Medieval Religious Reliefs

Ornate carvings depicting biblical scenes and saints, reflecting the craftsmanship of early European religious art in wooden panels.

Narthex tympanum, Vezelay Basilica, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France, Europe

Panel with Christ Shown to the People early 16th century French Until 1950 this panel lined the Great Hall of Highcliffe Castle in southern England. Constructed in the 1830s for Lord Stuart de Rothesay, the castle was furnished in part with stonework acquired form the ruined royal abbey at Jumièges in Normandy, where the panels might also have originated. In all likelihood they once decorated the backs of choir stalls ordered in 1501 by the abbot of Jumièges. Carved on The Cloisters' thirty-five oak panels (50.147.1-38) are scenes from the lives of the Virgin and Christ, each set under an elaborate canopy of single or double arches. The exuberant latticework surrounding the arches provides an almost encyclopedic display of pinnacles, crockets, spirals and other fanciful decorations. As in many late medieval works, the figures are foreshortened within their inhabited surroundings, adding depth and drama to the composition.. Panel with Christ Shown to the People 471418

Saint Julien cathedral, Le Mans, France. 16th century relief in the sacristy

Saint Peter's Cathedral. Romanesque temple built during the kingdom of Ramiro I (1035-1063), king of Aragon. XI century. Capital representing the King David playing the harp with musicians. Sculpted by Master of Jaca also called Master Esteban. Jaca. Aragon. Spain.

Narthex tympanum, Vezelay Basilica, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France, Europe

Zechariah. Minor prophet. Relief carved by Wiligelmo. 12th century. Facade. Detail. Modena Cathedral. Italy.

Spain, Autonomous community of Castile and Leon, province of Burgos, Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos, bas-relief of the Cloister's galleries.

Patio de Can Ordines D'Almadrà.Centro historico.Palma.Mallorca.Baleares.España.

Saint Julien cathedral, Le Mans, France. 16th century relief in the sacristy

Relief. Death of St Etheldreda. Ely. Capital.

Sculptures on the west portal of Notre Dame Cathedral of Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France, Europe

Panel with the Last Supper early 16th century French Until 1950 this panel lined the Great Hall of Highcliffe Castle in southern England. Constructed in the 1830s for Lord Stuart de Rothesay, the castle was furnished in part with stonework acquired form the ruined royal abbey at Jumièges in Normandy, where the panels might also have originated. In all likelihood they once decorated the backs of choir stalls ordered in 1501 by the abbot of Jumièges. Carved on The Cloisters' thirty-five oak panels (50.147.1-38) are scenes from the lives of the Virgin and Christ, each set under an elaborate canopy of single or double arches. The exuberant latticework surrounding the arches provides an almost encyclopedic display of pinnacles, crockets, spirals and other fanciful decorations. As in many late medieval works, the figures are foreshortened within their inhabited surroundings, adding depth and drama to the composition.. Panel with the Last Supper 471410

Relief sculpture in Saint Maurice's church, Lille, Nord, France, Europe

Art Romanesque. The Royal Benedictine Monastery of Sant Cugat. Built betwenn 9th and 14th centuries. Capital depicting God with Adam and Eve. Cloister. Sant Cugat del Valles. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Duomo, Facade. Detail. The symbols of the Evangelists: an angel, a lion, an eagle and a bull.

Saint Julien cathedral, Le Mans, France. 16th century relief in the sacristy

SILLERIA BAJA DE LA CATEDRAL DE TOLEDO - TOMA DEL REINO DE GRANADA - ALMERIA - 1489-1495 - GOTICO ESPAÑOL. Author: Rodrigo Aleman. Location: CATEDRAL-CORO BAJO. Toledo. SPAIN. Catholic Monarchs. ISABEL LA CATOLICA (1451-1504) ISABEL I DE CASTILL. FERNANDO EL CATOLICO (1452-1516) FERNANDO II ARAGO. FERNANDO II DE ARAGON (1452/1516) REY CATOLICO.

