Artful Ceiling Murals

Exquisite ceiling frescoes depicting mythological and religious themes, rich in color and lavish details, found in historical buildings.

Ceiling mural, Hercules Drawing Room, Palace of Versailles, France

Europe, Czech Republic, South Bohemia, Prachatice Velki Namesti Square; #41, Rumpal House Sgraffito

Mosaic of Daedalus and Icarus with Minos' wife Pasiphae, Gaziantep Archaeology Museum, Gaziantep (Antep), Turkey

Decoration of the Camera degli Sposi (Camera Picta), by Mantegna Andrea, 1465 - 1474, 15th Century, fresco and ""dry"" tempera. Italy, Lombardy, Mantua, Ducal Palace. West wall. The meeting between Ludovico Gonzaga and his sons, Francesco and Federico. Whole artwork. Wall higher lunettes with Ludovico Gonzaga's deeds..

Rome San Sebastiano fuori le Mura 33369

St George and the Princess, by Antonio Pisano also known as Pisanello, 1433 - 1438, 15th Century, detached and torn fresco. Italy, Veneto, Verona, Sant'Anastasia Church, Pellegrini Chapel, formerly on the entry's arch. Detail. Episode on the left, St George and the dragon gray brown tones: hues.

Santa Maria Novella of decoration of the Cappella del Papa (Pope's Chapel), by Carrucci Jacopo know as Pontormo, 1515, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Santa Maria Novella, Cappella del Papa, Pope's Chapel, lunette. Detail. St Veronica between two Angels holding a curtain. Barrel vault compartments panels scenes decoration colors inscriptions grotesques.

Sky of Salamanca, Fernando Gallego, 1440-1507, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Castile and Leon, Spain, Europe

Mosaics on the choir ceiling, made by Sir William Blake Richmond, Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, England, Great Britain, Europe.

Exquisite craftsmanship in ornate gold wood carving and intricate blue tile design. (Carvings at Igreja Matriz Chapel, Vila do Bispo, Portugal)

Spain, Galicia, Province of La Coru-a, Santiago de Compostela. The Cathedral. Chapel of the Saviour or Chapel of France. Plateresque altarpiece in polychrome marble, donated by the archbishop of Compostela Alonso III de Fonseca. Work of the artist Juan de Alava (1480-1537), 1532. Way of St. James.

Art detail from the Castel Sant'Angelo, a tall cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It which was initially commissioned as a mausoleum by Roman Emperor Hadrian. The Castel was once the tallest building in Rome, and is now is used as a museum. Circa 2nd century AD.

soil background of ancient Rome, forming drawings

Assumption of the Virgin, by Allegri Antonio known as Correggio, 1526 - 1530, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Parma, Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral, Dome. Detail. Intrados monochrome woman female figure.

Trompe-l'oeil painting depicting puttos, detail of the fresco by Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani, central hall, Hunting residence (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1997), by Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736), Stupinigi, Piedmont, Italy, 18th century.

Cupid and Psyche at the Wedding Feast, Chamber of Cupid and Psyche with erotic depictions, story from the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, court painter Giulio Romano, Palazzo Te, pleasure palace, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

SEPULCRO FERNANDO VI DISENO SABATINI. Author: FRANCISCO GUTIERREZ ARRIBAS (1727-1782). Location: SALESAS REALES. MADRID. SPAIN.

FLORENCE, ITALY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023, Colorful frescoes in the presbytery of basilica Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy, Europe

Austria, Melk on the Danube, Benedictines, monastery, garden pavilion, ceiling painting, Wachau region, Europe

Sketch of Santa Sophia, Sargent, John Singer, 1891.

Scenes from the life of Saint Francis, fresco attributed to Giuseppe Bastiani, chapel of the Doria Pamphili castle, Alviano, Umbria, Italy, 16th-17th century.

PINTURA MURAL DEL SALON DE CONFERENCIAS - DETALLE - ALEGORIA DEL GOBIERNO DE DOÑA MARIA CRISTINA, REINA GOBERNADORA - 1834. Author: VICENTE CAMARON (1803-1864). Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Istanbul Byzantine frescoes at the Kariye museum

A Roman Camp under Attack by Night. Painting. Height: 5,000 mm (16.40 ft); Width: 5,000 mm (16.40 ft). Author: Jacob Jordaens the elder.

