Ornate Architectural Ceilings

Stunning ceilings adorned with intricate frescoes, showcasing remarkable artistry and grandeur from various European locations.

France, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine Region, Nancy, Place Stanislaus, town hall, ceiling detail

Stories of Esther of Coronation of Esther, by probably Legnani Stefano Maria know as Legnanino, 1698 - 1700, 17th Century, fresco. Italy, Lombardy, Lodi, Incoronata Sanctuary. Detail. Stories of Esther of Coronation of Esther steps. stairs balustrade helmet armor. cuirass plume drape. cloth drapery. draping.

Campania Caserta Caserta Palazzo Reale90. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture & architectural sculpture, sculpture, statues, paintings, frescoes, stuccoes, furnishings & decorative art General Notes: Discrepancy in number of prints & negatives. Hutzel notes 824 prints & negatives. Negatives for 1-62 of one batch seem to be missing (would make a total of 824) 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.

Grotesques with allegorical representations above the bedroom door, King's apartment, Hunting residence (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1997), by Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736), Stupinigi, Piedmont, Italy, 18th century.

Ceiling painting in the King's Hall Sala de los Reyes, Alhambra World Heritage Site in Granada, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Buonamico Buffalmacco. "The Triumph of Death". The Hell. Torments and figure of Satan. 1338-39. Camposanto. Pisa. Italy.

Historic paintings and frescoes in the Piccolomini Library, Siena Cathedral, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Genoa, Royal Palace, Duke's bedroom of frescoed ceiling depicting mytghological scene between panels, by Colonna Angelo Michele, Mitelli Agostino, 1651 - 1654, 17th Century, fresco. Italy, Liguria, Genoa, Palazzo Reale, Royal Palace. Detail. Panels on left. Zenith view depicted architecture clouds allegories little figures putti: cherub clouds.

Ducal palace: frescoes, sassuolo, italy

Italy, Campania, Padula, the Certosa of San Lorenzo, the Decorated Ceiling, Fresco

Ceiling fresco, Vatican-Museums, Vatican, Italy, Europe

Stories of Esther of Coronation of Esther, by probably Legnani Stefano Maria know as Legnanino, 1698 - 1700, 17th Century, fresco. Italy, Lombardy, Lodi, Incoronata Sanctuary. Whole artwork. Stories of Esther of Coronation of Esther crown steps dwarf drapery. draping.

Rococo frescoes by Domenico Carella, Sala dell'Arcadia, Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, Valle d'Itria, Apulia, Italy, Europe

St Maurice, 1623-1634, fresco by Isidoro Bianchi (1581-1662), after its restoration, Church of Santa Maria dei Ghirli, Campione d'Italia, Lombardy. Italy, 17th century.

Jose Clemente Orozco art, Hospicio Cabanas hospital, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Historic Center, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, North America

Wall painting by Stefano Torelli: Allegorical figures of the virtues of the councillors, 18th century Iron Furnace

Fürstenzug, wall frieze from Meissen porcelain, Schlossstraße, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Pinturas de Jose Mª Sert, Sala de Passos Perdusts, Palau de la Justicia, Barcelona. Author: ENRIC SAGNIER. JOSEP MARIA SERT. JOSEP DOMENECH ESTAPA.

Disputa del Sacramento

Marc Chagall mural covering the ceiling of the Paris Opera House contains images of famous Paris landmarks including the Place de Concorde and the Arch of Triumph Paris France

Ceiling painting, Galleria delle carte geografiche, Gallery of Maps, Hall of Maps, Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

The Galerie d’Apollon a large and iconic room of the Louvre museum. Apollon gallery is a gold decorated hall with zodiac signs ornaments and murals on the walls and ceiling. Architectural masterpiece

Pinturas de Xavier Nogues, despacho de la alcaldia. Ayuntamiento de Barcelona.

interiors of Raphael rooms, Vatican museum, Vatican VATICAN CITY, VATICAN, JUNE 12, 2015 : interiors and architectural details of Raphael rooms in Vatican museum, june 12, 2015, in Vatican city, Vatican Copyright: xZoonar.com/patrickxmichelettix 17112034

Ducal palace: frescoes, sassuolo, italy

Former Collegiate Church of the Nativity of Mary, ceiling fresco by Matthaeus Guenther, Rottenbuch, Pfaffenwinkel region, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

FRESCOS DE LA BOVEDA - HISTORIA DEL TOISON DE ORO - 1699 - ALEGORIA DE LA MONARQUIA - BARROCO ITALIANO. Author: LUCA GIORDANO. Location: CASON DEL BUEN RETIRO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Campania Caserta Roccamonfina Santuario di Maria SS. dei Lattani3. 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.