Notre Dame, Paris, France, Europe

ERELIEVE BARROCO REALIZADO ENTRE 1599-1603 SITUADO EN EL ANTIGUO CORO DE LA CATEDRAL DE SANTIAGO, TRANSLADADO AL CORO DE SAN MARTIN PINARIO. Author: JUAN DAVILA (1550-1611) y GREGORIO ESPAÑOL (1560-1630). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Detail of the main door of the Cathedrale St Trophime depicting the Last Judgement, Arles, Provence, France

Bas relief detail on wall, Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy

Detail of the Scala dei Giganti, Doge's Palace with rows of arcades. Palazzo Ducale, centre of power of Venice, most important secular Gothic building, lagoon city, Veneto, Italy, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Grave of Peter V of Queralt i Alamanda Rocabertí (XIV century). Detail knight on horseback. It is preserved in the church of Santa María de Bell-Lloc, Santa Coloma de Queralt. Gothic.

ARTE GOTICO. ESPAÑA. IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO. Erigida por Fernán Pérez de Andrade "O Mozo" en el siglo XV sobre un templo románico anterior. Detalle del TIMPANO de la PORTADA CON LA REPRESENTACION DE SANTIAGO APOSTOL A CABALLO. BETANZOS. Provincia de A Coruña. Galicia.

Pere Moragues / Custodia-Relicario de los Sagrados Corporales de Daroca, 1384. Plata dorada con esmaltes traslúcidos sobre madera.

Pulpit by Anton Pilgram, around 1500, detail, St., Sankt, Saint

Detail of the façade of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France

SPAIN - Páramos de Burgos (district) - Castille and Leon - BURGOS. Juan de Padilla tomb by Gil de Siloé master in the Archaeology Museum; gothic art

Schifanoia palace: episodes of the passion of christ, england, 1400, ferrara, italy

Saint Michael slaying the dragon, relief in the Saint Mark Church in Korcula, Korcula island, Croatia Saint Michael slaying the dragon, relief in the Saint Mark Church in Korcula, Korcula island, Croatia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21138804

SILLERIA BAJA DE LA CATEDRAL DE TOLEDO - TOMA DEL REINO DE GRANADA - 1489-1495 - GOTICO ESPAÑOL. Author: RODRIGO ALEMAN. Location: CATEDRAL-CORO BAJO. Toledo. SPAIN.

Saint Stephens cathedral, Auxerre, Yonne, France. Reliefs on the porch.

Male figures, carved and painted capitals in the central nave, above the church altar, detail, Romainmotier, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

Italy, Pisa. Roman period carved stone relief sarcophagus panel inside the Camposanto Monumentale cemetery. (Editorial Use Only)

Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. Western Facade Arch Sculptures Depicting Saints And Prophets Paris. France.

Stone reliefs above the entrance of Cathedrale Notre Dame, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, Europe

Constance, Minster, west portal, right-hand door, sculptor Heinrich Yselin and Simon Haider c. 1470, Flight into Egypt

ORENSE. CATEDRAL. SEGUNDA MITAD DEL SIGLO XII Y PRINCIPIOS DEL XIII. PORTICO DEL PARAISO. ARTE ROMANICO. MUSICA.

Joan Grau / Roser altarpiece, 1642, Sant Pere Màrtir church, Dominican convent, Manresa. Museum: MUSEO COMARCAL DE MANRESA.

Françoy Salau / Mensula, siglo XIV. Palacio Real del Monasterio de Poblet.

Tomb of Diego Girón de Rebolledo and his brothers, Chapel of the Conception, Tarragona Cathedral, 17th century. Author: FRANCESC GRAU. DOMENEC ROVIRA.

