Historic Religious Frescoes

Frescoes depicting religious figures from various cultures and eras, showcasing intricate artistry and historical significance in sacred spaces.

Prophet Elijah / Russian Icon

Republic of Albania. Moscopole. Frescoes at the exonarthex of Saint Nicholas Church. 18th century. By brothers Kostandin and Athanas Zografi.

Bulgaria - Veliko Tarnovo - Preobrazenski Monastery (Transfiguration Monastery), interior. Church fresco

Saint John the Evangelist ca. 1320 Segna di Buonaventura Italian This is the best-preserved panel of a signed altarpiece by Segna of which three other panels are also in the Metropolitan Museum. Although Segnas art is dependent on the work of Duccio, his figures have a regal, hieratic formality. His ascetic, harshly featured saints consciously evoke a more archaic art, and he notably retained the Byzantine use of gold striations on draperies—emblematic of the sacred world of icons. For more information about this painting, including a reconstruction of the altarpiece, visit metmuseum.org.. Saint John the Evangelist. Segna di Buonaventura (Italian, active Siena by 1298-died 1326/31). ca. 1320. Tempera on wood, gold ground. Paintings

Prophet Elijah Ca. 1700 Artist Unknown (Russian) Icon Private Collection, Germany

San Clemente Basilica. Apostle with halo holding scroll, wall fresco. Medieval Christian art.

Prophet Elijah / Russian Icon

San Pedro, Peter, saint, key, walking, mural, church Cerro de San Cristobal, Santiago de Chile, Chile, South America

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

Byzantine icon of St. Anthony. It comes from the door of the sanctuary of the Church of St. Constantine Kipon ton. Second half of the 16th century. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands.

Master of Rubio. Altarpiece of Anthony the Abbot, 1360-1375. Detail. Unknown provenance. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Saint Cyril of Alexandria. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Blessing Christ (icon) unknown

Holy Gracanica Monastery, Church of the Assumption, of the Serbian Orthodox Church, is a threatened UNESCO world heritage site in Kosovo, Serbia.

Religious icons in St Barnabas Monastery (Apostolos Varnavas Monastery) Present buildings date from 1756 (built on the original Byzantine foundations of 477AD ) Built by the tomb of the Apostle Barnabas (killed in 57AD)

Bulgaria - Rhodope Mountains. Bachkovo Monastery, Cathedral Church of the Virgin Mary (1604). Fresco

Holy Gracanica Monastery, Church of the Assumption, of the Serbian Orthodox Church, is a threatened UNESCO world heritage site in Kosovo, Serbia.

The fresco of young Saint Simeon, King`s Church in Studenica, Serbia. XIII Century Anon.

Saint Peter mid-14th century Follower of Lippo Memmi (Italian, Sienese, active mid-14th century) Italian. Saint Peter. Follower of Lippo Memmi (Italian, Sienese, active mid-14th century). Italian, Siena. mid-14th century. Tempera on wood, gold ground. Paintings

Saint Nahum of Ohrid.

Saint Andrew Artist Unknown Tempera on wood Museo Civico Correr, Venice, Italy

Holy Gracanica Monastery, Church of the Assumption, Serbian Orthodox Church, is a threatened UNESCO world heritage site in Kosovo, Serbia. - May not be used in defamation towards Serbians

Mosaic with Prophet Jeremiah by anonymous artist, mosaic, Italy, Venice, Saint Mark's Basilica

Icon with Jesus Christ by anonymous artist, tempera on panel, 16th century, Russia, Moscow, State A. Rublyov Museum of Ancient Russian Art, 137x97

