Medieval Religious Paintings

Ancient frescoes and intricate religious artwork from churches, highlighting historic scenes and figures in rich colors and detailed craftsmanship.

Georgia, Telavi. Religious artwork at Gremi Monastery.

GREECE, Northeastern Aegean Islands, LESVOS (Mytilini), Petra: Panagia Glykofilousa (Church of the Sweet Kissing Virgin), Religious Painting

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Esquiline Hill, Santa Prassede church, chapel of St Zeno with Byzantine mosaic detail.

Frescoes from the 11th century AD in the apse of the Romanesque basilica at Aquileia, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aquileia, Udine, Italy, Europe

Turkey. Church of Saint Barbara. Built in 11th century. It was dedicated to the Christian martyr. Painting depicting a scene from the life of Jesus. Soganli Valley. Cappadocia.

SPAIN - Alt Empordá (district) - Catalonia - GERONA. Sant Miquel de Fluvià; pinturas medievales en el interior de la Iglesia

Lecce, township of Casalabate (Italy, Puglia, province of Lecce) abbey of Santa Maria di Cerrate, the church, interior, image of a saint, fresco (13th-14th century)

Georgia, Telavi. Religious artwork at Gremi Monastery.

Madonna Enthroned with the Child, St Francis and Four Angels, in the Church of San Francesco in Assisi, Italy. Painted by Cenni di Pepo (Giovanni) Cimabue (c. 1240 c. 1302) Italian painter

Romanesque art in the National Art Museum of Catalonia,Barcrelona,apse of the Burgal (late 11th century early twelfth century).

Ascension of Christ / Ohrid / C11th

Bakhmatov, Ivan Yakovlevich (active Early 18th cen.) Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign, Novgorod Painting Bible Fresco in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign, Novgorod

ARTE BIZANTINO. TURQUIA. IGLESIA DE SAN JUAN (S. XI). Detalle de una de las pinturas murales que decoran las paredes de la iglesia excavada en la roca. GÜLSEHIR. Región de la CAPADOCIA.

Islamic art. Ottoman style. Saint Nicholas Church (AGIOS NIKOLAOS). Detail of a fresco dated between XVII and XVIII centuries. Turkish period. MYSTRA. Province of Lakonia. Peloponeso.

Turkey - Cappadocia. Goreme Valley. UNESCO World Heritage List, 1985. Dark Church 'Karanlik Kilise'. The baptism of Jesus in Jordan River. Byzantine fresco (early 12th century)

View of ceiling with fresco painting in a cave church, Goreme open air museum, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Jesus mosaic, Hagia Sophia, mosque, former church, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey

Europe, Romania, Sucevita village, Sucevita Monastery c. 1583, Acatihisthos hymn detail

Turkey, Byzantine Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator in Aya Sofia Museum; Istanbul

Abse of Santa María de Taüll, 12th century, Church of Santa María de Taüll, Boí Valley, MNAC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Emilia_Romagna, Italy, Europe

St. Nicholas church fresco of Jesus with apostle, Myra, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Christ blessing, detail of frescoes in the crypt of Marienberg Abbey, Burgeis, Vinschgau Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 12th century.

Modern orthodox mosaic Monastery of KykkosCyprus

Turkey, Cappadocia, Goreme, Goreme Open Air Museum, The Dark Church, So named because it had very few windows. The frescoes date from the 11th century. Dark Church is known in Turkish as Karanlik Kilise, Christ as Pantocrator.

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

Original 17th century frescoes, Church of the Holy Apostles dating from the 10th century, Ancient Agora, Athens, Greece, Europe

Turkey, Istanbul, The Chora Church

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

Arcosolium with Gothic painting Arcosolium with Gothic painting

Rome, Roma, Santa Maria Maggiore, apse mosaic by Jacopo Torriti, 13th century

The donor, detail from the Madonna and Child between Saints Felix and Adautto and the donor Turtura, 220 x 240 cm, 6th-century Byzantine fresco, Basilichetta of Saints Felice and Adautto, Catacombs of Commodilla, Rome. Italy, 6th century.

Turkey. Istanbul. Hagia Sofia. Mosaic. Emperor Constantine the Great (272-337). 994.