Italy, Tuscany, Florence. Baptistry of Saint John, marble tomb, detail of latin inscription

Leaf of a Writing Tablet 14th century French It is probable that this leaf from a writing tablet, as with many extant writing tablets, was intended for letter writing. The decoration of the exterior of many of these ivory tablets, carved with scenes of courtship and chivalric romances, suggests that they were used by noble men and women for love poems or secret letters. Though this particular tablet is its fragmentary state, complete tablets are known. A similar, complete writing box was designed to hold not only the leaves, but also the stylus and a sunken receptacle for wax. Writing tablets of wood, metal, or ivory, which had been in use from the days of ancient Egypt, were not medieval inventions. They were, however, important writing implements in a period when paper and parchment were both scarce and expensive. The value of the writing tablets lay in their reusable character. A brief message or account could be inscribed with a stylus on a thin layer of wax spread on the back of t

SARCOFAGO LLAMADO DE ALEJANDRO MAGNO - DETALLE - SIGLO IV AC - DESCUBIERTO EN LA NECROPOLIS DE SIDON. Location: ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. ISTANBUL. TURQUIA.

Creation of Adam, Andrea Pisano, 1334-36., Relief on Giotto Campanile of Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, Florence, Italy Creation of Adam, Andrea Pisano, 1334-36., Relief on Giotto Campanile of Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21354441

SPAIN - Tierra de Campos (district) - Castille and Leon - PALENCIA. Carrión de los Condes, Iglesia de Santiago, portada, pantocrator; Camino de Santiago, friso románico

ARTE GOTICO. ESPAÑA. CLAVE de la bóveda de la CATEDRAL DE TORTOSA, iniciada en el año 1347 por el maestro Bernat d'Alguaira, siendo consagrado el altar mayor en el año 1441. Clave que se halla en la bóveda de una capilla lateral. Provincia de Tarragona. Cataluña.

Panel with the Flight into Egypt early 16th century French Until 1950 this panel lined the Great Hall of Highcliffe Castle in southern England. Constructed in the 1830s for Lord Stuart de Rothesay, the castle was furnished in part with stonework acquired form the ruined royal abbey at Jumièges in Normandy, where the panels might also have originated. In all likelihood they once decorated the backs of choir stalls ordered in 1501 by the abbot of Jumièges. Carved on The Cloisters' thirty-five oak panels (50.147.1-38) are scenes from the lives of the Virgin and Christ, each set under an elaborate canopy of single or double arches. The exuberant latticework surrounding the arches provides an almost encyclopedic display of pinnacles, crockets, spirals and other fanciful decorations. As in many late medieval works, the figures are foreshortened within their inhabited surroundings, adding depth and drama to the composition.. Panel with the Flight into Egypt 471372

DETALLE DEL ESCUDO ENTRE DOS ARCOS DE LA GALERIA ALTA DEL PATIO DEL PALACIO DE LOS GUZMANES - SIGLO XVI. Author: RODRIGO GIL DE HONTAÑON (1505-1577). Location: PALACIO DE LOS GUZMANES / DIPUTACION PROVINCIAL. LEON. SPAIN.

Poland, Warsaw, Bas relief of farmer in MDM district

DETALLE DE CAPITELES CON FIGURAS DE JINETES CON ARCOS -. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA. BUGEDO. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Copón ostensorio, 1390. Museu Diocesà d'Urgell.

SILLERIA BAJA DE LA CATEDRAL DE TOLEDO - TOMA DEL REINO DE GRANADA - CAZARABONELA - SIGLO XV - GOTICO ESPAÑOL. Author: Rodrigo Aleman. Location: CATEDRAL-CORO BAJO. Toledo. SPAIN. FERNANDO EL CATOLICO (1452-1516) FERNANDO II ARAGO. FERNANDO II DE ARAGON (1452/1516) REY CATOLICO.

Woodcarving, Biblical Motifs, Entrance Portal at Constance Minster, Constance, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Tympanum with relief on the Last Judgement, Jesus, book, reading, figures, detail, Sebastianus Chapel, Tauberbischofsheim, Franconia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Jaume Cascalls / Retablo de santa Úrsula, siglo XIV. Museum: Església de Sant Llorenç, Lleida.

SEPULCRO DE GUTIERRE DE VARGAS - 1535 - ALABASTRO - ESTILO PLATERESCO. Author: FRANCISCO GIRALTE (1500-1576). Location: CAPILLA DEL OBISPO. MADRID. SPAIN. GUTIERREZ VARGAS CARVAJAL. VARGAS GUTIERRE DE. VARGAS CARVAJAL GUTIERRE.

