Historical Murals and Frescoes

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

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.

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.

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

Abbey of Saints Nicola and Paolo Vi: Room with Frescoes. Rodengo Saiano. Italy

Europe,Italy, Rome. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel

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.

Ceiling Painting in NYPL, New York Public Library

Italy, Lombardy, Pavia, Ornately painted ceiling detail.

Photo collection Government information service. Outside place. Ceiling painting with allegorical representations regarding nature. undated

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.

Ceiling painting, Renaissance vault Antiquarium in the Munich Residence, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Decorated ceiling, golden fresco and ceiling painting, interior view, Doge's Palace, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

The boat of Peter, by Andrea di Bonaiuto, 1365-1367, Spanish Chapel, Cappellone degli Spagnoli, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Ducal palace: frescoes, sassuolo, italy

Italy, Sicily, Palermo, Cappella Palatina (b.1140) Mosaics

Coffered Quadrato ceiling, Te Palace, Palazzo del Te, Mantova, Mantua, Italy.

Triumph of the Just, fresco by Giancito Brandi, surrounded by lush gilded stucco ornament in church Gesu e Maria in Rome, Italy

The West Wall. The Painted Hall, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Hugh Broughton Architects Limited, 2019.

CIUDAD REAL. VISO DEL MARQUES. PALACIO DE SANTA CRUZ. PINTURAS EN LA GALERIA BAJA. VISTA DE BOLONIA EN FRANCIA.

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish Baroque painter. The Arch of Hercules, 1634. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Poppi, Conti Castle Guidi in Casentino. Taddeo Gaddi frescoes.

Ceiling Frescos in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy

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

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

UK, England, London, Greenwhich, Queen's House, Painted Ceiling in the Queen's Bed Chamber depicting The Passage of Night into Day

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.

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.

Ceiling painting in the nave, Basilica Madonna del Soccorso, Sciacca, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Chateau de Versailles, Yvelines department, Ile-de-France region, France, Europe

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.

Entire Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome, Italy.

Inside of the e Passi Palace. Villongo. Lombardy. Italy. Europe

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

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.

Joan Carles Panyó /Cardboard of Saints Juliana and Semproniana, 1779. Author: JOAN CARLES PANYÓ I FIGARÓ.

The Triumph of Galatea 1511 Raphael (1483-1520 Italian) Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome, Italy

Ceiling painting of the Chiesa San Martino, mountain village of Erice, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Frescos in the Piccolomini Library in the Siena Cathedral di Santa Maria, better known as the Duomo, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

Ceiling fresco, Church of St. Sebastian, Untrasried, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Greek deities, by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), fresco, Villa Barbaro (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1994), Maser, Veneto, Italy.

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.

Imperial Hall, ceiling fresco

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.

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

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.

Frescoes decorating the courtyard Palazzo Vecchio. Florence, Italy

Ceiling frescoes, Duomo di San Marco, old town centre with magnificent aristocratic palaces and Venetian-style arcades, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Coffered ceiling in the Knights hall, Trostburg castle, Ponte Gardena, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 17th century.

Camera degli Sposi: Ceiling Oculus ca. 1474 Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506 Italian) Fresco Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy

Fresco on the ceiling of St. Michael Church, Berg am Laim, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Goldsmith's art, Italy, 18th century. Reliquary of Saint Sebastian in gilded bronze and pietre dure, 1714. Height cm. 56. Detail.

Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes by Michelangelo Vatican Museum Rome Italy Europe EU

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.

Mosaics on the ceiling of Cefalu Cathedral, Piazza Duomo, Cefalu, Sicily, Italy

Here Aphrodite appeared on land

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

Apotheosis of James I. By Rubens. Banqueting Hall, Whitehall, London. ENGLAND.

Europe, Spain, Madrid. Palacio Real de Madrid - ceiling fresco of main staircase.

Ducal palace: frescoes, sassuolo, italy

ANTECAMARA DE GASPARINI - CORTE DE LOS DIOSES. Author: ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS. Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

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

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.

Blassac village. Church mural painting. Haute-Loire department. Auvergne Rhone Alpes. France

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.

Ceiling fresco, pilgrimage church of St Peter and Paul, built by the Zimmermann brothers in 1728, 1731, Steinhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

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.

Interior design, Semperoper, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe, Elaborate ceiling painting with baroque-style angel motifs in an oval frame with ornate ornaments, Europe

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.

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

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

Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, detailed view, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

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.

Ceiling painting, Petit Palais, Paris, France, Europe

Painting on the ceiling of a church

Ceiling fresco in a room of the Villa del Principe, Palazzo di Andrea Doria, Piazza dei Principe, Genoa. Italy

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

Painting, Mariazell Cloister, Klein-Mariazell, Triestingtal (Triesting Valley), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Ceiling painting in the Visitationists convent Kloster Dietramszell, Dietramszell, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

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.

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

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.

Town Hall historicist facade painting by Ferdinand Wagner, main square, Schwyz, Canton Schwyz, Switzerland

Decorative painting from inside the Vatican, Rome, Italy.

The ceiling painting in the Marble Hall is by Bartolomeo Altomonte, St. Florian Augustinian Canons' Monastery, St. Florian, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

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.

Olympus, 1819-1820, fresco by Luigi Sabatelli (1772-1850), Iliad room, Palatine Gallery, Pitti Palace, Florence. Italy, 19th century.

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.

Ceiling painting, Doge's Palace, San Marco district, Venice, Veneto region, Italy, Europe

Carravagio, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Ceiling frescos, Palace of Versailles, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yvelines, Region Ile-de-France, France, Europe

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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