Paris (1st arr.), France The majority of Louis XIII, Rubens room, narrative cycle Marie de Médicis, Musée du Louvre , (French - Paris ( Ier arr. ) , France La Majorité de Louis XIII , salle Rubens , cycle narratif Marie de Médicis , musée du Louvre). Museum, personality of nobility, painting, Personality, art, France, Paris, Louvre museum: Rubens room: wedding of Louis XIII

Italy, Pompeii. House of the Vettii, 1st century AD. Exedra. Frescoes.

Frescoes and bas-reliefs commemorating the students who graduated from the University of Padua in the patio of the building. Italy

Mosaics on the choir ceiling, made by Sir William Blake Richmond, Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, England, Great Britain, Europe.

Lazio Roma Rome S. Francesco di Paola1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of facade, capitals, architectural sculpture. Interior views of nave and altar, achitectural sculpture, ceiling frescoes, side altars, sculpture, paintings, scresty, collegio. General Notes: Views of Piazza S. Francesco di Paola were extracted from this numerical sequence and filed separately. 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.

Versailles, France. Palace of Versailles beautiful gilded baroque design elements

Ceiling with fake stuccoes and a male figure in the centre wrapped in cloth and clutching a cornucopia and a small rod, alcove, Villa Arconati, first floor (piano nobile), Castellazzo di Bollate, Lombardy, Italy, 18th century.

Triptych with the Last Judgement outer wings: Saints Peter and Paul. Het Laatste Oordeel, met op de buitenluiken de H. Petrus en H. Paulus. Dating: 1526 - 1527. Measurements: h 269.5 cm × w 184.8 cm; h 264 cm × w 76 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: LUCAS VAN LEYDEN.

Mexico, San Miguel de Allende. Wall paintings inside Art Institute.

Bust of FRANCISCO PIZARRO at the PLAZA DE ESPANA, built for the 1929 WORLD FAIR - SEVILLA, SPAIN

Kaiserstiege, the largest Baroque staircase in Austria, ceiling fresco Apotheosis of Emperor Charles VI by Paul Troger, Goettweig Abbey Benedictine Monastery, Furth near Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Conjunt dels Dolors, Antoni Viladomat, 18th century. Basilica of Santa Maria, Mataró. Museum: Basílica de Santa María, Mataró.

France, Ile-de-France, Fontainebleau, Chateau de Fontainebleau, The Plate Gallery, Ceiling Decoration

Close-up of ornate baroque architectural detail

Trompe-l'oeil mural paintings on the ceiling and walls, corridor between the central hall and the Queen's apartment, Hunting residence (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1997), by Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736), Stupinigi, Piedmont, Italy, 18th century.

Rome, Roma, Sant' Ignazio, ceiling fresco by Andrea Pozzo

Fresco paiting in Palatina Gallery, Palazzo Pitti (Pitti Palace), a Renaissance palace.

Iran, Central Iran, Kashan, Khan-e Boroujerdi, traditional carpet merchant's house, ornate plasterwork

Fresco on the ceiling of the entrance to Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida. (Editorial Use Only)

Paris (1st arr.), France The birth of the Virgin of Bartolomeo Esteban Murillo, Louvre museum , (French - Paris ( Ier arr. ) , France La Naissance de la Vierge de Bartolomeo Esteban Murillo , musée du Louvre). Museum, Christianity, Painting, Religion , Art, France, Paris, Louvre museum: birth of the Virgin