Engaged molding on a polyptych panel. Artist: Siena. Culture: Italian, Siena. Dimensions: Overall, 47.6 x 27.8 cm; sight, 39.6 x 21.6; engaged.. Date: ca. 1345.Philip Lehman acquired this "Saint Peter" and 1975.1.14b,"Saint Mary Magdelene", within two years of each other, in 1916 and 1918. By then, the tops had already been altered and the replacements interpreted in different ways. The triangular gables remian on four other panels from the same polyptych in the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena. The "Saint John the Baptist" in Siena, along with the two Lehman panels, formed the right side of the altarpiece, and the Siena "Saint Catherine of Alexandria", "Saint Paul", and "Saint John the Evangelist", the left side. The central panel has not been identified. The seven-lobed lancet arch on this panel and 1975.1.14b, a more complicated design than on 1975.1.10b, creates a sense of depth.The angle of the overhanging cusps describes the perspective of Saint Peter's neck and his keys and book. Mu

The Prophet Jeremiah (Detail of Interior Mosaics in the St. Mark's Basilica) by Byzantine Master / Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice/ 12th century/ Byzantium/ Mosaic/ Gothic/ Bible

Saint John the Evangelist by Segna di Buonaventura; Tempera on wood; Gold ground; 1320s

Grifo di Tancredi, Saint Peter, c 1310 Saint Peter

Przeszoc Przyszoci unknown

Close-up of a mural of a saint on a wall, John the Evangelist, Patmos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece

Holy Gracanica Monastery, Church of the Assumption, of the Serbian Orthodox Church, is a threatened UNESCO world heritage site in Kosovo, Serbia.

Filippo neri

The icon in the interpretation: Saint. Mikołaj Miracle worker; Unknown Russian workshop (1700-1970); 19th century (1800-00-00-1880-00-00);

Jesus wall painting in the Kykkos monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus, Europe

Doctor of the Church, by Unknown artist, 15th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Varese: Santo Stefano church: vault. Detail. Doctor of the Church yellow red old beard

The Doctors of the Church, by Master of the Four Elements, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Lodi: San Francesco church. Detail. St Gregory circle stars gold blue mantle/cloak aureole/halo miter

Gospel Writer Mark Mosaic Saint George's Greek Orthodox Church, Madaba, Jordan. Church was created in the late 1800's and houses many famous mosaics

Turkey. Istanbul. St. Salvatore in Chora Church. among the most precious mosaics of Byzantium in the world. (Photo by: Federico Meneghetti/REDA&CO/UIG)

Paul the Apostle

The Apostle Paul / Russian Icon / C16th

Saint George by unknown painter, tempera on panel, 13th century, Novgorod School, Russia, St Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 108x67,5

Moses ca. 1408-10 Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) Italian These four Old Testament prophets are among the masterpieces of this leading late Gothic Florentine painter. Each figure holds an identifying attribute and strikes a rhetorical pose. Moses holds the tablets of the Ten Commandments; Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac prefigures that of Christ; David, holding a cither, is considered a direct ancestor of Christ; and Noah's ark prefigures the Church. These intense figures have reminded scholars of the sculpture of Donatello and Ghiberti. Were they arranged single file or superimposed in pairs; did they form an altarpiece or serve some other function We can’t say.. Moses. Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florence () ca. 1370-1425 Florence ()). ca. 1408-10. Tempera on wood, gold ground. Paintings

Apostle, Schonau Abbey, Germany Apostle, Schonau Abbey, Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21412812

St. Nicholas Novgorod, Russia 1294 Alexa Petrov (13th C.) Icon

John the Evangelist of Patmos said to be author of Fourth Gospel and Revelation, Byzantine 18th century

St. Peter, Vienna, Austria

Icon: Saint. Mikołaj Miracle worker; Unknown provincial workshop (1600-1970), unknown ancient workshop; horse. 19th century (1880-00-00-1900-00-00);

museo de los iconos, castillo Real, Sanok, voivodato de subcarpacia,,Polonia, eastern europe.

San Nicolas, Dobra, siglo XVII, museo de los iconos, castillo Real, Sanok, voivodato de subcarpacia,, Poland, Eastern Europe.

