Ancient Religious Frescoes

Historic frescoes from various churches in Italy, illustrating religious narratives and figures with vibrant colors and detailed storytelling.

The Offering of the Magi Surmounted by a Row of Angels by artist unknown, 12th century

St. Jakob in Kastelaz with its famous Romanesque frescoes, Tramin, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Pinturas murales de Sant Pere Màrtir en la iglesia de Sant Domènec de Puigcerdà, siglo XIV.

San Michele Arcangelo and San Eligio Bishop in the frescoes of the 13th-15th century. in the rock church of San Nicolò. city of Modica. Ragusa. Sicily. Italy. Europe. UNESCO World Heritage Site

damaged mural, flogging of Jesus in cathedral in Cefalu

Italy, Lombardy, San Pietro al Monte abbey

Frescoes in the Minster of St. Mary and St. Mark, a Romanesque former Benedictine monastery church and present-day Catholic parish church in the Mittelzell district on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, Konstanz district. The monastery island of Reichenau, together with the church, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, Reichenau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Romanesque apse with seraphim angels, from Santa Maria d'Aneu, late eleventh century, Chingueta d Aneu, National Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

The Offering of the Magi Surmounted by a Row of Angels by artist unknown, 12th century

PANTEON REAL - PINTURAS ROMANICAS - BOVEDA- EN LOS ANGULOS SE DISPONEN LAS SIETE IGLESIAS - SIGLO XII. Location: COLEGIATA DE SAN ISIDORO. LEON. SPAIN. JESUS. CRISTO EN MAJESTAD. PADRE ETERNO.

Turkey - Cappadocia - Gulsehir. Karsi Kilise (St. John's church). The Last Judgement, fresco depicting St. George and St. Michael defeating two dragons.

Minor Basilica and Sanctuary Maria SS. Regina di Anglona, Policoro, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Europe

Scenes from the book of the Apocalypse, 12th century, fresco in the apse of Saint Elijah Basilica, Castel Sant'Elia, Lazio, Italy, 8th-13th century.

Pinturas de la pared oeste.Iglesia Yilanli ,siglo IX, ( Iglesia de la serpiente).Valle de Ihlara.Capadocia.Anatolia central.Turquia. Asia.

Italy - Latium region - Rome - Basilica of St. Clemente. Life of St. Alexius of Rome. 9th century, fresco

Turkey. Church of St. John (Karsi Kilise). 11th century. Fresco depicting the Kiss of Judas or Betrayal of Christ. Byzantine style. Gulsehir. Central Anatolia. Nevsehir province. (Cappadocia).

Evangelists, by First Master of San Biagio, 14th Century, fresco. Switzerland: Bellinzona: Ravecchia: San Biagio Church. Detail. Frescoed ceiling cross vault evangelists blue

Slovenia: 15th century fresco by John of Kastav (Johannes de Castua) showing a scene from the Creation of the Earth (Genesis, Old Testament) in the vault of the central nave, Holy Trinity Church, Hrastovlje, Rizana Valley

patriarcas llevando las almas en su seno, fresco románico, Ermita de San Miguel, siglo VII, construida durante el reinado visigodo de Wamba, Gormaz, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.

Bishop and Saints, 15th-16th fresco in the Baptistery of St John of the Church of Santa Maria Extra Moenia, Antrodoco. Italy, 15th-16th century.

North Cove Medieval religious wall painting of Jesus Christ in Heaven, church of Saint Botolph, North Cove, Suffolk, England, UK

Saint Stephen, first martyr of Christianity. Medieval frescos, 11th century. Stoning of st. Stephen. Novalesa Abbey, province Turin, Italy.

Turkey, Central Anatolia, Cappadocia, Aksaray province, Ihlara valley, Saint-Georges church (Kirkdamalti kilise) near Belisirma

Engel im Kampf gegen den Drachen Angels fighting the dragon, 12th century, Romanesque church of San Miguel de Tubilla del Agua, Burgos, National Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 23146516

St Ambrose, fresco in the Baptistery Chapel, Quinto Vercellese. Italy, 10th century.

Saints, fresco in Saint Valentine Church, Gentersberg, Sarntal, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 13th century.

