayana murals on Bodinayakanur palace walls, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Fresco, Qasr Amra Quseir Amra, Ummayad Hunting Pavilion, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

Mosaic of the seasons and months. Roman period. 3rd century AD. Limestone. From Hellin (Albacete province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Ceiling Fresco from Palace of Constantine and Helena at Trier 4th century. Roman Lady with her jewel box. Museum: Diozescan Museum, TREVERIS, GERMANY.

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. The Throne Room of Nebuchadnezzar II. Reconstructed facade. Dated in 580 B.C. Its 56 meters facade was decorated with colored glazed bricks as shows the composition, including stylized palms. The frieze of lions was presumably arranged symmetrically so that the animals faced toward the central main entrance to the trone-room. Detail. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Mosaic pavement showing wild boar hunt, 2nd century AD

15th Century Spanish gothic panelling.

Original frescoes of the Metnitz Dance of Death, Metnitz, Carinthia, Austria, Europe

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

Roman Mosaics in the Triclinium (Dining Room) in Villa del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy

MOSAICO ROMANO - CABALLOS. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION, CORDOBA, SPAIN.

Ceiling Fresco from Palace of Constantine and Helena at Trier 4th century. A roman lady with a mirror. Museum: Diozescan Museum, TREVERIS, GERMANY.

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

MOSAICO COSMOLOGICO - NOTO (VIENTO DEL SUR) - SIGLO II. Location: CASA DEL MITREO. MERIDA. Badajoz. SPAIN. NOTO VIENTO. NOTUS.

Poseidon Mosaic with Oceanus and Tethys, next to Andromeda and Perseus Mosaic with Medusa, Archaeology Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey

Mosaic in the Casa del Fauno; Pompeii. Shows a satyr and a nymph 70 AD

Aboriginal rock art near Jowalbinna Camp, Queensland, Australia

Medieval relief sculpture of mythical mermaid on the exterior of the Romanesque Baptistery, Parma, Emilia Romagna, Italy, Europe

Ruined vandalised interior of Buzludzha monument former communist party headquarters, Bulgaria, eastern Europe, Europe

Mosaic floor panel. Roman, Imperial, 2nd century AD. From Villa a Daphne near Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey). At its center, bust of a woman. Wreath of flovers around her head. Personification of abundance or Spring. Metropolitan Museum. Ny. USA.

Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188817

Egyptian tomb wall painting from Thebes, Luxor. Dated 11th Century BC

Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing chariots and soldiers, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Artist: Unknown

Roman mosaic replica of the Baths of Ocriculum (Otricoli, Italy). Detail of a Triton and a Nereid. Small Hermitage. Pavilion Room. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Tiger attacking a calf. Date/Period: 4th century A.D. Opus Sectile. Height: 1,240 mm (48.81 in); Width: 1,840 mm (72.44 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Floor mosaic, Neptune Baths, Ostia Antica archaeological site, Rome, Italy, Europe

Tunisia, Susa, Mosaic work depicting the poet Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro, 70 A.C... - 19 A.C...) writing the Aeneid sitting between the muses Clio and Melpomene

Gaziantep, Turkey, September, 11, 2018: Eros and Psykhe mosaic in Gaziantep Zeugma Mosaic Museum on September, 2018. Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep, Turkey is one of the largest mosaic collection of the world, Asia

Italy, Campania, Pompeii, Theatre scene, fresco

Roman wall painting of Terentius Neo and his wife, two residents of Pompeii, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Roman mosaic of birds and a cat at a fountain, 1st century. Artist: Unknown

Vase with scene of assembly of gods: Zeus, Ganymede and Vesta, Detail of Vesta

Master of Soriguerola (13th-14th century). Panel of st. Michael. Church of st. Miquel de Soriguerola. Fontanals de Cerdanya, Spain. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Roman mosaic in the Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija Palace and Museum in Seville, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Ancient Romans Mosaic Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH

Italy, Latium Region, Rome, fresco from tablinum (large reception room on one side of atrium and opposite to entrance; it opened in rear on to peristyle)

Opus sectile panel depicting consul in his chariot among circus faction, 330-350 a.d., marble, pietre dure, vitreous paste, from Basilica of Junius Bassus on Esquiline Hill, Rome, Italy

The Arian Baptistry in Ravenna, Italy was erected by the Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great between the end of the 5th century and the beginning of 6th century. Ceiling Mosaic of the Arian Baptistry

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'.

Mosaic of female gymnasts in bikinis, Hall of Female Gymnasts, Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy

Procession of carpenters, by Unknown, 1st Century, painted stucco. Italy, Campania, Naples, National Archaeological Museum, From Pompeii. Whole artwork. Men procession sedan-chair saw joiners deceased.

Ishtar Gates, Babylon plus details showing palms, lions and animals.

Dolphin mosaic, 2nd c. AD, Fishbourne.

Italy, Campania, Pompei, fresco

Musicians playing stringed instruments, sambuka, kithara and lyre, Greek vase painting, c. 6th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Mosaics of female gymnasts, The Roman Villa del Casale (Villa Romana del Casale), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Piazza Armerina, Enna, Sicily, Italy

tunisia, Carthage mosaics

Mosaic of hunter and deer in Bardo Museum, Tunis, Tunisia.

Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii. The artist is unknown.

Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188820

Descent, inert body of Christ held by José de Arimatea, mural paintings of Concilio, 1300, fresco torn and transferred to canvas, come from the hermit...

Mosaic depicting warrior on horse

Mosaic panel depicting Roman wrestlers and awarded prizes, from Henchir Thyna, ancient Thaenae, Tunisia, 3rd century a.d.

Atlas de Francesc Oliva, Marsella, 1658, inv. 10257. Museum: Museu Marítim, Barcelona.

Detail of a head in a fine mosaic in a town house at Rabat, Malta, Europe

Mosaic, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, Asia

Mosaic portrait on the facade of Cafe Moskau in Karl Marx Allee, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Adam and Eve in garden of Eden by unknown painter, tempera on panel, Russia, Moscow, State Museum Kolomenskoye Estate

libya, tripoli, national museum, mosaic

In Greek mythology, Memnon fought for the Trojans. After he killed Antilochus, a friend of the Greek hero Achiles, Achilles fought him in battle. Zeus (here to the right) and the messenger god Hermes (to the left) weighed the fate of the two warriors (their life-size figures on the scale) to see which would die in the combat. The fate of Memnon sank, and so he was killed. This painting decorated an ancient Greek vase.

Lazio Roma Ostia Antica Scavi di Ostia Antica6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Tunisia, Sidi Bou Said, souvenir mosaic

Mosaic representation of gladiator battles, Colosseum, Rome, Italy, Europe

Mosaic Floor Panel; 4th century A.D; Stone tesserae; 111.8 × 118.7 × 10.2 cm (44 × 46 3,4 × 4 in.)

Tile mosaic floor in the Thermae for men. Ruins of the Herculaneum archaeological site, near Naples, Campania, Italy

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