Hotel Krcinuv Dum, murals on the Krcin House in the historic old town of Krumlov, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cesky Krumlov South Bohemia, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Albert Besnard (1849-1934). Sets of the Petit Palais entrance vestibule (detail). "Mysticism", "Plastic", "Thought" and "matter". Oil on marouflaged canvas, 1903-1907. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99859-19 Allegorie, crazy years, 1900 years, allegorical art, figurative art, decor, wall painting, small palace, painted ceiling, symbolism, vestibule, VIIIEM VIII 8th 8th 8th 8th arrondissement, 20th XX 20th 20th 20th 20th century

Ceiling fresco by Martin Heigl, The Cultivated Earth, The Four Elements, 1765, festival room Kloster Raitenhaslach, Steinerner Saal, Aula Maior, Burgh...

Charity, fresco by Vittorio Emanuele Bressanin (1860-1941), ceiling from the Church of Our Lady of Salvation (Santa Maria del Soccorso or La Rotonda), Rovigo, Veneto, Italy.

Close-up of paintings on the wall of a palace, Ducal Palace, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy

Cathedral of Orvieto, Duomo di Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, Europe, Elaborate historical stone relief art on a cathedral, Orvieto, Europe

Ceiling fresco, St., Saint, Saint

Oriental fantasy palace, ornate inlay work of Sicilian Baroque in the church Chiesa dell 'Immacolata Concezione, Palermo, Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Fresco depicting musicians, 1650, by Giovanni Stefano Montalto (1608-1689), Music room, Landriano Castle, belonged to the Taverna family, Lombardy. Italy, 17th century.

City of Palermo, Palazzo Reale, royal palace, also called Palazzo dei Normanni or Norman Palace, in the Cappella Palatina, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Roman wall paintings from private palaces in the Palazzo Massimo, National Museum of Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Ceiling frescoes in the aisle of St Catherine's Church, allegorical depictions of the victories of Emperor Leopold I over the Ottomans, Mausoleum of the Habsburgs, Graz, Styria, Austria, Europe

Pinturas de Jose Mª Sert, Sala de Passos Perdusts, Palau de la Justicia, Barcelona. Author: ENRIC SAGNIER. JOSEP MARIA SERT. JOSEP DOMENECH ESTAPA.

Italy, Campania, Pompeii, House Of Venus In The Shell

Desembarco de Jaime I en Mallorca, Saló de Sant Jordi. Fresco. Museum: Palau de la Generalitat, Barcelona. Author: ALEXANDRE DE CABANYES.

Interior with a Company by Bartholomeus van Bassen (c. 1590-1652) Esaias van de Velde (1587-1630) oil on panel, 1622-1624. Van Bassen painted the Interior, and his colleague Van de Velde the figures. The composition represents an elegant company in a grand, stylish residence with paintings on the walls, decorated cabinets, a monumental chimneypiece and an elaborate wooden coffered ceiling. The decorations were inspired by designs by the architect Hans Vredeman de Vries. This interior never actua

The medieval astronomic clock, the only one of its kind in good working condition. Church Marienkirche, a landmark of Rostock. City of Rostock. Germany, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Tomb of Pietro di Noceto, Tomba a Pietro di Noceto, sculptor Matteo Civitali, Cathedral, Cattedrale di San Martino also Duomo di Lucca, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

England, London, Westminster Abbey, The Chapter House, Wall Paintings dating from 1400 Showing Scenes from The Book of Revelation

Vatican art The Vatican Museums Italian Musei Vaticani mainly accommodate the papal art collections and are on the territory of the Vatican City. The collection is one of the most important and largest in the world and comprises the areas of oriental age old Egypt and Assyria, classic antiquity of Greek-Roman art, Etruskish-Italian old people today before the Roman period, early Christian and medieval art 3.14. Century, art of the Renaissance 15th century to the 19th century, contemporary art and Ei-ne-ne ethnic collection. The most famous part, which can be visited in the course of a museum visit, is the Sistine chapel.