BOVEDA CENTRAL-RETRATOS DE LOS DIEZ PRIMEROS REYES NAZARIES-S XV PINTURA CRISTIANA-SOBRE CUERO. Location: ALHAMBRA-SALA DE LOS REYES. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Assisi, S.Francesco /Building the Ark

Frescos.San Onofre Ermitaño(s.XI). Ylanli kilise(iglesia de la serpiente),Museo al aire libre.Göreme.Capadocia.Turquia.

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

Tetramorph with Seraph and Archangel from Santa Maria de Taüll. Date/Period: Ca. 1123. Mural painting. Fresco transferred to canvas. Height: 6,900 mm (22.63 ft); Width: 3,730 mm (12.23 ft). Author: UNKNOWN.

PINTURAS MURALES DE LA CRIPTA DE SANTA MARIA DEL PERDON EN LA IGLESIA DE SAN ESTEBAN - SIGLO XIV - GOTICO ESPAÑOL. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN ESTEBAN. SOS DEL REY CATOLICO. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

Saint Jokab in Kastelaz, a unique little church in south Tyrol near Merano and Tramin. Mystic creatures and Apostles. The frescos are of international importance and are dating back to Romanic and gothic times. South Tyrol, Italy.

Gotische Gemälde Gothic paintings, Four disciples, Annunciation, Visitation and Nativity, Church of San Martín de Tours, Gazeo, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22845781

Majesty of Christ between the symbols of the Evangelists and the Last Supper, 12th century Romanesque frescoes in the Church of Saint-Jacques des Guerets, Guerets. France, 12th century.

Religious mural inside Greek Orthodox church of Saint Mary, or Panagia Monastery, Dhermi, Albania.

Europe, Turkey, Cappadocia, Ihlara gorge

Denmark, Mon, Elmelunde, Elmelunde Kirke Church, 11th century, interior frescoes

LA NATIVIDAD Y LA HUIDA A EGIPTO - DETALLE DE FRONTAL ROMANICO. Author: MAESTRO DE JATIVA. Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA. HERODES I EL GRANDE.

In the Cathedral of Trento, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Fresco on ceiling by Hilt in the Eglise Saint-Firmin / St Fermin church at Rochehaut, province of Luxembourg, Belgian Ardennes, Wallonia, Belgium.

Romanesque frescoes in the small church of Taufers, Vinschgau Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 13th century.

Descendimiento, sepultura, llegada de las tres Marías y encuentro con la Magdalena, pinturas góticas, Iglesia de San Martín de Tours, Gazeo, í. lava, ...

France, Poitou-Charentes, Vienne (86), Poitiers, Baptistery Of Saint Jean

Mural titled 'The Stoning of St. Stephen'. Dated 859 A.D.

Yilanli Church, 9th century, (Snake Church), Ihlara Valley, Aksaray, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey, Asia.

Buddha explaining law to Yasa,the first lay member of the Buddhist community. Detail from a painting at Ajanta.. The Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE.

Scene from the childhood of Jesus and Passion among Saints, fresco, exterior wall of the Church of Sant'Antonio Abate, Chiarano, Arco, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 16th century.

Enthroned Madonna and Child, Saints Catherine, George, Peter the Martyr and a worshipper Knight fresco in the church of San Pietro Martire in Verona, Italy Enthroned Madonna and Child, Saints Catherine, George, Peter the Martyr and a worshipper Knight fresco in the church of San Pietro Martire in Verona, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20638777

Vic, St.Martin, Annunciation to Mary

ARTE BIZANTINO. TURQUIA. IGLESIA DE SAN JUAN (S. XI). Pintura mural que decora las paredes de la iglesia excavada en la roca. Representa escenas de la vida de Cristo: "LA ULTIMA CENA, EL BESO DE JUDAS, Y LA DORMICION DE LA VIRGEN". GÜLSEHIR. Región de la CAPADOCIA.

Europe, Romania, Sucevita village, Sucevita monastery c. 1583

Saint George before the Emperor Diokletian by Ancient Russian frescos / Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev / 11th century / Russia / Fresco / Bible /Old Russian Art

Ancient frescoes, wall paintings with pre-Christian themes, sea god Poseidon, earth goddess Gaia, Panagia and Sotiras Church, Greek Orthodox church, Roustika, Crete, Greece, Europe

PINTURAS EN LAS BOVEDAS DE LA IGLESIA - S XVII - LOS CUATRO EVANGELISTAS. Location: MONASTERIO. OSERA / OSEIRA. Orense. SPAIN. SAN MARCO EVANGELISTA. SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA Y APOSTOL. SAN LUCAS EVANGELISTA. SAN MATEO APOSTOL Y EVANGELISTA.

