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A collection of intricate murals and frescoes depicting allegories and scenes from history, featuring vibrant colors and classical themes.

Europe,Italy, Rome. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel
Europe,Italy, Rome. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel
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4409-22041
PINTURA MURAL DE LA BOVEDA DEL SALON DE SESIONES - 1850/53 - DETALLE - ALEGORIA DE LA EPOCA ROMANA. Author: RIBERA CARLOS LUIS. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
4409-17492450
Allegory of Volterra; to the bottom, view of Lucignano. Date/Period: 1556 - 1559. Painting. Fresco. Height: 240 mm (9.44 in); Width: 220 mm (8.66 in). Author: Giorgio Vasari.
6188-65565965
Mars holds the Medici coat of arms between putti fresco by Bernardino Poccetti Ospedale degli Innocenti - Exterior arcade, Florence, Italy Mars holds the Medici coat of arms between putti fresco by Bernardino Poccetti Ospedale degli Innocenti - Exterior arcade, Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20434959
1899-70729564
Abbey of Saints Nicola and Paolo Vi: Room with Frescoes. Rodengo Saiano. Italy
7220-71236617
Europe,Italy, Rome. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel
4409-50079353
Valencia, 02/04/2016. The frescoes of the church of San Nicolás, restored after three years of work, using the most advanced techniques. Photo: Mikel Ponce ARCHDC.
1558-14116281
Ceiling Painting in NYPL, New York Public Library
1850-28650196
Italy, Lombardy, Pavia, Ornately painted ceiling detail.
6145-29671993
Photo collection Government information service. Outside place. Ceiling painting with allegorical representations regarding nature. undated
1788-22043545
Glimpse of the central hall with frescoes, by Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani, Hunting residence (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1997), by Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736), Stupinigi, Piedmont, Italy, 18th century.
1848-50841701
Ceiling painting, Renaissance vault Antiquarium in the Munich Residence, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
1848-55210148
Staircase of Honour, ceiling painting: the Fall of Hell, by Giambattista Tiepolo, Palazzo Patriarcale, Dioezesan Museum with the Tiepolo Galleries, 16th century, Udine, most important historical city of Friuli, Italy, Udine, Friuli, Italy, Europe
4409-17242494
Constantine's Room (1517-1525), Vault, decorated by Tommaso Laureti, concluding in late 1585, allegory of the Triumph of the Christian religion, Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican City, Roma, Lazio, Italia.
1899-34024
Decoration of the Camera degli Sposi (Camera Picta), by Mantegna Andrea, 1465 - 1474, 15th Century, fresco and dry tempera. Italy: Lombardy: Mantua: Ducal Palace. Detail. Rhomboid lacunars ceiling of the vault with ribs in mock relief with a twisted ribbon motif. At the center Julius Caesar's bust
4409-25088
CREACION DE LA LUZ Y PROFETA JONAS REMATANDO EL JUICIO FINAL- FRESCOS DEL TECHO DE LA CAPILLA SIXTINA- 1508/1512. Author: Michelangelo. Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-CAPILLA SIXTINA. VATICANO. JONAH. DIOS PADRE.
4409-50079366
Valencia, 02/04/2016. The frescoes of the church of San Nicolás, restored after three years of work, using the most advanced techniques. Photo: Mikel Ponce ARCHDC.
1848-49667568
Decorated ceiling, golden fresco and ceiling painting, interior view, Doge's Palace, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
4042-2009
The boat of Peter, by Andrea di Bonaiuto, 1365-1367, Spanish Chapel, Cappellone degli Spagnoli, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
1899-70728096
Ducal palace: frescoes, sassuolo, italy
7003-69641767
Italy, Sicily, Palermo, Cappella Palatina (b.1140) Mosaics
1899-76348747
Coffered Quadrato ceiling, Te Palace, Palazzo del Te, Mantova, Mantua, Italy.
1848-78901342
Triumph of the Just, fresco by Giancito Brandi, surrounded by lush gilded stucco ornament in church Gesu e Maria in Rome, Italy
1801-62950300
The West Wall. The Painted Hall, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Hugh Broughton Architects Limited, 2019.
4409-20881673
CIUDAD REAL. VISO DEL MARQUES. PALACIO DE SANTA CRUZ. PINTURAS EN LA GALERIA BAJA. VISTA DE BOLONIA EN FRANCIA.