England,London,Hampton Court Palace,Tapestry in the Great Hall

Austria, Salzburg, Hellbrunn Palace Gardens, The Neptune Grotto.

Frescoed dome, 18th century, Novacella Abbey, Vahrn, Eisack Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 12th century.

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). "Monument to the justice of the Bourbon Palace". Plaster and painted wood, between 1889 and 1893. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. Allegory, national assembly, painted wood, woman, justice, justitia, monument, bourbon palace, plaster

Michaeliskirche, Michel, baroque church St. Michaelis, first start of construction 1647- 1750, detailed view of a golden relief with figures on marble, historical art, Hamburg, Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia. Palace of the Golden Horses Hotel. Ceiling mural.

Altardetail, St., Saint, Saint

Restored frescoes by the artist Tiepolo, painted between 1759 to 1797, Ca' Rezzonico, Palace, Museo del Settecento Veneziano Museum of the Venetian 18th century, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Italy, Rome, Vatican Museums, Ceiling of Gallery of Maps

WASHINGTON, D.C. USA. Mosaic of goddess Minerva in Main Hall of Jefferson Building, Library of Congress.

Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Santa Croce church; Gioacchino Rossini memorial.

Four teenagers admiring the Pinturicchio mural in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 1569, fresco by Agnolo Bronzino in the Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 1569, fresco by Agnolo Bronzino in the Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20427935

Part (bottom right) of a ceiling painting with the main performance Diana and her cozets, Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1676 - c. 1682 painting. ceiling painting Part (bottom right) of a ceiling painting of five parts with the main performance Diana and its cozordies, painted for the 'Great Hall' of Paleis Soestdijk. canvas. oil paint (paint) painting (story of) Diana (Artemis) Soestdijk Palace

London, United Kingdom - 18 May 2025: Historic Mortlake tapestries with pastoral scenes inside the Privy Chamber

Florence, Florence, Santa Croce, Michelangelo's tomb, personifications of painting (left), sculpture (centre) and architecture (right)

Hall of Mirrors in Versailles Palace is the most famous room in the chateau done in the Grand Baroque style to reflect the absolutist power of Louis XIV.

MEDALLON DE LUIS XIV TRIUNFANDO SOBRE SUS ENEMIGOS - SALON DE LA GUERRA DEL PALACIO DE VERSALLES - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO FRANCES. Author: ANTOINE COYSEVOX. Location: PALACIO. Versailles. France. LUIS XIV DE FRANCIA (1643-1715) EL REY SOL.

Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (1475-1564). Italian artist. The Last Judgement. Fresco. 1536-1541. Detail. Central part. Sistine Chapel. Vatican Museums. Vatican City.

Frescos in Palazzo Comunale, San Gimignano, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

'Pala di Pesaro' altarpiece, c1474. Artist: Giovanni Bellini

Palace of the Grand Master. 16th-18th centuries. Residence of the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John. Hall of the Pages. Waiting room for the young positions of the Grand Master, decorated with a frieze of wall paintings by Leonello Spada (1576-1622) depicting scenes from the history of the Order. Detail of the frescoes. Valletta Malta.

Frescoed ceiling, 1779-1781, by Giuseppe Antonio Fabbrini, church of Vallombrosa Abbey, Reggello, Tuscany, Italy, 18th century.

Grandiose ornamentation in the entranceway to the painting gallery at the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History), Vienna, Austria, Europe

Abbey of Saints Nicola and Paolo Vi: Fresco. Rodengo Saiano. Italy

France, Lyon on 07/08/2020. Illustration of daily life in Lyon, France. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Lyon le 07/08/2020. Illustration de vie quotidienne a Lyon en France. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Bon Boullogne (known as Boullogne the elder, 1649-1717). "Glory of Saint-Jérôme". Oil on canvas. 1699-1709. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76108-22

Fontainebleau , France , 1917 - Seine -et -Marne - Stéphane Passet (French - Fontainebleau , France). King , queen, interior view, sculpture, painted decor, painting, decorative arts, renaissance, sculpted decor, palace , castle, Habitat , Architecture , Art, France, Fontainebleau, Palais de Fontainebleau Galerie François 1er

Interiors of the Palazzo Pitti, Florence: The Sala di Saturno with Perugino's 'Lamentation' flanked by paintings by Fra Bartolommeo and Raphael. Domenica Caligo (late 19th Century). Pencil and watercolor on card. Executed in 1871. 36 x 45cm.

