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Religious Art and Frescoes

Intricate frescoes depicting religious figures and scenes from Christian history, showcasing Renaissance artistry with vivid colors and detailed designs.

Europe, Italy, Rome. St. Peter in Chains (aka San Pietro in Vincoli). Ornate ceiling,

England, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Painting titled "The Road to Calvary" by Juan and Diego Sanchez

Painting of Jesus and his mother Mary, St. Peter's Basilica; Rome, Italy

Paris (1st arr.), France The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Sébastien and two donors, known as Pala Casio, Boltraffio, Louvre Museum , (French - Paris ( Ier arr. ) , France La Vierge à l' Enfant avec saint Jean-Baptiste et saint Sébastien et deux donateurs , dite Pala Casio , Boltraffio , musée du Louvre). Museum, Christianity, Painting, Religion , Art

Fresco in the Church of Saint George, Taisten, Puster Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 9th century, detail.

Retrablo de Sant Martí, iglesia Parroquial, Arenys de Munt. Author: SERAFI PERE.

Henry IV (1050-1106). German king (1056-1105). Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Humiliation of Canossa (January 1077). Pope Gregory VII ordered Henry IV to present before him wearing the clothes of a penitent and barefoot, handing the crown to him, acknowledging that he was unworthy to wear it. After three days in the open, the Pope received him and absolved him, on condition that he would appear before the assembly of German princes, submitting any decision to the Pope's approval, and that he would not possess the authority and privileges of royal dignity. Penance of Henry IV. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by César Cantú. Volume V. Published in Barcelona, 1884.

Peru. Cusco city. The Archbishop Palace. Paintings of Cuzco School.

Evora Museum. Virgin Mary with Bartholomew and Anthony. Italian school. 1410. Portugal.

Painting Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, Notre-Dame Church, Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux, St, interior, biblical, scene, Jesus, Christ, Disciples, Apostles, Drome, Tricastin, Provence, France, Europe

Christ carrying the Cross, 1466. By Italian painter Biagio d'Antonio (1446-1508). Detail Saint Veronica. Renaissance. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

RETABLO DE SAN BENITO-DET MILAGRO DE SAN BENITO. Author: JUAN DE SEVILLA ROMERO Y ESCALENTE (1643-1695). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Szenen aus dem Leben des heiligen Petrus, die Deckenfresken in der Klosterkirche St. Johannes in Ursberg, Deutschland Scenes from the life of St. Peter, the frescoes on the ceiling of the monastery church of St. John in Ursberg, Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 22920983

Voyage of Saint Peter, Fresco by Andrea de Buonaiuto, on the ceiling of the Cappellone degli Spagnoli in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Voyage of Saint Peter, Fresco by Andrea de Buonaiuto, on the ceiling of the Cappellone degli Spagnoli in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20329281

angel with Moorish guitar, Mother of God of humility with musical angels altarpiece, Francesc Comes, 1390-94, Parish of La Mare de Deu dels Angels, pollensa museum, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

ESCULTURA-MUJER FUERTE DE LA BIBLIA"JUDITH"MADERA Y OTROS MATERIALES POLICROMADOS 1736. Author: ATRIBUIDO MARCELINO ROLDAN o PEDRO DUQUE CORNEJO. Location: MONASTERIO-INTERIOR. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN.

The Lamentation (Detail) Giotto (ca.1266-1337 Italian) Fresco Capella Scrovegni, Padua, Italy

Detail of Pieta from Altar of Saint Christina by Lorenzo Lotto, oil on wood, circa 1480-1556, Italy, Treviso, Quinto, Chiesa di Santa Cristina

The Charity of St. Anthony Lorenzo Lotto (ca.1480-1556 Italian) Oil on canvas San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy

Crucifixion, detail of Monastic Saints.

RETABLO BARROCO EN LA IGLESIA 1738. Author: FRANCISCO ESCARPENTER (S XVIII) ESCARPANTE. Location: HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA-ESTUDIOS ILDERDENSES. Lerida. SPAIN.

Fabriano (Italia, Marche - provincia di Ancona), chiesa di San Domenico (o Santa Lucia), Cappella di Sant'Orsola (o dell'Arcangelo Michele), Allegretto Nuzi (ciclo di affreschi della metà del XIV secolo). San Michele Arcangelo

The Annunciation Fra Angelico (ca.1395-1455 Italian) Fresco Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy

San Fermo Maggiore: Upper Church, Fresco of The Saint Antony Chapel, Verona, Italy.