1899-17320565
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish Baroque painter. The Arch of Hercules, 1634. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
4292-21988181
Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Poppi, Conti Castle Guidi in Casentino. Taddeo Gaddi frescoes.
1990-15457542
Ceiling Frescos in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy
6145-54036483
Maser, Italy Frescoes of the Villa Barbaro , 1918 - Italy - Fernand Cuville - (March -August) (French - Maser , Italie Fresques de la Villa Barbaro). Inner view, painted decor, painting, legend , myth, villa, Renaissance, Habitat , Architecture , Art, Italy, MASER, freshes of the Villa Giaconelli at Italy
6210-62159032
Frescoed ceilings, Royal Palace of Caserta, Reggia di Caserta one of the largest royal residences in the world, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Caserta, Campania, Italy
442-39504
UK, England, London, Greenwhich, Queen's House, Painted Ceiling in the Queen's Bed Chamber depicting The Passage of Night into Day
1746-29017479
Detail from the Salle de 1830, 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. In the 19th century the Museum of the History of France was founded in Versailles, at the behest of Louis-Philippe I, who ascended to the throne in 1830. The entire second floor (premier etage) of the Aile du Midi (South Wing) of the palace was transformed into the Galerie des Batailles to house paintings and sculptures depicting milestones battles of French history.
4409-10806
CONCILIO DE LOS DIOSES - FABULA DE PSICHE - INSPIRADA EN EL ASNO DE ORO DE APULEYO - SIGLO XVI. Author: RAFAEL SANZIO O RAFAEL DE URBINO (1483-1520). Location: PALACIO FARNESIO. Rome. ITALIA. PSYCHE (MYTHOLOGY). PSIQUIS.
1848-50772260
Ceiling painting in the nave, Basilica Madonna del Soccorso, Sciacca, Sicily, Italy, Europe
1848-49490583
Chateau de Versailles, Yvelines department, Ile-de-France region, France, Europe
4409-40574
Jose Luzan y Martinez (1710-1785). Spanish Baroque painter. Judith with the head of Holoferne, 1750. Church of San Miguel de los Navarros. Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
4028-3093
Entire Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome, Italy.
1899-68917468
Inside of the e Passi Palace. Villongo. Lombardy. Italy. Europe
6188-65565772
Episodes of the life of Cosimo I de Medici fresco by Bernardino Poccetti Ospedale degli Innocenti - Exterior arcade, Florence, Italy Episodes of the life of Cosimo I de Medici fresco by Bernardino Poccetti Ospedale degli Innocenti - Exterior arcade, Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20351544
1788-54297
Allegory of Autumn, detail of a fresco by Domenico Piola (1627-1703) on the ceiling of the Red Palace (Palazzo Rosso) (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2006), Genoa. Italy, 17th century.
4409-17218433
Joan Carles Panyó /Cardboard of Saints Juliana and Semproniana, 1779. Author: JOAN CARLES PANYÓ I FIGARÓ.
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The Triumph of Galatea  1511 Raphael (1483-1520 Italian) Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome, Italy
1848-50773121
Ceiling painting of the Chiesa San Martino, mountain village of Erice, Sicily, Italy, Europe
4168-20590772
Frescos in the Piccolomini Library in the Siena Cathedral di Santa Maria, better known as the Duomo, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
1848-49355578
Ceiling fresco, Church of St. Sebastian, Untrasried, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
1788-111202273
Greek deities, by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), fresco, Villa Barbaro (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1994), Maser, Veneto, Italy.
4409-17492479
The Birth of Venus. Date/Period: 1555 - 1557. Painting. Fresco. Height: 285 mm (11.22 in); Width: 691 mm (27.20 in). Author: Giorgio Vasari.
1848-67241799
Imperial Hall, ceiling fresco
1746-19667278
Detail of the Scala d'Oro in the Doge's Palace, Venice. Built in Venetian Gothic style the palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice (the supreme authority of the rublic of Venice). It is now open as a museum.
7050-70033207
Ceiling mural, Hercules Drawing Room, Palace of Versailles, France
1899-31749
Frieze of the Prophecies and Ornamental Motifs, by school Allegri Antonio detto Correggio, 1523, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Parma, San Giovanni Evangelista Abbey. Detail. Frieze prophets putto cherub monochrome baby naked: nude child candlesticks: candelabra monochrome arch.