Tomb of Diego Girón de Rebolledo and his brothers, Chapel of the Conception, Tarragona Cathedral, 17th century. Author: FRANCESC GRAU. DOMENEC ROVIRA.

Italy - Lombardy Region - Mantova - Ducal Palace - The Room of the Bride and Bridegroom by Andrea Mantegna - Vault fresco

PINTURAS DE LA BOVEDA NAVE CENTRAL 1955. Author: SERRASANTA. Location: CATEDRAL NUEVA. Lerida. SPAIN.

Renaissance fresco by the Italian artist Bernardino Luini, Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Lugano on Lake Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, Europe

FRA - CHATEAU DE VERSAILLESTourisme au Chateau de Versailles.FRA - CASTLE OF VERSAILLESTourism at the Chateau de Versailles.

Stucco Room, Francesco Primaticcio and Giovan Battista Mantovano, 1529-1531, Palazzo Te, Pleasure Palace, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Glory of St Benedict, by Ferrario Federico, Agrati Antonio, 18th Century, fresco. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Chiaravalle Abbey. Whole artwork. Glory of St Benedict clouds light putti gold white pink light blue: azure.

France, Paris, Palais Du Luxembourg, French Senate Library, ceiling fresco by Eugene Delacroix, (1798-1863)

Ceiling frescoes, Parish Church of St. Theodor and Alexander in Haldenwang, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Detail from the Vatican Museums, an immense collection of classical, renaissance masterpieces etc. Founded in the early 16th century by Pope Julius II they are considered to be some of the world's greatest museums. This image shows a portion of the beautifully painted ceiling.

SEPULCRO DE DON PEDRO ENRIQUEZ DE RIBERA. Author: ANTONIO MARIA APRILE (1500-1550). Location: UNIVERSIDAD. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

A fresco by Paul Bodmer in the cloister of Fraumuenster abbey, image on a legend about the founding of Fraumuenster abbey, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe

Story of Cupid and Psyche, by Appiani Andrea, 1798, 18th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Monza Brianza: Monza: Villa Reale: Rotonda. Detail. Love/Eros/Cupid and Jupiter young man eagle wings drape orange mantle/cloak

Cagli (Marche, provincia di Pesaro Urbino). Chiesa di San Francesco. Cagli (Marche, provincia di Pesaro Urbino). Chiesa di San Domenico. Timoteo Viti e Giuliano Presciutti l'Annunciazione, affresco

Paris (1st arr.), France The Melpomène gallery, Louvre museum , (French - Paris ( Ier arr. ) , France La galerie de la Melpomène , musée du Louvre). Statue, museum, interior view, sculpture, antiquity, gallery, Habitat , Architecture , Art, France, Paris, Louvre museum, Melpomène room

Solingen, Schloss Burg an der Wupper, bower with historicising wall paintings by Johann Peter Theodor Janssen

Europe, Italy, Florence. Painting and sculptures adorn the exterior facade of the Duomo.

Italy, Sicily, Monreale, Santa Maria La Nuova Duomo (12th century) Mosaics

Kaisersaal, ceiling picture

Tomb (cenotaph) of Cardinal Mazarin, 1689-93

East wall of the Room of the Good Government, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1339, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Tuscany: Siena: Palazzo Pubblico. Perspective view

Piece of art found on display in the Wilanow Palace in Warsaw, Poland

Naples Campania Italy. Museo di Capodimonte is an art museum located in the Palace of Capodimonte, a grand Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy. The museum is the prime repository of Neapolitan painting and decorative art, with several important works from o

Saint Theclas cathedral, Tarragona, Spain. Detail of the high altarpiece, Catalan gothic, Pere Joan, 1434. St Thecla dragged away by an ox & the discovery of her arm.