Sant'Elpidio a Mare (Italia, Marche - provincia di Fermo), Pinacoteca Civica Vittore Crivelli. Vittore Crivelli, Polittico dell'Incoronazione, fine XV secolo (anni 80), proveniente dalla chiesa dei Minori Osservanti. Ordine inferiore, da sinistra a destra, San Bonaventura da Bagnoregio, San Giovanni Battista, Incoronazione della Vergine, San Francesco, San Ludovico da Tolosa, nell'ordine superiore Sant'Antonio da Padova, Sant'Elpidio, Vergine Addolorata, Cristo Morto, San Giovan ni Evangelista, Santa Maria Maddelena, San Bernardino da Siena. Nella predella storie di San Giovanni Battista

St Scholastica Visiting St Benedict in the Cave, by Ferrario Federico, Agrati Antonio, 18th Century, fresco. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Chiaravalle Abbey. Whole artwork. St Scholastica visiting St Benedict in the cave table banquet habit: tunic cassock pastoral staff: crosier frame volutes episode white gold dark: brown shades: tones: hues black white.

Angel Of The Annunciation - Detail C.1432/1433 Fra Angelico (ca.1395-1455 Italian) Tempera/wood Panel Museo Diocesano, Cortona, Italy

Fresco cycle in the Scrovegni Chapel, by Giotto, 1304 - 1306, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Padua, Scrovegni Chapel. Scenes from the Life of Christ of ascent to Calvary, characters parade rays halo. aureole tones. hues brown red yellow beige.

RETABLO MAYOR -IMAGEN DE STA TERESA - S XVII - ESCULTURA BARROCA-ESCUELA CASTELLANA- MADERA POLICROMADA. Author: GREGORIO FERNANDEZ. Location: CONVENTO DE SANTA TERESA. AVILA. SPAIN.

Triptych of the assumption and the coronation of Mary. Mistrz Ołtarza św. Wolfganga (fl. 1450-1469), painter

Saints John the Evangelist, Scholastica and Benedict (The Liesborn Altarpiece) by Master of Liesborn (15th century)/ National Gallery, London/ ca. 1470-1480/ Germany/ Oil on canvas/ Gothic/ 55,9x70,8/ Bible

Altarpiece of the Parliament of Paris. Left: St Louis (Louis IX of France) with tabard of fleur-de-lys, and John the Baptist. Right: Charlemagne and St Denis (carrying head) Centre: Christ crucified with three Marys and St John the Apostle. Centre background: Montmartre where Denis was beheaded. Dog represents fidelity of Parliament to Monarchy. Bones at Golgotha are a mementomori. God surveys all from above. Anonymous 15th century: French School.

Three Apostles.Three apostles, standing, seen to the knees. The man on the left has a sword in the right hand. Probably a fragment of a larger whole.

The Last Judgement, by Giotto, 1303 - 1305, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Padua, Scrovegni Chapel. The Last Judgment of two angels holding the Cross carrying cross.

Altar design by Koloman Moser for the church at Steinhof, Vienna, created in 1904-1905 using pencil, black chalk, watercolor, and deck white on paper, showing decorative and architectural elements.

The Redeemer Church (or Notre Dame Cathedral). The Marriage of the Virgin with Joseph. Hue. Vietnam.

CRISTO ANTE PILATOS - PINTURA DEL RETABLO MAYOR DE LA CATEDRAL DE PALENCIA - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: JUAN DE FLANDES (1465-1519). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. PALENCIA. SPAIN. JESUS. ANAS SACERDOTE. PONCIO PILATO-PILATOS-PONTIUS PILATUS.

CAPILLA STA TECLA-IMAGEN DE LA SANTA. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Madonna with Christ Child, Bebenhausen Cistercian Monastery, Tuebingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

GSELL-Laurent workshop. Album n ° 3; Stained glass project for other: Angel of the Annunciation, prayer character presented by a holy bishop. Pencil, black stone, blue wash. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Angel, Annunciation, Catholic, Chretian, Chretian Christian, Penon, Blue Lavis, Joyeux Mystery, New Testament, Character, Black Pierre, Presentation, Presenting, Project, Priere, Saint Eveque, Biblical Scene, stained glass

Unterlinden Museum. Nativity. Adoration of the Child Jesus by the three wise men or Magi. Polychrome wood. 16 th century. Colmar. France. Colmar. France. Colmar. France.

Europe, Italy, Campania, Naples, Dome of the Royal Chapel of the Treasure of St. Januarius, Naples cathedral

Our Lady of Sorrows. nieznany malarz polski, painter

Christ on the Cross, by El Greco, 1541-1614, Spain, Madrid, Zuloaga Collection

The Entombment of Christ by Caravaggio, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City , Paintings, Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610. Entombment. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Massys, Quentin (1466_1530) National Gallery, London Painting 92,7x110 Bible The Virgin and Child with Saints Barbara and Catherine

Juan de Flandes, The Nativity, c 1508 1519 The Nativity

Easter Morning - Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1818

The Last Judgment by Vasnetsov, Viktor Mikhaylovich (1848-1926) / State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow / 1885-1896 / Russia / Oil on canvas / Bible / 290x277

Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Cordon church. Fresco. Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper, while the disciples sleep. France. France.