Wölfe im Schafspelz, die einen Schafbock verschlingen wolves in sheep s clothing devouring a ram, Romanesque capital in the cloister, San Pedro el Viejo Monastery, Huesca, Aragon community, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22307980

SEPULCRO DE GUTIERRE DE VARGAS - 1535 - ALABASTRO - ESTILO PLATERESCO. Author: FRANCISCO GIRALTE (1500-1576). Location: CAPILLA DEL OBISPO. MADRID. SPAIN. GUTIERREZ VARGAS CARVAJAL. VARGAS GUTIERRE DE. VARGAS CARVAJAL GUTIERRE.

Vietnam, Da Nang. Cham Museum, best collection of Cham cultural art in the world. Ancient sandstone carving dating back to the time of the Champa culture.

Gionitus. Inventor of Astronomy, (1334-1336). From the workshop of Andrea Pisano. The exagonal panels of the campanille of Florence Cathedral. Italy.

Panel with Christ Crowned with Thorns early 16th century French Until 1950 this panel lined the Great Hall of Highcliffe Castle in southern England. Constructed in the 1830s for Lord Stuart de Rothesay, the castle was furnished in part with stonework acquired form the ruined royal abbey at Jumièges in Normandy, where the panels might also have originated. In all likelihood they once decorated the backs of choir stalls ordered in 1501 by the abbot of Jumièges. Carved on The Cloisters' thirty-five oak panels (50.147.1-38) are scenes from the lives of the Virgin and Christ, each set under an elaborate canopy of single or double arches. The exuberant latticework surrounding the arches provides an almost encyclopedic display of pinnacles, crockets, spirals and other fanciful decorations. As in many late medieval works, the figures are foreshortened within their inhabited surroundings, adding depth and drama to the composition.. Panel with Christ Crowned with Thorns. French. early 16th centu

Ursula altar around 1420/1430, Ursula relief, St., Saint, Saint

Urbania (Marche - PU), Palazzo Ducale, Hall of honor, fireplace. On the shelf the coat of arms of the Ubaldini family

Arch of Septimus Severus, Leptis Magna, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Victoria and Albert museum, London, U.K. Plaster cast of the Schreyer-Landauer monument funerary memorial by Adam Kraft (about 1460-1509). Christ's entombment (detail)

Pediment with figure of the Madonna. From Biskupija, near Knin. 11th century. Croatia. Detail. Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split, Croatia.

Jubal by Nino Pisano, 1334-36., Relief on Giotto Campanile of Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, Florence, Italy Jubal by Nino Pisano, 1334-36., Relief on Giotto Campanile of Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20671444

Bertel Thorvaldsen / Medallón, "El Otoño". Patio del Il·lustre Col·legi d'Advocats de Barcelona.

Panels from an organ case in the church of Saint Vitus in Naarden, Jan van Schayck, c. 1510 - c. 1520 The hatch consists of a pointed arch formed from a holly list flanked by decorated swing. Before the pointed arch a niche with one on two columns resting round arch, on which Hogels and a Crucifix. In the niche a sitting lion, in both claws, hold on to the shield, which hangs around its neck with a belt. Utrecht oak (wood) Big of St. Vitus Church The hatch consists of a pointed arch formed from a holly list flanked by decorated swing. Before the pointed arch a niche with one on two columns resting round arch, on which Hogels and a Crucifix. In the niche a sitting lion, in both claws, hold on to the shield, which hangs around its neck with a belt. Utrecht oak (wood) Big of St. Vitus Church

CAPITEL CON RELIEVE ROMANICO DE "LAS TRES MARIAS". Location: SEO DEL SALVADOR, LA. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

RETABLO MAYOR DET DE LA EPIFANIA. Author: FRANCISCO GIRALTE (1500-1576). Location: CAPILLA DEL OBISPO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Longidienus's stele, master carpenter or 'faber navalis' (carpenter on ship)

Detail of a door in St Isaac's Cathedral, in Saint Petersburg. The cathedral built by French-born architect Auguste de Montferrand was to be the main church of the Russian Empire. The cathedral was under construction for 40 years (1818-1858)Photography by Jose More

Gallery with column gear gallery with Copyright

Late Gothic tympanum of the main portal of the Ritterkapelle or Knights' Chapel, Hassfurt, Mainfranken, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Bitonto cathedral, Puglia, Italy. Reliefs

Roman Imperial Eagle, detail from Caesar relief stele.

