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.

Constantine and Saint Helena in Church of Serpent, Goreme Valley, Turkey., 8th century, Fresco. Constantine the Great. EMPRESS SAINT HELENA.

Turkey, Central Anatolia, Cappadocia, Nigde province, Gümüsler, troglodytic monastery of Eski Gümüs (10th and 11th centuries)

Chora church museum, Resurrection fresco

Resurrection, The, 16th C., Gilded wood

Medieval wooden painted interior of Saint Parascheva church in Poienile Izei in Romania.

Russia, Kostroma Oblast, Golden Ring, Kostroma, Monastery of Saint Ipaty, Trinity Cathedral, interior frescoes

Cyprus - Troodos Mountains. Bizantine Church of Panayia tis Asinou (UNESCO's World Heritage Site, 1985, 2001). 12th century. The Virgin Mary and Child between Archangels Michael and Gabriel. Fresco late 14th century

Ezekiel Artist Unknown

San Pietro in the frescoes of the XIII-XV century. in the rock church of San Nicolò. city of Modica. Ragusa. Sicily. Italy. Europe. UNESCO World Heritage Site

Choir screen, St Andrew, St, Saint, Saint

Italy. Tuscany. Siena. Cathedral. Crypt.

Susin wall paintings, 12th century, fresco torn off and transferred to canvas, come from the church of Santa Eulalia de Merida in Susin, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

Apostles from Orcau. Date/Period: First half of 12th century. Painting. Fresco transferred to canvas. Height: 1,702 mm (67 in); Width: 1,842 mm (72.51 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Mural paintings of the apse inside the church of Santa Eulalia, XII century, Unha, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

Jesus and Disciples mosaic in Triclinium Leoninum outside Saint John Lateran Papal Cathedral, Rome, Italy. Triclinium part of Lateran Palace built 1300s

ARTE BIZANTINO. TURQUIA. BASILICA DE SANTA SOFIA (s. VI-VII). Detalle del mosaico de CRISTO PANTOCRATOR perteneciente al conjunto "CRISTO ENTRE LA EMPERATRIZ ZOE Y SU ESPOSO" (s. XIII). Localizado en la galería meridional. ESTAMBUL.

Christ Pantocrator, by Onufer Qiprioti, 16th-17th century. Of Gjirokastra. National Art Gallery. Tirana. Albania.

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

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MAY 26 : Example of Christian art in Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul Turkey on May 26, 2018

Figures of apostles holding cartouches, detail from frescoes in the Oratory of St Peter, Campione d'Italia, Lombardy. Italy, 14th century.

Italy, Campania, Caserta province, Sant'Angelo in Formis, basilica of San Michele (Saint Michael), right aisle, Stories of New Testament with miracle, fresco, 1072-1078, detail

San Clemente Basilica. Apse mosaic. Christ on the Cross amid the luxuriant Tree of Life vine. Triumph of the cross.

The early 14th century Sveti Jovan Church, in the isolated Serb village of Crkolez. - May not be used in defamation towards Serbian people, country, past or present

Cyprus, Troodos Mountains, Solea valley, Galata - Church of Panagia Podithou, Post-Byzantine style frescos, 1502

Italy, Campania, Caserta province, Sant'Angelo in Formis, basilica of San Michele (Saint Michael), right aisle, Stories of the Old Testament with Cain and Abel, fresco, 1072-1078, detail

ABSIDE DE SAN CLEMENTE DE TAHULL-DETALLE DE LA PARTE INFERIOR-APOSTOLES - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO CATALAN. Author: MAESTRO DE TAHULL (S. XII). Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA Y APOSTOL. SAN BARTOLOME APOSTOL / NATAEL / NATANAEL. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor.

Taüll, Santa Maria, south aisle with copies of the original wall paintings

Monk Saint, by Master of Mocchirolo, perhaps by Pecino da Nova, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Bergamo: Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica. Monk saint scroll/cartouche halo/aureole blue yellow close-up front view portrait face beard moustaches

Russia, Volga-Baltic Waterway, Goritzy. Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, founded in 1397 by St. Cyril. Icon & Monastery Museum.

Italy - Emilia-Romagna Region - Ravenna. Basilica of St. Vitale, presbytery. Jesus Christ the Redeemer with two angels (538-545 A.D.), apse, mosaic detail

San Clemente Basilica. Apse mosaic. Christ on the Cross amid the luxuriant Tree of Life vine. Triumph of the cross.