Basilica of Saint-Martin d'Ainay is a Romanesque church in the historic centre of Lyon, France, Europe

Remains of frescoes depicting the symbols of the Evangelists, next to the bell tower of the church of the Abbey of Saint Scholastica, Subiaco, Lazio, Italy, 6th-14th century.

St. Jason, St. Sosipater and St. Kerkyra. Byzantine fresco dating from the 17th century. From the church of Our Lady Antivouniotissa. Old Fortress Museum. Corfu. Ionian Islands. Greece.

Demre, Turkey - July, 2015: Fresco in the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Turkey

Madonna / Serbian icon / C15th

Apse of Sant Climent de Taüll, Romanesque painting of the mural decoration set of the church of San Climent de Taüll in Boí Valley, MNAC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

CRISTO BENDICIENDO - MOSAICO BIZANTINO - SIGLO XIV. Location: MEZQUITA KARIYE / IGLESIA DE SAN SALVADOR IN CHORA. ISTANBUL. TURQUIA. JESUS. CRISTO EN MAJESTAD.

Three youths in the Fiery Furnace, 11th century mosaic, Hosios Lukas, Greece

Romania, Transylvania, Sibiel, 18th century town church, ceiling frescoes

Madonna with Child and Apostles at her feet, mosaic apse of the Assumption, Cathedral of San Giusto, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, 12th century, detail.

Figure of the Lord at the time of consecration of bread, romanesque fresco, San Martin de Elines, Valderredible region, Cantabria, Spain, Europe

Fresco from Santa Pere del Burgal a Romanesque Benedictine monastery in Escaló, in the municipality of La Guingueta d'Àneu, Pallars Sobirà, Catalonia, Spain. Dated 11th Century

Vatican pinacoteca,Nicolaus and Johannes,Last Judgement,second half 12th cent.,Tempera on wood, 288 x 243 cm Vatican museum, Vatican city, Rome, Italy.

Frescoes in Pancarlik Rock Church, south of Urgup, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Romania - Moldavia - 16th century. Moldovita Monastery. Seraph with wings decorated with eyes. Fresco detail (1537)

SPAIN - Val dAran (district) - Catalonia - Lerida. Alta Ribagorça: Taüll; Sant Climent church romanesque paintings with " Pantocrator" (Vall de Boí-Alta Ribagorça / Ribagorza region)

Mosaic work on interior walls of the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

Otranto (Italy, Puglia, Lecce province) church of San Pietro, building of the IX-X century. Apse, Madonna with Child and angels, fresco, 14th century

Turkey, Cappadocia, Goreme, Goreme Open Air Museum, The Dark Church, So named because it had very few windows. The frescoes date from the 11th century.

Turkey, Istanbul. Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora. Byzantine style. Mosaic depicting Saint Tarachus of Cilicia. Martyr. He was a retired military officer of the imperial armies. Tarachus was denounced as a Christian to the governor of Cilicia.

Frescoes from the 14th Century Serbian Church, Sveti Jovan. - May not be used in defamation towards Serbian culture.

Italy, Lombardy region, Como, Church of Sant Abbondio, apse. Life of Christ, detail - Crucifixon, fresco

Turkey. Istanbul. Hagia Sofia. Christ Pantocrator Deesis. 12th or 13th century.

Circumcision of Jesus, mosaic in the Katholikon, Hosios Loukas monastery (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1990), Boeotia, Greece, 11th century.

Calvary Calvary, Gothic mural painting, 14th century, master of Gallipienzo, from the apse of the church of Gallipienzo, Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra,Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21889587

Christ Enthroned Detail from the Last Judgement Byzantine Art 330 A.D.-1435

Boyana Church, World Heritage Site, medieval frescoes from the Tarnovo school,, Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria, Europe.

Romania, Bucovina, Sucevita Monastery, fresco,

St Luke mosaic from St Marks Basilica Venice, Italy.

Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus between Emperor Constantine with a model of his new city of Constantinople and Justinian with the model of his new church, Byzantine Deesis mosaic above the main portal, Hagia Sophia, Ayasofya, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Turkey, Asia

Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige region, San Zeno di Trento, Basilica of the Saints Martyrs Sisinio, Martirio and Alessandro, close up of fresco with Saint Andrew and Matthew

Madonna with Child, fresco in the Church of St Mary of the Angels, Brienza, Basilicata, Italy, 17th century.

