Historic Religious Artworks

A collection of ornate chapels, intricate altarpieces, and vibrant frescoes showcasing religious themes across various European locations and styles.

Mosaic of Christ in Majesty dating from the 13th century, Church of San Frediano, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Notre Dame de Sees Cathedral, Sees, Normandy, France. Ornate coloured chapel

RETABLO DE SAN ILDEFONSO - 1466 - GOTICO ESPAÑOL - ESTILO HISPANO-FLAMENCO. Author: FERNANDO GALLEGO. Location: CATEDRAL. Zamora. SPAIN.

St. ludovico church at the bretto village, camerata cornello, Italy

Mosaic of Christ in Majesty dating from the 13th century, Church of San Frediano, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Ahamra region, Azoa Maryam round church on the Zeghie peninsula in Lake Tana, Lake Tsana or Lake Dembea, mural painting, Ethiopia, Africa

Stories from the life of Jesus, frescoes in the Church of the Holy Spirit, 1609, Dragomirna Monastery, Mitocu Dragomirnei, Bukovina, Moldova, Romania, 17th century.

Frescoes Inside A Little Chapel Near Fervento Village. Sermenza Valley. Italy

Sucevița Monastery, Sucevița, Suceava County, Romania, Europe

Viboldone Abbey, frescoes of the Way of the Cross and the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus and four saints, circa 1350, Gothic, Giottesque school, San Giuliano Milanese, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Madonna with Child, Jesus in the sepulchre, Saint Christopher, frescoes on the cloister vaults, cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption and Saint Cassian, Brixen, Eisack Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 14th-16th century.

Life Of St. Francis-Upper Church-Northern Front 1253 Giotto (ca.1266-1337 Italian) Church of San Francesco, Assisi, Italy

Scrovegni Chapel or Arena Chapel with frescoes by Giotto di Bondone, Padua, Province of Padua, Italy, Europe

Inside Visoki Decani Serbian orthodox monastery church, Kosovo

The Last Judgment, by Turone, 1360, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Veneto: Verona: Sant'Anastasia church: chancel area. Whole artwork. The Last Judgment/Doomsday mandorla Jesus Christ Glory angels bugles Virgin Mary Madonna St John the Baptist Cross archangels groups blessed souls demons damned/lost souls blue

Mosaics inside Monreale Cathedral, Monreale, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Italy, Umbria, Spello, S. Maria Maggiore church, the Baglioni Chapel, ornated by frescos of Pinturicchio

Fresco in Deir Qannoubine monastery church in the Qadisha (Kadisha) Holy Valley in Nortern Lebanon.

Frescos cristianos.Iglesia rupestre Çarikli Kilise.Museo al aire libre.Göreme.Capadocia.Anatolia.Turquia.

Fresco Christmas, Birth of Christ, Portal, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Giovanni Battista, La Cattedrale di Aosta, Aosta, Valle d'Aosta, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, Europe

Gavelli, fraz. di Sant'Anatolia di Narco (Italia, Umbria, Valnerina. - provincia di Perugia), chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo. Zona absidale ciclo di affreschi di Giovanni di Pietro, detto Lo Spagna, Incoronazione della Vergine (catino absidale), i SS. Pietro e Paolo, San Michele Arcangelo, il Miracolo del Gargano (tamburo)

Virgin whit Child Virgin whit Child, 15th century, Cappella della Madonna della Clemenza, Pantheon of Agrippa, 126 b.C. Roma, Lazio, Italia Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21354592

RETABLO DE SAN BARTOLOME - 1504 - OLEO/TABLA. Author: ANONIMO SEVILLANO. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. SAN BARTOLOME APOSTOL / NATAEL / NATANAEL.

Militant and Triumphant Church by Andrea di Bonaiuto, Spanish Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europ...