Birth of Jesus, frescoes in Eski Guemuesler Monastery, Cappadocia, Turkey, Cappadocia, Turkey, Asia

fine arts, fresco, cavern monastery, Varzia, August 2009,

Sicily, Italy Detail Of Painting In Monreale Cathedral Byzantine Era

Turkey, Istanbul, Hagia Sofia, 12Th C. Mosaic, Emperor Ioannes Ii Empress Irene, Virgin Mary

Porch with gilded mosaics and Old Testament themes, west portal, Basilica di San Marco, Venice, Italy, Europe

A fresco inside Chora Museum, also known as Kariye Muzesi, Edirnekapi, Istanbul, Turkey

Monastery Church of Panagia Tou Arakou, one of the ten Angels in the dome, Lagoudera, Cyprus

Santa Maria Asssunta church. Fresco 13 th century. Saint John the evangelist. Muggia. Italy.

Figure of Saint and Decoration, by Unknown, 12th Century, fresco. Italy, Lombardy, Pavia, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro Basilica. Detail. Wall decoration Beccaria chapel tondo face figure saint floral motifs.

Buddha setting out the doctrine to yasas (The first Buddhist monk). 6th Century AD rock painting at the Ajanta temple complex in India.

Saint Sophia by Ancient Russian frescos / Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev / 11th century / Russia / Fresco / Bible /Old Russian Art

Saint Christopher carrying the Christ child on his shoulders, fresco, by Leonhard von Brixen (active 1441-ca 1476), Church of San Nicolo, Monte di Mezzo (Mittelberg), Renon, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 15th century.

Christian wall mosaic. Hagia Sophia. Istanbul. Turkey.

Musiker-Engel musician angel, fresco painting transferred to a mobile support, chapel of St. John the Evangelist, Huesca Diocesan Museum, Aragon community, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22308047

Madonna and Child with St Catherine of Siena and St Catherine of Alexandria, by attributed Leonardo da Besozzo, 15th Century, fresco. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, San Calimero Church. Whole artwork. Fresco women saints St Catherine of Siena Catherine of Alexandria Madonna Infant: Jesus: Christ Child: Baby Jesus: Child Jesus halos: aureoles blue red white green.

ARTE ROMANICO. ESPAÑA. FRESCO románico con la representación de LA ULTIMA CENA. ERMITA DE LA VIRGEN DE LOS ARCOS. TRICIO. La Rioja.

Mosaic depicting the Madonna and Child, on the left Emperor John II Comnenus, on the right Empress Irene, 12th century, south gallery of Hagia Sophia, historic areas of Istanbul (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1985). Turkey.

Pintura mural con representación de la Cruz, con la imagen de Cristo en el centro (Maiestas Crucis). Detalle. Siglo XI. Procedente del vestíbulo norte de la Catedral de Faras, Sudán. Galería Faras. Museo Nacional. Varsovia. Polonia.

Painting on wall of Old Church, Sinaia Orthodox Holy Monastery, Sinaia, Prahova Valley, Transylvania, Romania

Fresco, Sumela Monastery, Trabzon, Turkey, Asia

St. Anna / Nerezi / wall ptg. / c. 1164

Jesus Christ taking his mother in his lap,, altar frontal of Santa Maria de Iguacel, XIII century, tempera painting on pine wood, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

Historical mosaics, Serbian Orthodox Monastery Ostrog, upper building, Danilovgrad Province, Montenegro, Europe

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Trastevere, church of Santa Maria de Trastevere interior, mosaics in the apse.

Turkey, Istanbul, Kariye Museum, Jesus Christ, fresco

Russian Icon painting, showing a female figure in mourning. 15th century oil on panel.

Ascension of Christ / Ohrid / C11th

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

Italy, Emilia Romagna region, Ravenna, Basilica of San Vitale, Apse, mosaic, detail with Empress Theodora, 538-545

Chiaravalle di Fiastra Abbey. Interior. Chapel of San Bernardo. Fresco. Tolentino. Marche. Italy. Europe.

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

Cyprus. Troodos Mountains. Church of Panayia tou Arakou. UNESCO World Heritage List, 1985. Apse. Archangel St. Gabriel. Detail of fresco, 1192

Ancient mosaics (VI century) in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy

Figure of Angel, detail from St Benedict's Funeral, detail from a 13th century fresco from the Consolo or Magister Consolus School. The Lower Church of Sacro Speco Monastery, Subiaco. Italy, 13th century.