Saint Romuald possibly ca. 1320-30 Pseudo-Palmeruccio. Saint Romuald 437243

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Bominaco, S. Pellegrino, Oratory, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Colourful mosaic, Chora Museum, also known as Kariye Muzesi, Edirnekapi, Istanbul, Turkey

Saint Paul melkite (Greek catholic) cathedral, Harissa, Lebanon. St Basil icon

SAN NICOLAS - 2001 - ICONO - PINTURA AL TEMPLE SOBRE PAN DE ORO. Author: SAGRARIO MINGUEZ (1958-). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN NICOLAS DE BARI.

Byzantine icon, Egg tempera on wood,15th century, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 37x28

Saint Mosaic Saint George's Greek Orthodox Church, Madaba, Jordan. Church was created in the late 1800's and houses many famous mosaics

Church of St. Saviour of Chora. Saint Peter

Christ Pantocrator Christ Pantocrator, Lesko, 17th century, icon museum, Royal Castle, Sanok, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, Eastern Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartolomexBalaguerxRotgerx 23019525

Georgia, Kakheti. Religious art at the David Gareja Monastery.

Pilgrim kneeling before the Virgin, Annunciation Basilica, Nazareth, Galilee, Israel, Middle East

St. Gregory Dekapolite (ca. 762-842). Monk born in Irenopolis, one of the cities of the Decapolis of Isauria. He moved from the monastic life to the anchorite life, going on pilgrimage to various places until he died in Constantinople. Portrait. Fresco. 12th-13th centuries. From the Church of St. Nicholas in Melnik, Blagoevgrad region, Bulgaria. National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria.

Painting of St. Paul in Lome cathedral, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Wall painting of a Saint in heaven, 13th century. Artist: Unknown

The evangelists of Cappadocia Saint Gregory Nazianzus, St John Chrysostom, St Basil the Great, Byzantine 17th century

Christ Almighty, altarpiece in the Saint Lawrence church in Kleinostheim, Germany Christ Almighty, altarpiece in the Saint Lawrence church in Kleinostheim, Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20862826

Rezevici Monastery, medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery in the village of Katun Rezevic, on the Budvansca Rivijera near Petrovac, Montenegro, Petrovac, Montenegro, Europe

Istanbul, Turkey, May 20, 2013. Saint Paul of Tarsus mosaic in Chora Church on May 20, 2013. The Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora (Turkish Kariye Muzesi) (Kariye Camii) (or Kariye Kilisesi) (the Chora Museum) (Mosque or Church) is considered to be one o..., Asia

MACEDONIA, Ohrid. Sveti Kliment i Pantelejmon Church (new construction) on the shores of Lake Ohrid-Church Tower Detail

Portrait of St Francis, by the Master of St Francis (14th century).

Saint Anthony the Abbot, tempera and gold on panel, Francesc Comes, 14th century, Diocesan Museum, Cathedral of the Virgin of the Snows, 13th century, Ibiza, Spain.

San Jaime de Compostela, temple sobre tabla (s.XIV), Francesc Comes.Museo diocesano (Museu diocesà).Centro historico.Palma.Mallorca.Baleares.España.

Saint Shio of Mgvime by Greek icon / St. Demetrios Church, Pomona/ 1990s/ Greece/ Tempera on panel/ Icon Painting/ Bible

St John, dictating to his scribe about the Apocalypse on Patmos Island, 1837, Icon.

Griffoni Polyptych of St Peter, by Cossa Francesco del, 1470 - 1473, 15th Century, tempera and oil on panel. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera art gallery. Whole artwork. Compartment bottom left of Grifoni Polyptych. Detail. Three-quarters saint keys of the holy halo: aureole drapery: draping folds highlights cord red yellow black gold white holy book.

Portrait of Saint Gregory Palamas by Byzantine Master, Fresco, 1371, Byzantine Art Byzantium Bible, Greece, Athos, The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi

San Jaime de Compostela, temple sobre tabla (s.XIV), Francesc Comes.Museo diocesano (Museu diocesà).Centro historico.Palma.Mallorca.Baleares.España.