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

Capella delle Rose, Frescoes by Tiberio d'Assisi, 1512, Renaissance, Convent San Fortunato, Montefalco, Province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy, Europe

Italy, Pisa. The Camposanto Monumentale cemetery

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

Franciscan Church of Santa Croce, Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, Florence, Gilded altar with religious paintings and icons in a church, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The votive chapel of Saint Patrick, sanctuary of Saint Patrick, Colzate, Lombardy, Italy, 13th century.

The Last Supper, by Unknown, 13th Century, fresco. Italy, Lombardy, Mantua, Santa Maria del Gradaro Church. Whole artwork. Fresco Last Supper Apostles halos: aureoles laid table dishes glasses bowls food crockery fish tablecloth stylized drapery: draping creases decorative kneeling character decorative frame: cornice tondos crosses bird.

Fresco, Nativity Church, Rila Monastery, Bulgaria

GIROLA - DETALLE DEL RETABLO DEL DESCENDIMIENTO. Location: CATEDRAL DE SAN SALVADOR-INTERIOR. Oviedo. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

Volterra Tuscany Italy. Church of San Francesco. Frescos in the Chapel of the Daily Cross Volterra Tuscany Italy. Church of San Francesco. Frescos in the Chapel of the Daily Cross Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarcoxBriviox 21890510

Benedictine Monastery famous for frescoes in cloisters depicting the life of St. Benedict, Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Saint Troica, Saint Trinity, Holy Trinity, Svete Trojice, Orthodox Church, Budva, Montenegro, Former Yugoslavia. Paintings and incense burner

Emperor Frederick III with portrait-like features and Styrian ducal hat, depicted as Saint Christopher, fresco in Graz Cathedral, Graz, Styria, Austria, Europe

Fresco, Nativity Church, Rila Monastery, Bulgaria

The Holy Crib, 15th century fresco in the Church of St Francis, Amatrice. Italy, 15th century.

Retablo procedente de la Iglesia de la Purísima Sangre de Alcover (Església de la Puríssima Sang de Santa Maria d'Alcover), 1375. Museu Diocesà de Tarragona.

Ceiling fresco of St. George and St. John the Baptist and Margaretha and God the Father and Francis of Maestro di Selva in the church of Santa Maria in Selva in Locarno Ceiling fresco of St. John the Baptist and Margaretha and God the Father and Francis of Maestro di Selva in the church of Santa Maria in Selva in Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland, Europe

Italian Renaissance Donato Montorfano 1460 - 1502. Crucifixion . 1495. fresco cm 455 x 810.

Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Umbria, Italy. Lower church frescoes.

Ascension of Christ, Fresco by Andrea di Bonaiuto, Spanish Chapel in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Ascension of Christ, Fresco by Andrea di Bonaiuto, Spanish Chapel in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20713477

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

The tree grew and was made into a bridge, in front of which the Queen of Sheba kneels, then Solomon has the wood removed and sinks it, fresco by Agnolo Gaddi in Basilica di Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy The tree grew and was made into a bridge, in front of which the Queen of Sheba kneels, then Solomon has the wood removed and sinks it, fresco by Agnolo Gaddi in Basilica di Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20253764

Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia. Crypt of the frescoes 12th century. Madonna and Saints. Italy.

Mural, Vank (Armenian) Cathedral, Isfahan, Iran, Middle East

Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Holy Ghost Hospital, church interior, fresco and altar

The gothic cloister at the Brixen Cathedral (also Bressanone or Persenon), a masterpiece of gothic painting. South Tyrol, Italy. (Large format sizes available)

Sacristy of the parish church Iglesia Santa Maria, Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Our Lady of Grace and Saint Vincent, Francesc Comes, 1400-1410, tempera on panel, convent of Santo Domingo, Museu de Mallorca, Palma, Majorca, Spain.