Stephan Lochner / Twelfth Night Altar-p.

The Rape of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Baroque marble sculpture in Galleria Borghese. Rome, Italy - 28 December 2023: The Rape of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1622. Baroque marble sculpture in Galleria Borghese. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaoloxGallox 21601342

St. Agnes is Received into Heaven. Date/Period: After 1689. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 994 mm (39.13 in); Width: 999 mm (39.33 in). Author: Giovanni Battista Gaulli.

France, Corsica, Ajaccio, town hall, Salon Napoleonien, Napoleon Salon, painting of Napoleon

Flat of Sophie Charlotte, red damask chamber, old palace, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Ceiling painting Apotheosis of Hercules by Francois Lemoyne, Hercules Hall, Chateau de Versailles, Yvelines Department, Ile-de-France Region, France, Europe

Painting of Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando by Edgar Degas dated 1879

Electrotype copy cast of the door of the Baptistery, Florence by Lorenzo Ghiberti originally made between 1425 and 1452.

A Family beside the Tomb of Prince William I in the Nieuwe Kerk, Delft by Dirck van Delen (1604-1671) oil on panel, 1645. The tomb of William of Orange became a much-visited attraction from the moment it was completed in 1621. People like this family - a father, mother and two sons, all dressed in restrained, decorous black - even had painters immortalized them standing next to the monument as evidence of their solidarity with the Father of the Fatherland.

Mosaic Portraits from the Kensington Valhalla (circa 1862) Victoria and Albert Museum in central London in the United Kingdom.

Architecture, painting and sculpture (architecture is sitting the square by hand, on its knees draws the sculpture ...) Henri Lehmann (1814-1882). Architecture, painting and sculpture (the architecture is sitting the square by hand, on its knees draws the sculpture ...). Charcoal and gouache. XIXth century.

Stuckornamente im Grossen Saal des Kulturzentrums Walhalla, Wiesbaden *** Stucco ornaments at Big ones Room of Cultural Center Valhalla, Wiesbaden 1074706381

Lisbon, Portugal. Antique Royal coaches used by the monarchy in Lisbon. (Editorial Use Only)

Detail showing a relief of King Louis XIV in the Sallon de guerre, Palace of Versailles. Versailles was a royal chateau in the Ile-de-France region of France. Versailles was the seat of political power in the Kingdom of France from 1682, when King Louis XIV moved the royal court from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789, within three months after the beginning of the French Revolution The Salon de la Guerre is a salon located north of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles

Portrait of Aesop (From: Aesop Fables - 'Medici Aesop') by Mariano di Jacopo del Buono (1433-1504)/ Cambridge University Library/ Between 1475 and 1500/ Italy, Florentine School/ Watercolour on parchment/ Renaissance/ Portrait

RENAISSANCE ART. MORALES, Luis (c.1510-1576). Spanish Renaissance painter. Raphaelite training. Altarpiece of Arroyo de la Luz, dating from 1565. Arroyo de la Luz. Caceres province. Extremadura. Spain.

Italy - Emilia Romagna Region - Fontanellato - Rocca di Sanvitale - Castle - Armory - Blue Limestone Fireplace - Pietra Serena, c 1570

The dome of the Scala Regia (main staircase) designed by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573) and frescoed by Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630) as seen from below, inside Villa Farnese, 1559-1575, Caprarola, Lazio, Italy.

'Westward', a mural painting by Edwin H. Blashfield at the Iowa State Capitol; Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America

Detail from the Vatican Museums, an immense collection of classical, renaissance masterpieces etc. Founded in the early 16th century by Pope Julius II they are considered to be some of the world's greatest museums. This image shows relief work.

Palace of the Grand Master. 16th-18th centuries. Residence of the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John. Detail of the frescoes of the Supreme Council Room by Matteo Perez de Aleccio (1547-1628) depicting The Great Siege of Malta by the Ottoman Empire in 1565. Valletta. Malta.

Choosing a paint swatch

A gallery in the Louvre, Paris, France, Historical, around 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Salon Francois I with painting The Three Graces by Van Loo, Italian cabinet of the 16th century, Chateau de Chenonceau, Chenonceau Castle, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre region, France, Europe

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