Bulgaria - Rila National Park. Monastery of Saint John of Rila (rebuilt 1816-1847, UNESCO World Heritage List, 1983). Main church of 'Virgin Mary's Nativity'. Fresco detail

Augustine of Hippo (Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, November 13, 354 - August 28, 430), also known as Augustine, St. Augustine, St. Austin, St. Augoustinos, Blessed Augustine, or St. Augustine the Blessed, was Bishop of Hippo Regius, the present-day Annaba, Algeria. He was a Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian who lived in the Roman Africa Province. His writings were very influential in the development of Western Christianity. In his early years Augustine was heavily influenced by Manichaeism and afterward by the Neo-Platonism of Plotinus. After his conversion to Christianity and baptism in 387, Augustine developed a new approach to philosophy and theology, accommodating a variety of methods and different perspectives. He believed that the grace of Christ was indispensable to human freedom, and he framed the concepts of original sin and just war.

Bulgaria, Rila, 'Fresco, Nativity Church, Rila Monastery.'

Saint Macarius of Unzha by Dikaryov, Mikhail Ivanovich (-nach 1917)/ Private Collection/ c. 1910/ Russia/ Tempera on panel/ Russian icon painting/ 31x25/ Bible

Panicale (Italy, Umbria, province of Perugia), Church of San Sebastiano. Perugino, Martyrdom of San Sebastiano, fresco, 1505. Detail

Byzantine Art. Pope Sylvester I (314-335). Mosaic in the Baptistery of St. Mark's Basilica, dating between XII-XIV centuries. Venice, Italy.

Italy - Apulia Region - Bari - Basilica of St. Nicholas - Triptych - Detail St. Nicholas

St Paul sends a letter to Timothy. Monreale Cathedral. 12/13th cent. mosaic. Sicily.

Religious painting in Sant'Antonio Abate Church in Castelsardo, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Saint Andrew, by Thomas Masaccio (1401-1428), tempera and gold leaf on wood panel, 45.1x30.8 cm.

SAINT MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST

Portrait of Saint Macarius by anonymous artist, painting, Private Collection, 31x25

Thi Nghe catholic Church. Stained glass window. Simon the Canaanean or Simon the Zealot. Ho Chi Minh city. Vietnam.

St Nicholas icon, Sinai, St Catherine's Monastery. Egypt.

Mosaic in St. John's Cloister, Chora, Patmos, Dodekanes, Greece, Europe

Icon: Saint. Mikołaj Miracle worker; Unknown Russian workshop (1700-1970); 1820 () (1820-00-00-1820-00-00);

Lluís Generes / Retablo mayor de Santa Maria d'Espirà de Conflent, 1663.

Detail from Saint Mark's Basilica (Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco). In Venice, Italy. Consecrated in 1650 AD. Internal walls of the Basilica, adorned with mosaics and paintings.

Greek Orthodox icon depicting King David, Thessalonica, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

Saint Dimitry, Metropolitan of Rostov by Vasnetsov, Viktor Mikhaylovich (1848-1926) / St Vladimir's Cathedral, Kiev / Russian Painting of 19th cen. / 1885-1896 / Russia / Fresco / Bible,History /

Romania, Transylvania, Sibiel, Zosim Oancea Icon Collection, Romania's largest collection of religious icons, glass icon detail

Paul the Apostle

Antoninus Pius, Titus Fulvus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, 86 AD 161 AD Antoninus, was Roman Emperor, The History of Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Saint Paul, ca 1625, fresco by Giovanni de Gregorio (1579 or 1580-1656), Chapel of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Brienza, Basilicata, Italy.

Christ Pantocrator, altarpiece from Ribes Valley, workshop of La Seo d'Urgell, 12th century, tempera on panel. Catalan Romanesque art. Detail.

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