Historical Frescoes

Ancient murals and frescoes portraying figures in various narratives, with vivid details capturing emotions and interactions from historical contexts.

Frescoes from the Boscoreale Villa, Italy, Naples, Neapolitan National Archeological Museum

Distressed man from Sant Climent de Taüll. Date/Period: Ca. 1123. Mural painting. Fresco transferred to canvas. Height: 1,437 mm (56.57 in); Width: 1,180 mm (46.45 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

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

Romanesque art in the National Art Museum of Catalonia,Barcrelona,apses of Esterri de Cardós (second half twelfth century).

The Lovers meet in the Garden of the Chatelaine with a small dog as their pretext, Frescoes of the Legend of the Chatelaine of Viergy, Bedroom of the Landlady, Palazzo Davanzati, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

mural paintings of Ruesta mural paintings of Ruesta, 12th century, fresco torn and transferred to canvas, come from the church of San juan bautista in Ruesta, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21846623

Frescoes behind St Michael's altar, left transept in Cremona cathedral, Cremona, Lombardy. Italy, 14th century.

Italy. Herculaneum. Ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 AD. Atrium of the House of Neptune and Amphitrite. 1st century. Mosaic wall of sea god Neptune with trident and his wife Amphitrite. Campania.

Frescoes on the Cathedral of Bressanone, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

BOVEDA LATERAL-PAREJA-S XV-EPOCA NAZARI-PINTURA CRISTIANA SOBRE CUERO. Location: ALHAMBRA-SALA DE LOS REYES. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Frescoes on the castle, arco di trento, Italy

Frescoes from the Boscoreale Villa, Italy, Naples, Neapolitan National Archeological Museum

St Eligius (or St Eloy) Shoeing the Horse, by Master of the Tree of Life, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Bergamo: Santa Maria Assunta Church. Detail. St Eligius shoeing the horse saddle white yellow blue orange horseshoe

fresco románico del muro sur, Ermita de San Miguel, siglo VII, construida durante el reinado visigodo de Wamba, Gormaz, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.

Stuttgart-Hedelfingen, Old Church/ Fresco on the south wall, Prasser in Hell

Sky of Salamanca painting in the Escuelas Menores, Salamanca, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Castile and Leon, Spain, Europe

Italy - Tuscany region - Siena - The Palazzo Pubblico (Town Hall), Hall of the Nine (also known as Sala della Pace). Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1319-1347), Effects of Good and Bad Government on Town and Country. Allegory of Good Government (1337-1343). Fresco detail

Annunciation of the Virgin, facade of the Mazzanti House decorated with frescoes in Verona, Italy Annunciation of the Virgin, facade of the Mazzanti House decorated with frescoes in Verona, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20623039

Roman fresco depicting the entrance to a shrine with a tholos on a podium, with a statue of Venus Anadiomena (Venus coming out of the water) to which two women bring offerings of flowers. On both sides, fishes and partridges and, at the top, a theatrical mask and another of a satyr. Cubiculum. North wall. Pompeian House VI. 1st century BC. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Sogdia. Pre-Islamic Central Asia. Mural Painting "Rustemiada". Blue Hall. Wall painting. Detail. Glue colour on dry loess plaster. First half of the 8th C. Penjikent, Tajikistan. Sector VI. Chamber 41. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Gothic art. 15th C. Outline of the Barcelona Cathedral door by Master Carli (Carles Galtes de Ruan). Capitular archive. Barcelona. Spain.

POMPEII, ITALY, MAY 04, 2022, Scenicwall painting in an ancient Roman villa in Pompeii, Italy, Europe

Cells with graffiti of the prisoners, Chiaramonte Steri Palace, in the 17th century meeting place of the court of the Holy Inquisition, Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Fresco by Jesus from the 16th century, St. Egidien Church, Beerbach, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

INTERIOR-PINTURAS MURALES GOTICAS - HACIA 1300. Location: SAN MIGUEL DE FOCES. Ibieca. SPAIN.

Charles I, Duke dÇAnjou (1226-1285). King of Sicily and Naples (1266-1285) and King of Hungary (1308-1342). Charles I receiving a vassal. This painting belongs to a series which depicts Charles of Anjou's conquest of Sicily. Romanesque art. Fresco. FRANCE. Pernes-les-Fontaines. Tour Ferrande.

Mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale (Roman Villa) in Piazza Armerina Sicily Italy

Painting depicting the Apocalypse, St. Savin Abbey, Saint_Savin_sur_Gartempe, Vienne, France, Europe

Detalle de los frescos de Sant Quirze de Pedret, siglos XI/XII.

Mosaic at the Mizgaga Museum in Kibbutz Nahsholim

DAMA ASOMADA AL BALCON-BOVEDA LATERAL-ESCENAS CABALLERESCAS/LEGENDARIAS-S XV-EPOCA NAZARI. Location: ALHAMBRA-SALA DE LOS REYES. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Achilles ambushing Troilus, fresco, detail, Tomb of the Bulls, Necropolis of Tarquinia (Unesco World Heritage List, 2004), Lazio, Italy. Etruscan civilisation, 6th century BC.