France, Centre val de Loire, Loir et Cher department (41), Loir valley, Lavardin, Saint Genest chuch

Mosaic of Virgin Mary and Infant Jesus Christ found in the Hagia Sophia Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe, Eurasia

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

Turkey,Istanbul,Byzantine Religious Mosaic in Hagia Sophia

Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Trastevere, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Serbian Orthodox Church, and a UNESCO site, Church of the Holy Apostles, was built in the 13th century by St. Sava. - May not be used in defamation towards Serbia.

Wall painting in church

The Presentation of Jesus Christ in the Temple, by Master of the Presentation, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Veneto: Verona: San Zeno in Oratorio Church. Detail. The Presentation of Jesus Christ in the Temple fragmentary state of preservation on the left Solomon on the right St Joseph Virgin Mary and probably the Prophetess Anne at the center altar and fragments of the figure/body of Jesus Christ

Turkey, Cappadocia, Goreme, Goreme Open Air Museum, The Buckle Church is the largest cave church in Goreme and has some of the finest frescoes with rich colours and a lot of detail.

Bulgaria, Southern Mountains, Rila, Rila Monastery, UNESCO-listed wall frescoes

Christ Pantocrator, Christ image, Deësis mosaic on the south gallery, interior view, Hagia Sophia, Ayasofya, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe, Asia

St Peter Martyr, by Unknown artist, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Lodi: San Francesco church. Whole artwork. St Peter martyr red mantle/cloak palm

The first seven steps of Mary mosaic inside The Narthex, Chora Museum, also known as Kariye Muzesi, Edirnekapi, Istanbul, Turkey

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Esquiline Hill, Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, mosaic decorated apse.

Church of the Nativiity, in Veliko Tarnovo. Bulgaria.

DEC 31, 2017 Istanbul, TURKEY : Jesus Christ Pantocrator, Detail from deesis Byzantine mosaic in Hagia Sophia,Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica, church

Image of John the Baptist, Deesis Mosaic of Christ, Interior, Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, 537 AD, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

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

Anonymous, Catalonia. Apse of Estaon. Mid-12th century. Detail depicting the Baptism of Christ. Fresco transferred to canvas. From the old Church of Santa Eulalia de Estaon, province of Lleida, Spain. National Museum of Art of Catalonia (MNAC). Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

A 12th century fresco of Christ´s triumph on the cross, San Clemente Basilica, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Jesus Christ Pantocrator, finely crafted fresco in the dome of the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus, Panagia tis Asinou, Nikitari, Troodos-Gebirge, Republik Zypern, Cyprus, Europe

Frescoes, Church of St. John the Baptist, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, Europe

The Majesty, by Martini Simone, 1313 - 1315, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Sala del Mappamondo. Detail. The Archangel Michael, St Victor St Peter and an angel holding an ampulla (on the right side of the throne) halos: aureoles key dresses: garments light blue: azure blue red green gold brown hues: shades pink.

Altar of Ix, 12th century, tempera and remains of colored metal leaves on wood, Church of San Martín d Ix, Upper Cerdanya, MNAC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Greece, Thessaly, Milies, Pelion Peninsula, Agios Taxiarhes 16th century church, exterior fresco

Jesus Christ Pantocrator,Detail from deesis Byzantine mosaic in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey,March,11 2017.. Jesus Christ Pantocrator,Detail from deesis Byzantine mosaic in Hagia Sophia

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St.Savin / Abraham and Lot / Fresco

Icon in Saint Mary of the Mongols' Greek Church . Istanbul. Turkey. (Istanbul, Marmara, Turquie)

Wandmalereien in der Kapelle von San Martin Murals in the Chapel of San Martin, Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, old cathedral, Salamanca, autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22896848

Procession of female saints, 6th century mosaic, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy.

Praying Madonna inside a frame, among four cities, fresco in the crypt of Saint Magnus under the Cathedral of Anagni, Lazio, Italy, 13th century.

Paintings in the calotte of the west apse, St., Sankt, Saint

Europe, Romania, Rasca monastery c. 1542, Last Judgment

Frescoes, St. Peter's Church, Lindau, Bavaria, Germany, ceiling fresco, fresco, Europe

North aisle, frescoes in the east bay, St. Gertrude of Nivelles, St. Nothburga Church of St., Church of St., St., St., Saint

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