Crypt, Cathedral, Trani, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy

imagen del Juicio Final, Capilla de San Martín, Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen, catedral vieja, Salamanca, comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León, Spain.

Egypt, Wadi Natroun. The Annunciation to the Virgin Mary by the Archangel Gabriel in a 900 AD half-cupola painting in St. Mary's Church housed in the Syrian Monastery in the Wadi Natroun, Egypt.

Fresco of Christ enthroned on the great apse of Cluniac grange of Berze-la-Ville. Dated 11th Century

North aisle, fresco in the 4th bay pillar, Salvator Mundi Church of St., Church of St., St., St., Saint

11th century mosaic of Christ detail in the south gallery Hagia Sophia Istanbul Turkey

Lelic Monastery, seat of St. Nikolai, near Valjevo, Serbia. - May not be used in defamation towards Serbian people, country, past or present

Spain: Saint Baudelio or Baudelius (3rd-4th century CE), fresco from the Hermitage of San Baudelio de Berlanga, Soria, c. 1125

The Vatopedi monastery, Greece , 1918 - Greece - Fernand Cuville - (September) (French - Le monastère de Vatopedi , Grèce). Christianity, monastery, decorative arts, supernatural, mosaic, Religion, art, human beings, Mont Athos, Vatopedi, Mosaic of the Annunciation

Empress Zoe Mosaics on the eastern wall of the southern gallery of Hagia Sophia Museum, date from the 11th century.

Frescoes painted on inside to inspire peasants, church dating from 1586, Sucevita Monastery, Moldavia, Romania, Europe

Christ Pantocrator by Anonymous / Visoki Decani monastery, Kosovo / ca 1350 / Serbia / Fresco / Bible / Byzantine Art

Fresco of the three evangelists above the tomb of Passasepe Lambertini, Ancient Church of Santa Maria, Crypt, Cathedral, Trani, Apulia, Italy

Italy, Venice, San Marco Square, St. Mark's Cathedral, mosaic

Italy - Emilia-Romagna Region - Ravenna. Basilica of St. Vitale (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1996). Scenes from Moses' life, mosaic detail (538-545)

Our Lady of Tenderness (The Virgin Eleusa), Russian icon

Detail of the Stations of the Cross, St, Saint, Saint

Saint Peter, fresco in the Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Saint Peter, fresco in the Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20706222

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

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

Fresco of Madonna and Child, St. Mary´s Church Bieta Maryam, Wollo region, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Egypt, Saqqara, Monastery of Saint Jeremy, Christ in Glory, fresco on stucco

Figure of Female Saint, Grotto of the Saints, Calvi Vecchia, Calvi Risorta, Campania. Italy, 12th century.

Greece, Peloponnese, Mystras, fresco representing a miracle of Jesus

Fresco of Christ in the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia

Painting in St. George's Greek Orthodox church : Christ's laying from the Cross (detail) . Istanbul. Turkey. (Istanbul, Marmara, Turquie)

Turkey, Trabzon. Sumela Monastery (aka St. Maria, Mount Mela or Black Virgin). Inside historic 12th century monastery. Ceiling covered with 18th century frescoes.

Germany, Baltic Sea, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Peene River, Hanseatic City of Anklam, St. Mary's Church

Ohrid, North Macedonia. Mural of Cyril and Methodius, known as the 'Apostles to the Slavs', 9th-century Byzantine Christian missionaries. (Editorial Use Only)

Fresco with Christ Pantocrator, 13th - 14th century, Amalfi Cathedral Museum, Amalfi, Campania, Italy, Europe

Ravenna. Mosaic in Baptistery of Neon. 4th-5th centuries. Baptism of Jesus. Italy. Apostles.

Chiaravalle di Fiastra Abbey. Interior. Fresco. Tolentino. Marche. Italy. Europe.

France, Normandy, Basse Normandie, Orne (61), Saint-Ceneri-Le-Gerei Church, Paint From 12Th To 14Th Centuries

Bulgaria, Rila Monastery, Nativity Church, frescoes,

Falconara Marittima, località Castelferretti (Italia, Marche - provincia di Ancona), chiesa di Santa Maria della Misericordia. Interno, parete sinistra (venendo dall'ingresso), San Sebastiano con la Madonna del Latte, affreschi metà del XV secolo (1450-55), Maestro di Castelferretti (Giambono di Corrado da Ragusa)

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