Frescos.(s.XI). Ylanli kilise(iglesia de la serpiente),Museo al aire libre.Göreme.Capadocia.Turquia.

Georgia, Kutaisi. Religious artwork inside the Gelati Monastery.

Italy, Campania, Sant'Agata de' Goti, crypt of the cathedral, fresco of the XIV century

Romanesque paintings in the chapter house, St., Sankt, Saint

'Adoration of the Sacrifice'. Russia, Pskov, Late 14th century. Dimensions: 113,0x167,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Paintings: Our Lady of Children and the Aposto, Nubian, Aposto and Bishop Faras; VIII-XIII century (707-00-00-1350-00-00);Faras (Sudan), Maria (Mother of Jesus Christ), Our Lady with the Child (iconogr.), Apostles, bishops, liturgical robes, Polish excavations in Faras (Sudan), Nubian rulers

Detail of the mural painting on the lower part of the apse of the church of Santa María de Terrassa, representing the martyrdom of Saint Tomás Becket, Xth Century, Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Russia, Volga-Baltic Waterway, Goritzy. Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, founded in 1397 by St. Cyril, fresco detail. (RF)

The beheading of John the Baptist, Salome's dance and Herod's banquet, 12th century, fresco inside the Benedictine Convent of St John (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1983), Mustair, Engadin, Canton of Graubunden, Switzerland.

Romania, Bucovina Region, Bucovina Monasteries, Sucevita, Sucevita Monastery, 16th century, exterior religious frescoes

GREECE, Dodecanese Islands, PATMOS, Hora: Monastery of St. John the Theologian (12th century) / Exterior Courtyard Icons

USA, Texas, San Antonio, Wall painting in Mission Concepcion

OLIVER, Juan (14th centurys. XIV BC). Passion of the Christ. 1333. Detail of the Crucifixion. Gothic art. Fresco. SPAIN. NAVARRE. Pamplona. Navarra Museum. Proc: SPAIN. NAVARRE. Pamplona. Cathedral of St. Mary.

Escenas de la vida de San Agustín. San Agustín vestido de Obispo. Siglo XIV. Monasterio de Santa Maria de Lluçà.

Turkey. Istambul. Hagia Sofia. Byzantine mosaic. Emperor Leon VI praying homage to Christ as Pantocrator, with medallions of Virgin Mary and Archangel Gabriel. Narthex mosaic. 10th century.

Circle of Master of Pedret. Fresco depicting the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. Detail of the Foolish Virgins. End of 11th century - early 12th century. From the Southern apse of the Church of Sant Quirze of Pedret, Cercs. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Basilica of S. Maria a Pie 'di Chienti church, Interior, Fresco, Montecosaro, Marche, Italy, Europe

Bakhmatov, Ivan Yakovlevich (active Early 18th cen.) Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign, Novgorod Painting Bible Fresco in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign, Novgorod

Fresken San Pietro Byzantinischen Fresken in der Kirche Chiesa San Pietro, Otranto, Apulien, Italien, Europa Byzantine frescoes at the church of San Pietro, Otranto, Italy, Europe *** Frescoes San Pietro Byzantine frescoes in the church Chiesa San Pietro, Otranto, Apulia, Italy, Europe Byzantine frescoes at the church of San Pietro, Otranto, Italy, Europe

Frescoes of the Byzantine Chapel of Agios Nikolaos Fountoukli, one of the oldest churches of Rhodes as a four-conch building from the 14th century, near Eleousa, Rhodes, Greece, Europe

Istanbul, Turkey, May 20, 2012. First Public miracle of Jesus was the transformation of water into wine on mosaic panel in Chora Museum on May 20, 12012. The Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora Turkish Kariye Muzesi, Kariye Camii, or Kariye Kilisesi, ..., Asia

Early fresco images of Jesus in circle at Museum at Solsona, Cataluna, Spain, Museu Diocesà i Comarcal containing Romanesque paintings and local archeological finds

Italy, Lombardy, Almenno San Salvatore, San Giorgio in Lemine

FRONTAL BORDADO CON LA VIDA DE JESUS- DET S XIV: TENTACIONES EN EL DESIERTO. Location: MUSEO DIOCESANO / PIA ALMOINA. Barcelona. SPAIN. JESUS. LUCIFER. DEMONIO.