Roman fresco depicting Eros carried by Peitho, the persuasion, before Anteros and Venus. 1st century AD. House of Punished Love. Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Effects of Bad Government in the City, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1339, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Tuscany: Siena: Palazzo Pubblico: Sala della Pace. Detail. Vandals damaging a building arches terrace loggia/balcony bar

Oratorio di San Pellegrino, interior, frescoed walls, close-up, Bominaco, province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo region, Italy, Europe

Fresco in the cloister of the Cosmati of the Abbey of Saint Scholastica, Subiaco, Lazio, Italy, 6th-14th century.

France, Normandy, Basse normandie, calvados, Saint-Germain-de-Livet castle, painting from 16th century

Italy, Napoli, San Giovanni in Fonte, Evangelist, early Christian mosaic, 5th century

POMPEII, ITALY, MAY 04, 2022, Scenic ancient frescoes in a room of a Pompeiian villa, Southern Italy

THE MACABRE DANCE - 1451 - FRESCO. Location: CLUSONE. BERGAMO. ITALIA.

DETALLE DE LA ESCENA DE BAÑO CON LA FIGURA FEMENINA PROTAGONISTA POSIBLEMENTE LA ESPOSA DEL CALIFA - FRESCO OMEYA - SIGLO VIII. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

Stories of the Genesis of Creation of the Animals and Creation of Adam, by Paolo di Dono know as Paolo Uccello, 1430, 15th Century, fresco transferred to canvas. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Santa Maria Novella Basilica. Detail. Creation of Adam God Almighty raises Adam the first man from earth mountains.

Mural paintings Mural paintings, funeral courtship, church of our Lord of the Assumption, Alaitza, Álava, Spain, Europe

Wall painting from Pompeii. 1st century AD.

Altar frontal depicting scenes from the life of Saint Martin of Tours. Detail. Romanesque style. Lleida workshop. Polychromed board. Santa Maria de Palau de Rialb (Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain). Last third of the 13th century. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.

Romanesque mural of Sant Pau de Casserres, The Resurrection (Final Judgment), 13th century. Museum: Museu Diocesà i Comarcal de Solsona.

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

Monteleone di Fermo (Italia, Marche - provincia di Fermo) chiesa della Misericordia. Controfacciata, pittore marchigiano ambito Vincenzo Pagani e bottega, San Maro, affresco, XVI secolo

Wall paintings in the church of Jenzat village, Allier department, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe

Decorative fresco, 1650, by Giovanni Stefano Montalto (1608-1689), Music room, Landriano Castle, belonged to the Taverna family, Lombardy. Italy, 17th century. Detail.

Fresco, Coronation of the Virgin, called Paradise, Guariento di Apro, 1365-66, Doge's Palace, San Marco district, Venice, Veneto region, Italy, Europe

Frescoes on the castle, arco di trento, Italy

painted fresco from a house, in the Roman city, Barcelona, Spain. 4th Century AD

Egypt, Amarna, Tell el-Amarna, Necropolis, Tomb of Merire, relief detail

the flagellation, gothic mural painting, 14th century, master of Gallipienzo, from the apse of the church of Gallipienzo, Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra,Spain.

Painting titled 'La La at the Circus Fernando' by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) a French artist and sculptor. Dated 19th Century

Stabia, Italy, Vibrant frescos of the archaeological Roman sight Villa S. Marco in Stabia, Southern Italy

Beautiful wall paintings in the Necropolis of Tarchuna, Unesco world heritage site Tarquinia, Italy, Europe

Italy, Sicily, Palermo, Palatine Chapel Mosaic Mural commissioned by Norman King Roger II and completed in the 12th Century

Frescoed room, 1650, left wing, Landriano Castle, belonged to the Taverna family, Lombardy. Italy, 17th century.

Old frescoes in the Quseir Amra castle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

Roman civilization, resco portraying baker, from Pompeii

Museum of schifanoia palace: hall of the months, ferrara, italy

Istanbul Byzantine frescoes at the Kariye museum

Frescoes, wall paintings, bathhouse, desert castle Qasr Amra or Qusaie Amra, Red Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Asia

Healing of the Paralytic / Illumination

Fresco depicting Saint Mercurius on horseback. Detail. From entrance porch, Faras Cathedral (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum, Warsaw, Poland.

Roman painting. Thetis, whose image is reflected in the shield, look carefully at the golden armour that Hephaestus has made for Achilles. Pompeii (IX, 1,7). Italy.

Italy. Tuscany. Siena. Cathedral. Crypt. Fresco. Christ.