1525-21756322
Frescoes decorating the courtyard Palazzo Vecchio. Florence, Italy
1848-54568140
Ceiling frescoes, Duomo di San Marco, old town centre with magnificent aristocratic palaces and Venetian-style arcades, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy, Europe
1788-22042056
Coffered ceiling in the Knights hall, Trostburg castle, Ponte Gardena, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 17th century.
263-326
Camera degli Sposi: Ceiling Oculus ca. 1474 Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506 Italian) Fresco Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy
1848-55367834
Fresco on the ceiling of St. Michael Church, Berg am Laim, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
1788-27044
Goldsmith's art, Italy, 18th century. Reliquary of Saint Sebastian in gilded bronze and pietre dure, 1714. Height cm. 56. Detail.
1909-2631
Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes by Michelangelo Vatican Museum Rome Italy Europe EU
1899-31868
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Appearing to St Simon Stock, by Tiepolo Giambattista, 1743 - 1749, 18th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Scuola Grande dei Carmini. Detail. Angel with scroll of parchment and putti. Side compartment stucco decoration white gold putti fluttering drapes: clothes volutes view clouds.
4290-4471
Mosaics on the ceiling of Cefalu Cathedral, Piazza Duomo, Cefalu, Sicily, Italy
5514-58215626
Here Aphrodite appeared on land
1848-75592636
Historical image of A section of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican, Rome, Italy/Historical image of A section of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican, Rome, Italy, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored
7155-70381979
Apotheosis of James I. By Rubens. Banqueting Hall, Whitehall, London. ENGLAND.
7065-70093507
Europe, Spain, Madrid. Palacio Real de Madrid - ceiling fresco of main staircase.
1899-70728100
Ducal palace: frescoes, sassuolo, italy
4409-17267439
ANTECAMARA DE GASPARINI - CORTE DE LOS DIOSES. Author: ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS. Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
6188-55518286
The Palais Garnier, Opera of Paris, interiors and details PARIS, FRANCE, MARCH 14, 2017 : interiors, frescoes and architectural details of the palais Garnier, Opera of Paris, march 14, 2017 in Paris, France. Copyright: xZoonar.com/patrickxmichelettix 17075157
1746-29961661
Painted scenes from the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564) an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance.
1848-49784797
Blassac village. Church mural painting. Haute-Loire department. Auvergne Rhone Alpes. France
6145-29947273
Decor of the Ballroom of the Hotel de Wendel, Quai de New York, 1925: Detail of the Shell and Elephant José Maria serves y Badia (1874-1945). "Ballroom Decor of Wendel Hotel, New York Quay, 1925: Shell Detail and Elephant". 1925.
1848-60821903
Ceiling fresco, pilgrimage church of St Peter and Paul, built by the Zimmermann brothers in 1728, 1731, Steinhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
6145-52860276
Watercolor and feather drawing by Giovan Francesco Costa depicting the first right section of the statue gallery in the Museo Pio Clementino, Vatican, showing statues and architectural elements.
1848-60243001
Interior design, Semperoper, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe, Elaborate ceiling painting with baroque-style angel motifs in an oval frame with ornate ornaments, Europe
1788-22043553
Glimpse of the central hall with frescoes, by Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani, Hunting residence (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1997), by Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736), Stupinigi, Piedmont, Italy, 18th century.
1848-55086140
Ceiling fresco by Matthaeus Guenther in the Parish Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Rococo style 1737-1746, Rottenbuch Abbey, Rottenbuch, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe
1899-45035
Caryatid and Battle Scene, by co-worker Siciolante Girolamo detto Sermoneta, 1550, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Spada: Sala dei Fatti degli Antichi Romani. Detail. Wall fresco fragment battle spears/lances soldiers horses riders/horsemen flag plumed helmet armor/cuirass wounded soldier painted cornice frame female figure drapery/draping caryatid
1848-50408215
Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, detailed view, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
1788-55351
Cosimo I pictured as a young man who receives the crown of immortality from Jupiter, 1643-1646, detail Glorification of Cosimo I de Medici, fresco by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669) and Ciro Ferri (1634-1689). Hall of Jupiter in the Palatine Gallery in Pitti Palace, Florence. Italy, 17th century.