Noah. Pre-Flood Patriarchs. Relief depicting Noah drunk. Collaborator of Andrea Pisano (Master of Noah), 1334-1336. Reproduction of one of the panels that decorate the bell tower of the Duomo (the originals are located in the Museo della Opera del Duomo). Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

PERE- MARC SAFONT/ MEDALLON DE SAN JORDI, PLAÇA DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUÑA.

Abruzzo Aquila Sulmona S. Chiara8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of the 16th century baroque church and adjacent cloister. Views focus on the sculpted wooden portal by the Master from Pescocostanzo. Interior views include: pulpit, cupola, frescoed pendentives of the four evangelists, ceiling frescoes, altar paintings, ornate altars, marble architectural sculpture and gilt architectural details. 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.

Sculptures above central portal to Cathedral of our Lady of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, Europe

Founder of San Marino The Saint Marinus San Marino officially Republic of San Marino, Italian Repubblica di San Marino, epithet La Serenissima The most exhausted is the presumably oldest existing republic in the world with a story that goes back to the year 301 with the foundation by the Holy Marinus. As an enclave, it is completely surrounded by Italy. The medieval old town is surrounded by a wall. There are 3 defensive towers from the 11th century on the neighboring peaks.

Josep Tramulles / Altarpiece of Monastery of Santa Maria de Santes Creus, 1647-1651.

Capital of a column of the ambulatory, St., Sankt, Saint

Sandstone relief with city coat of arms from the 15th century on the Thick Tower, 1250, Goerlitz, Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Pieta at the parsonage, Kevelaer, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, Europe

EXTERIOR - DET PORTADA PRINCIPAL - FACHADA PROYECTADA EN 1740 POR EL PINTOR HIPOLITO ROVIRA. Author: IGNACIO VERGARA (1715-1776). Location: PALACIO DEL MARQUES DE DOS AGUAS. Valencia. SPAIN.

Victoria and Albert museum, London, U.K. 1926 cast of a relief from the Benedictine monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos Detail : incredulity of St Thomas

Cinerary altar dedicated by Titus Flavius Chrysippus to his wife. Mable. 2nd century A.D. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Steinmetzarbeiten von historischen Figuren in Salamanca, Spanien Detailed stone reliefs depict historical scenes at a Salamanca building. Copyright: xZoonar.com/NadezhdaxBolotinax 22650749

Sepulcro de san Daniel (detalle). Aloi de Montbrai (Mestre Aloi), 1345. Museum: Monasterio de Sant Daniel, Girona.

capillita de la Rectoria, Manacor, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Christ and the Twelve Disciples. France, Normandy, circa 1450-1500. Sculpture. Sandstone with traces of polychromy

Romanesque sculpture. Co-cathedral of San Pedro, 12th century. Soria, Castile and Leon, Spain. Detail of a capital of the cloister.

Painted Diptych French or North Spanish ca. 1340-60 A considerable amount of paint remains on this diptych - an important reminder that bright color originally covered the pure ivory surfaces.

Lazio Roma Rome S. Paolo9. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculptural fragments, inscribed tomb markers, sculpture, fresco painting, mosaics Specific Location: Basilica Antiquities: Architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculpture fragments General Notes: the "tomb markers" need to be sorted and catalogued 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.

Unique astronaut sculpture on historical architecture captivates visitors in Salamanca, Spain unique astronaut sculpture on historical architecture captivates visitors in Salamanca, Spain

Saint Christopher; about 1500-1510; Pot-metal glass; uncolored glass with silver stain Unknown artist; German

Old tomb with a canopy from 1787 at the Basilica Goessweinstein, Balthasar-Neumann-Strasse 7, Goessweinstein, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Coat of arms of Munich at the new town hall, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

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