Spain. La Loma. Church of Saint Eulalia. Apse frescoes depicting scenes from the Passion of Christ and the life of Saint Olalla. In the center, the Last Supper. 15th century.

Stories of the Franciscan Martyrs in India, by Master of the Franciscan Martyrs, 14th Century, frescoes. Italy: Veneto: Verona: San Fermo Maggiore Church. Detail. After their martyrdom, the dead Franciscan martyrs appear to the qadi/kadi and threaten him with swords. The Emperor of Delhi condemns the qadi/kadi. The qadi/kadi and his family are all executed/put to death

Scene from the life of Saint Benedict of Nursia, 14th century, fresco inside the church of the Abbey of Saint Scholastica, Subiaco, Lazio, Italy, 6th-14th century.

Coronation of the Virgin, ca 1295, mosaic by Jacopo Torriti, in the apse of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1980), Rome, Lazio, Italy, detail.

Western porch painting of the Apocalypse, Abbey Church of Saint_Savin sur Gartempe, UNESCO World Heritage Site, St._Savin, Vienne, Poitou_Charentes, F...

Gothic frescoes in the parish church, Stein am Rhein, Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Wall paintings 14th century, Church of Our Lady of the High Kingdoms, Bosa, Sardinia, Italy.

Mural from 13th century, St. Gallus Church, the oldest church building of Carolingian origin in Franconia, Altmuehltal, Pappenheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Russia, Golden Ring city of Yaroslavl. 17th century Church of Elijah the Prophet (aka Tserkov Ilyi Proroka), interior ceiling & wall frescos. UNESCO (RF)

Painting of The Council of Nicea" in Sumela monastery, Macka, Trabzon, Turkey

Croatia, Istria, POREC. Euphrasian Basilica (b. 6th century), old religious painting

Boyana Church, World Heritage Site, medieval frescoes from the Tarnovo school,, Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria, Europe.

SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS CAZANDO LOS DEMONIOS - 1235 - RETABLO DE LA VIDA DE SAN FRANCISCO. Author: BONAVENTURA BERLINGHIERI (1210-1287). Location: IGLESIA DE SAN FRANCISCO. PISTOIA-PESCIA. ITALIA.

Canvas Gemälde in der orthodoxen Kirche Abreha wa Atsbaha, Tigray, Äthiopien Die Sponsorin der Kirchengemälde Woizero Jenbere Amet-Selassie umgeben von ihren Angestellten, Canvas Gemälde in der orthodoxen Kirche Abreha wa Atsbaha, Gheralta Region, Tigray, Äthiopien / The donor of the church paintings Woizero Jenbere Amet-Selassie surrounded by servants, Canvas painting in the orthodox church Abreha wa Atsbaha, Gheralta region, Tigray, Ethiopia Copyright: xZoonar.com/mikex 15394439

Fresco in the interior of the Church of the Virgin at Gelati Monastery; Imereti, Georgia

Seven Acts of Mercy, by pittore molisano del Quattrocento, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Molise, Santa Maria del Molise, Isernia, San Pietro in Vincoli Sanctuary. Detail. Seven Acts of Mercy - Visiting Prisoners. Before restoration. House building knock on door cloth bricks window inscription writing man book asleep brown shades black red.

Prophets, detail from Paradise, fresco on the counterfacade, church of San Michele al Pozzo Bianco (St Michael by the White Well), Bergamo, Lombardy. Italy, 12th-13th century.

Baptistery, Frescoes, St., Saint, Saint

Romania, Bucovina Region, Bucovina Monasteries, Sucevita, Sucevita Monastery, 16th century, exterior religious frescoes

Votive panel, donor painting, in the Great Church of the Princes, Biserica Mare Domneasca, The fresco shows a series of Wallachian rulers, voivodes. The identifiable figures include Petru Cercel (the builder of the church) and Constantin Brâncoveanuin, Târgoviste, Romania

Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Shrine of Cristo de la Luz. Former mosque, built at the end of the 10th century and converted into a Christian church in the 12th century. Remains of a fresco, circa 14th century, depicting angels carrying the soul of a deceased person.

Romanesque art in the National Art Museum of Catalonia,Barcrelona,Apse of Sant Pere de la Seu d'Urgell (second half of the 12th century) .

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