Secco painting, ceiling fresco, the heavenly Jerusalem, crossing of the cathedral church St. Blasii, Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Fan 1855-65 European. Fan. European. 1855-65. mother-of-pearl, paper, gouache

mural paintings, by Jose Maria Sert,in the church of the former Dominican convent housing the San Telmo Museum, San Sebastian, Bay of Biscay, province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain,Europe

Mexico, Jalisco, Guadalajara, Instituto Cultural de Cabanas built between 1805 and 1810, El Hombre de Fuego Man of Fire, the most notable of the mural...

North America, Mexico, Oaxaca. Arturo Garcia Bustos's murals adorn the walls of the Presidential Palace.

Pier-glass, by Mongiardino Francesco Maria, 1736, 18th Century, inlaid and gilded wood. Italy: Liguria: Genoa: National Gallery of Palazzo Spinola. Whole artwork. Pier-glass mirror frame rinceaux volutes decoration gold stuccowork clock candelabra candles winged statues

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

Austria, Vienna, The Emperor Karl VI statue in the State hall of the Austrian National Library

Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, Eastwards Corridor, Grotesque Frescos Ceiling, Antonio Tempesta and Alessandro Allori Artists.

Italian Renaissance Torrechiara Castle. Cesare Baglione 1550 - 1615. titleof the work. Grotesque frescoed room Hall of the Jugglers. early 17th century.

Ceiling design, Interior design, Semperoper, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe, A heavenly ceiling fresco with an angel carrying a lyre in baroque style, Europe

New York, Buffalo. Historic art deco City Hall, interior. Wall mural.

Fresco cycle: The Gonzaga Court, Camera degli Sposi, Bridal Room, painted between 1465 and 1474 by Andrea Mantegna for Ludovico II Gonzaga and woman Barbara of Brandenburg, Palazzo Duccale, Castle San Giorgio, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Picture Gallery with Views of Modern Rome; 1757 Oil on canvas Giovanni Paolo Pannini Italian Roman; 1691-1765

Alterpiece by Pau Costa, 18th century. Church of Saint Mary, Cadaqués. Museum: Iglesia de Santa María, Cadaqués.

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

Detail of the 'Doors of Paradise' showing Joseph in Egypt, 15th century. Artist: Lorenzo Ghiberti

The Interior of St Bavo's Church, Haarlem (the 'Grote Kerk'). Date/Period: 1648. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 1,748 mm (68.81 in); Width: 1,436 mm (56.53 in). Author: Pieter Jansz. Saenredam.

PINTURAS DE LA ESCALERA DE SERVICIO - SIGLO XIX. Author: ELIAS VALLEJO (1782-1858). Location: REAL CASA DEL LABRADOR, LA. Aranjuez. MADRID. SPAIN.

DET- BATALLA DE HIGUERUELA (1431)- PINTURA AL FRESCO 1585- SALA DE BATALLAS- DESPUES DE RESTAURAR. Author: GRANELLO-TAVARON-CASTELLO Y CAMBIASSO. Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Kiyevskaya is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1953, it is lavishly decorated in the quasi-baroque style that predominated in the early 1950s. The square pylons are faced with white Ural marble and elaborately patterned ceramic tile and the plastered ceiling is decorated with a series of frescoes by various artists depicting life in Ukraine. A large mosaic at the end of the platform commemorates the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Russia and Ukraine. The architects were L. V. Lile, V. A. Litvinov, M. F. Markovsky, and V. M. Dobrokovsky.

Vault fresco, Poccetti Gallery, Pitti Palace, Florence. Italy, 15th century.

Apollo Gallery in the Louvre by Victor Duval, oil on canvas, (1795-Circa 1868), USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, David David Gallery

Around 1900, neoclassicism with rich wall paintings

Portraits of Vasari's collaborators. Date/Period: 1563 - 1565. Oil painting on wood. Height: 130 mm (5.11 in); Width: 250 mm (9.84 in). Author: Giovanni Battista Naldini.

Giuseppe Renato Greco, The Calvary of Manduria, Manduria, Taranto, Apulia, Italy

The statue of General Faidherbe, inaugurated in Bapaume, France, on 27 September 1891, illustration from the magazine L'Illustration, year 49, no 2534, September 19, 1891.

Vintage Photograph. Decadent dessert display in an artful setting with Roman sculptures.

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