1848-52966508
Ceiling painting, Petit Palais, Paris, France, Europe
4093R-813
Painting on the ceiling of a church
1848-49571904
Ceiling fresco in a room of the Villa del Principe, Palazzo di Andrea Doria, Piazza dei Principe, Genoa. Italy
1899-31736
Frescoes in the Camera della Badessa at the Convent of St Paolo in Parma, by Allegri Antonio known as Correggio, 1519, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Parma, Monastery of San Paolo, Camera della Badessa. Detail. Monochrome lunette Parcae women wings spinners yarn spindle mutton's head.
6145-59123912
Abruzzo Sant' Eusanio Forconese S. Eusanio9. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (9-14th century) Post-medieval: Architectural sculpture, frescoes, painting, sculpture (16-17th century) German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Campania Caserta Roccamonfina Santuario di Maria SS. dei Lattani4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (15th century). Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, frescoes, painting German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
1899-31731
Frescoes in the Camera della Badessa at the Convent of St Paolo in Parma, by Allegri Antonio known as Correggio, 1519, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Parma, Monastery of San Paolo, Camera della Badessa. Detail. Frescoed ceiling vault pergola monochrome lunettes ovates putti wreaths: festoons fruit babies naked: nude children mutton's heads.
4409-20916415
SPAIN - Campo de Cariñena (district) - ARAGON - Saragossa Zaragoza. Campo de Cariñena: Muel, ermita de Nuestra Sra de la Fuente con pinturas de F. Goya (D.O. Cariñena)
1848-55438846
Painting, Mariazell Cloister, Klein-Mariazell, Triestingtal (Triesting Valley), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe
1848-55088038
Ceiling painting in the Visitationists convent Kloster Dietramszell, Dietramszell, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
1788-54457
Alexander the Great among the Olympians, 1753, by Giovanni Battista Crosato (ca 1697-1758), fresco, Ballroom ceiling, Ca' Marcello, Levada di Piombino Dese, Veneto. Detail. Italy, 18th century.
1899-46091
Lycaon, son of Antenore, consecrates his dagger to Apollo at Delfi, by Ferrari Luca, 1650, 17th Century, fresco. Italy: Veneto: Padua: Battaglia Terme: Villa Selvatico Emo Capodilista. Whole artwork. Lycaon consecration dagger statue Apollo altar amphora group men fleet ships boats sea helmet armor/cuirass breastplate cloak/mantle laurel
1899-30167
Glory of St Isidorus, by Loo (Vanloo) Charles-Andre van known as Carle, 18th Century, fresco. Italy, Lazio, Rome, Sant'Isidoro Church. Whole artwork. Ceiling Glory St Isidorus old man beard halo: aureole light Holy Spirit: Holy Ghost clouds angels cherubs: putti ox hay basket spade panels stucco cornice frame pink yellow gray.
1558-15375620
Town Hall historicist facade painting by Ferdinand Wagner, main square, Schwyz, Canton Schwyz, Switzerland
1746-29961636
Decorative painting from inside the Vatican, Rome, Italy.
1848-49202641
The ceiling painting in the Marble Hall is by Bartolomeo Altomonte, St. Florian Augustinian Canons' Monastery, St. Florian, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe
4409-17492476
Storming of Monastero's fortress. Date/Period: 1563 - 1565. Oil painting on wood. Height: 540 mm (21.25 in); Width: 250 mm (9.84 in). Author: Giorgio Vasari.
1788-111202055
Olympus, 1819-1820, fresco by Luigi Sabatelli (1772-1850), Iliad room, Palatine Gallery, Pitti Palace, Florence. Italy, 19th century.
6096-28988838
Italy, Roma, 2022-04-15. Tourism through the city of Rome, the Italian capital, with its monuments and archaeological sites.Italie, Rome, le 2022-04-15. Tourisme a travers la ville de Rome, capitale italienne, entre ses monuments et ses sites archeologiques.
1848-50851348
Ceiling painting, Doge's Palace, San Marco district, Venice, Veneto region, Italy, Europe
1890-122042
Carravagio, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe
1848-52046853
Ceiling frescos, Palace of Versailles, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yvelines, Region Ile-de-France, France, Europe
1899-32866
Charity, by Santi Sebastiano, 1855, 19th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Paderno di Ponzano, Treviso, Parish Church. Whole artwork. Frame stucco quadratura allegory of Charity clouds women young boys white light blue: azure pink violet: purple yellow.
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