The Last Judgment. Fresco of the Saint Sophia Cathedral, Vologda, Ancient Russian frescos

The Presentation of the Virgin, by Verona Artist, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Veneto: Verona: San Zeno Maggiore basilica. Whole artwork. Various patron saints including St Zenus and St Jerome presenting the abbot Cappelli and his monks to the Virgin enthroned among maids

Fresco, Monastery Church, Suceava, South Bukovina, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Moldavia, Frescoes, Europe

Armenian Apostolic Church, murals depicting scenes from the Old and New Testaments, Vank Cathedral, Jolfa or New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran, Asia

The hamlet of Bad Dreikirchen grew up around three Gothic chapels built together and belongs to the municipality of Barbian in the Eisack Valley, South Tyrol, Italy. In pre-Christian times, there was a pagan spring sanctuary on this site. The oldest and largest of the churches, St. Gertraud (dedicated to Gertrud of Nivelles) was first mentioned in a document in 1237. The other two churches, St. Nicholas and St. Anthony are attested for 1422 and were built parallel to the others, The small villa

city of Jerusalem, the interiors of Christian churches. Jerusalem, Israel - May 23, 2013: The city of Jerusalem, the interiors of Christian churches. The interior of buildings, frescoes and decorative elements. Copyright: xZoonar.com/DmitryixBogdanovx 14089298

ABSIDE CON PINTURAS ROMANICAS PROCEDENTES DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN JULIAN Y SANTA BASILISA DE BAGÜES (ZARAGOZA) - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ARAGONES. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. Jaca. HUESCA. SPAIN.

Crucifixion with St Roch and St Sebastian, fresco under the portico of St Roch church, Belluno, Veneto, Italy, 16th century.

RETABLO EN AZULEJERIA DE SAN ANTONIO. Location: BASILICA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL PRADO. TALAVERA DE LA REINA. Toledo. SPAIN.

Saint Sophia The Wisdom of God. Date/Period: 1700. Author: UNKNOWN.

Madonna and Child, votive shrine in Molveno, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

Catholic Christianity, ornate ceiling paintings, frescoes, St. Benedict of Bursia, St. Benedict's Abbey, Monastery of San Benedetto, Sacro Speco, Sacred Grotto, Subiaco, Lazio, Italy, Southern Europe, Europe

Mother Throne of God with Saints Bernardine, Hieronymus, Francis and Clare, fresco by Tiberio d'Assisi, Memorial of Saints Francis and Clare, San Damiano, Assisi, Province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy, Europe

View Of A Fresco In The Interior Of The Siena Cathedral Di Santa Maria, Better Known As The Duomo, In Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Europe, England. The Ascension. St. Ethelwold's Benedictional, 10th cent.

Retable de Saint Nicolas, Louis Brea, 1500, Notre-Dame-Immaculee Cathedral, Monaco-Ville, Monaco, Cote d'Azur, Europe

Christ Carrying the Cross, detail from Passion and Resurrection of Christ, fresco by Andrea Di Bonaiuto, Spanish Chapel in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Christ Carrying the Cross, detail from Passion and Resurrection of Christ, fresco by Andrea Di Bonaiuto, Spanish Chapel in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20716257

Fresco, Frescoes, St. George Church, Suceava, South Bukovina, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Moldova, Europe

Georgia, Mtskheta. Spiritual town where Christianity was established in 327 AD, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral and frescoes.

The Natha Devale is the oldest building in Kandy and dates to the 14th century CE. The shrine has always been associated with Kandyan royalty and was built by King Vikramabahu III (r. 1357 - 1374). Kandy is Sri Lanka's second biggest city with a population of around 170,000 and is the cultural centre of the whole island. For about two centuries (until 1815) it was the capital of Sri Lanka.

Mosaic of St Paul and St Peter in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 5th century. Artist: Unknown

Czech Republic. Prague. St. Vitus Cathedral. The Golden Gate. The Mosaic of the Last Judgement (1372), by Niccoletto Semitecolo, Italian painter of the early-Renaissance. 14th century. Castle complex.

The monastery of Horezu (Hurezi, Horez) in Romania is listed as UNESCO world heritage. Romania.

Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Sant'Eustorgio Basilica, San Martino chapel

Istanbul, , Turkey, Chora Church, frescoes, Kariye Mosque, travel, Europe, monument, mosaics, interior, Landmark, historic

Mosaics, interior of San Vitale Church, Ravenna, Emilia Romagna/Adriatic, Italy, Europe

St Francis of Assisi and the birds. Assisi- Fresco of the life of St Francis . By Giotto. ITALY.

RETABLO DE FRAY BONIFACIO FERRER -1396-1398 - PROCEDENTE DE LA CARTUJA DE PORTACELI - TEMPLE SOBRE MADERA. Author: JAUME FERRER BASSA (1285-1348). Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-COLEGIO PIO V. Valencia. SPANIEN.

Italy, Monte Oliveto Abbey, Abbazia di Monti Olivieti Maggiore, the cloister with the frescoes by Luca Signorelli and Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, called Sodoma, Renaissance fresco cycles, Come Florenzo manda male femmine al monastero, Florenzius lets joyful girls dance in front of the monastery, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

RETABLO MAYOR DE LA CATEDRAL DE SALAMANCA - SIGLO XV - GOTICO ITALIANO. Author: FLORENTINO NICOLAS O DELLI NICOLO. Location: CATEDRAL VIEJA. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

RETABLO MAYOR DE LA CATEDRAL DE AVILA - SIGLO XV-XVI. Author: PEDRO BERRUGUETE. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. AVILA. SPAIN.

Monreale Cathedral near Palermo

The Romanic little church of Sankt Prokulus (San Procolo) near Naturns (naturno) in valley Vinschgau (Val venosta) is an unique church in the whole European alps and dates back in its origins to very early Romanic times. South Tyrol, Italy.

painting on ceiling of cloister at cathedral of Brixen, cross-coat, ribbed vault, Gothik, Brixen, valley of Eisack, South Tyrol, Italy

Altarpiece of the Holy Trinity, temple painting on table, 15th century, church of the monastery of San Pedro, 11th-12th centuries, Siresa, valley of Hecho, Huesca, Spain.

Cloister with frescoes, Augustinian canons' monastery, Neustift monastery, also monastery, Vahrn near Brixen, Bressanone, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Painted murals at Sucevita Monastery, a gothic church listed in the UNESCO 'painted churches of northern Moldavia', Bukovina, Romania

Coronation of Charlemagne by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day in the year 800, Stanze des Brandes, Stanza dell Incendio, Stanzas of Raphael, Stanze di Raffaelo, fresco by Faffaelo Santi, assistant Giulio Romano, 1514- 1517, Vatican Museums, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Latium, Italy, Europe

PINTURAS ROMANICAS CON LA VIDA DE JESUS PROCEDENTES DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN JULIAN Y SANTA BASILISA DE BAGÜES (ZARAGOZA) - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ARAGONES. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. Jaca. HUESCA. SPAIN.

RETABLO MURAL DE LA CAPILLA DE SAN MIGUEL DONDE SE REPRESENTA LA VIDA DE LA VIRGEN Y JESUS - 1346 - GOTICO CATALAN - FRESCO AL OLEO. Author: JAUME FERRER BASSA (1285-1348). Location: MONASTERIO DE PEDRALBES-INTERIOR. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Frescoes: Tree of Life of Jesus Christ in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Fresco on the wall of Mulkirigala cave in Sri Lanka

Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Umbria, Italy. Upper church. The legend of Saint Francis, attributed to Giotto.

Spain,Barcelona,Barcelona Cathedral,Altarpiece of Saint Sebastian and Saint Tecla by Huguet Family 1498

Angels Heralding Plenty Fresco Detail ; Church Of St. Francis Of Assisi ; Built In 1521 A.D. ; UNESCO World Heritage Site ; Old Goa ; Velha Goa ; India

Spain. Aragon. Sos del Rey Catolico. Crypt of Church of St. Maria del Perdon. 14th century. Church of San Esteban. Mural. Coronation of the Virgin Mary.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosario church, interior view, Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, United States. San Jose Mission church, interior with historically significant retablo. (PR)

Israel, Jerusalem District, Ein Karem. Church of the Visitation exterior.

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