Mural paintings Mural paintings, pilgrims, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Alaitza, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21313799

India, Rajasthan, Fatehpur, Wall Painting Of Lakshmi With Attendant Elephants Inside The Nand Lal Devra Haveli

Syria, Damascus, Old Town, Umayyad Mosque, Inner Courtyard, Built In 705 A.D., Mosaic, Detail

Paintings of Conquest of Majorca, 1285-90. Palace Berenguer Aguilar, Barcelona. Militar camp during the conquest. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain. Author: Master of the Conquest of Majorca.

AZULEJO FRISO ALTO DEL PORTICO. Location: BASILICA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL PRADO. TALAVERA DE LA REINA. Toledo. SPAIN.

Roman fresco, unique replica of the myth of Marsias, represented in continuous narrative. Athena, seated, plays the double flute, while a nymph shows her a mirror. To the left, Marsias observes the scene from a rock. In the center, he submits to the punishment of Apollo, surrounded by Muses. First imperial era. Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Ancient Roman fresco with rural scene, 1st Century

CESTA CON UVAS - DETALLE DE LA BOVEDA OCCIDENTAL DEL GRAN SALON DEL CASTILLO DE QUSEIR AMRA - FRESCO OMEYA - SIGLO VIII. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

Stories of Genesis, bas-reliefs by Lorenzo Maitani (before 1275-1330), first pillar, facade of Orvieto cathedral, Umbria, Italy, 13th-14th century.

Falconara Marittima, località Castelferretti (Italia, Marche - provincia di Ancona), chiesa di Santa Maria della Misericordia. Parete di fondo, Madonna della Misericordia (dettaglio), affreschi metà del XV secolo (1450-55), Maestro di Castelferretti (Giambono di Corrado da Ragusa)

Coptic fresco in Karnak Temple, Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, Africa

Minoan civilization. Knossos Palace. Bronze Age. Cupbearer. Fragment of the Procession Fresco, Grand Staircase of Knossos Palace, 1500-1400 BC. New-Palatial period. Crete. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. Crete, Greece.

Fresco from the House of Venus, Pompeii, a large Roman town destroyed in 79AD by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, Campania, Italy...

Beam of the Passion, 1192-1220, Tempera on wood. Museum: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART DE CATALUNYA.

Martyrdom of St Sebastian, 1550-1560, fresco by Giovanni Todisco, Church of St Francis, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy, 16th century.

Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts, Plovdiv Bulgaria. Paintings on wall

Wall in the Tomb of the Augurs (Tomba degli Auguri) at Tarquinia, Italy, (1928). Etruscan burial chamber, '1st Half of 6th Century B.C...Wailing men on each side of the tomb door.' After a water-colour by L. Cartocci. Plate XX, fig 56, from "An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century" with explanatory text by Helmuth Bossert. Ernst Wasmuth Ltd., Berlin, 1928

Resurrection and Angels Flying, by Andrea di Bartolo di Simone known as Andrea del Castagno, 1445 - 1450, 15th Century, fresco torn down and repositioned in situ. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, former St Apollonia Convent. Detail. The risen Christ flag with the cross sarcophagus sleeping soldiers angels azure: light blue angels in the upper part of the fresco.

Seated Musician 16th-17th century. Seated Musician. 16th-17th century. Fresco. Made in Iran, Isfahan. Paintings

OPLONTIS, ITALY, MAY 03, 2022, Scenic frescos on the wall of famous Villa Oplontis, ancient Roman villa and world heritage sight, Southern Italy

married couple attended by a servant; from an ancient Roman fresco at the Casa Della Farnesina; Rome; 1st century BC

Italy. Ravenna. San Vitale. Byzantine Roman mosaics. 6th century. Inside.

Frontal de Sant Jaume de Frontanyà, siglo XIV. Museu Diocesà i Comarcal de Solsona.

Urbania (Italia, Marche - provincia di Pesaro-Urbino), Oratorio del Corpus Domini. Raffellino del Colle, ciclo di affreschi nelle lunette con Sibille alternate a Profeti (parete sinistra)

wall paintings of Osia, XIII century, fresco torn and transferred to canvas, come from the hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Osia, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

The Magical Rite Artist Unknown (Italian) Fresco Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, Italy

Decoration of Villa d'Adda Borromeo in Settimo Milanese, by Luini Aurelio, 1560, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Milan: Settimo Milanese: Villa Borromeo d'Adda. Detail. Frescoed vault phytomorphic/plant motifs grotesques Allegory of Water

wall painting, 12th century, church of Sant Joan de Bellcaire, Baix Emporda, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Medieval fresco, woman playing board games, chess, Arco castle ruins, Castello di Arco, Arch, Trento province, Trentino, Italy, Europe

Seville, 07/24/2023. Report on the hidden Alcázar of Seville. Baths of Doña María de Padilla. A fresco painted sign of the zodiac. Photo: Raúl Doblado. ARCHSEV.

Italy, Parma. Details of frescoed ceiling in the Parma Cathedral.

Frescoes by Indigenous Artists, 16th century, Casa del Dean, 1580, Oldest House in Puebla, Historic Center, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Puebla City, Puebla State, Mexico, North America

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