The Nativity, by co-workers Martini Francesco di Giorgio, Martini Francesco di Giorgio, 1490 - 1494, 15th Century, fresco with dry finishing, azzurite inserts. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Sant'Agostino Church. Whole artwork. Nativity monochrome.

EYCK, Hubert van (1370-1426). The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. 1425-1432. BELGIUM. Ghent. Saint Bavo Cathedral. The Hermits. Interior of right hand wing of The Ghent Altarpiece. Flemish art. Oil on wood.

Annunciation, Simone, Francesco di, .

Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter. Disputation of the Holy Sacrament. Detail: Pope Sixtus IV and Dante Alighiari. 1509-1510. Apostolic Palace, Vatican.

German master National Gallery, London Painting 9,8x13,6 Bible Saint Christopher carrying the Infant Christ

Italy - Veneto Region - Padua - Scrovegni Chapel - Foolishness

Assumption of Mary

The Entombment of Christ by Caravaggio, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City , Paintings, Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610. Entombment. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

The Virgin and Child Enthroned within a Church; Ghent (probably), Belgium; about 1450 - 1455; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 19.4 x 14 cm (7 5,8 x 5 1,2 in.)

The Virgin and Child, Enthroned with SS. Giovanni Guadalberto, Bernardo della Uberti, Benedict and Salvi with the Kneeling Vallombrosan Abbot-General don Biagio Milanesi; Below, an Exorcism. Oil on panel. Dated 1522.

Paris, France Saint-Francois-Xavier church painting: Saint Joseph's death by Henri Pinta (1915)

Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Cordon church. Fresco. The Flagellation of Christ. France. France.

Mary's visit to Elizabeth, 1634, detail from the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, fresco by Isidoro Bianchi (1581-1662), after its restoration, Church of Santa Maria dei Ghirli, Campione d'Italia, Lombardy. Italy, 17th century.

Detail of painting of the Disputation over the Most Holy Sacrament, 1509-1510. Raphael, Room of the Segnatura, Vatican Museum, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, I...

Philosophy-Aristotle, Holy Scriptures-St. Jerome, Sacred Sciences and Liberal arts, detail of the Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas, fresco by Andrea di Buonaiuto, Spanish Chapel in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Philosophy-Aristotle, Holy Scriptures-St. Jerome, Sacred Sciences and Liberal arts, detail of the Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas, fresco by Andrea di Buonaiuto, Spanish Chapel in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20419025

Spain, Barcelona, the Archangel Raphae of Joan Llimona in the Pedralbes Monastery museum.

Cologne School (ca. 1500). Germany. Altarpiece. Front. Central panel depicting the Calvary. On the sides, Prison of Christ and Flagellation (left) and Jesus before Pilate, and Christ on the Way to Calvary (right). National Museum of Ancient Art. Lisbon, Portugal. Author: Cologne School. 15th-16th centuries.

Statue of Saint Sebastian on altar in Maria Vesperbild Church in Ziemetshausen, Germany Statue of Saint Sebastian on altar in Maria Vesperbild Church in Ziemetshausen, Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21385034

Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, United States. San Jose Mission church, interior with historically significant retablo. (PR)

The story of Dante and Beatrice; 1911 by Florence Camm (1874-1960). The figures of Dante and Beatrice represented earthly and spiritual love. The subject comes from the poem 'Vita Nuova; by the 13th century Italian poet Dante.

Saint Augustine of Hippo, sated on a raised cathedra, lecturing on rhetoric in Milan. Chromolithograph by Storch & Kramer after Mariannecci after Benozzo Gozzoli.

RELICARIO DE LA VERONICA - PLATA DORADA - SIGLO XV. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. GERONA. SPAIN. SAINT VERONICA. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY.

Saint Augustine, doctor of the Church, fresco by the school of Galdino da Varese, semi-dome of the apse, church of Saint Peter, Gemonio, Lombardy. Italy, 15th-16th century.

Peace and Goodwill by Henry Payne (1868-1940).This three-panel stained glass window was commissioned as a memorial 'to the men of the church who fell' and those who served in the Great War 1914-1918.

Europe, Belgium, Antwerp. A triptych within Antwerp's Kathedraal

Coronation of the Virgin and Saints, altarpiece by Bernardino Fungai (1460-1516), Basilica of San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi, Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

Saint Bernhard von Alcira The Saint Bernhard of Alcira

Scenes from the Life of St Charles of Erection of the Crosses in Milan, by Crespi Giovan Battista known as Cerano, 1602 - 1603, 17th Century, tempera on canvas. Italy: Lombardy: Milan: Santa Maria Nascente Dome Cathedral. Detail. Cloak/mantle cross column yellow sword scabbard dog cushion group men

Orval trappist abbey, Belgium. Church. Way of the cross. 14th station (detail).

LA ORACION DEL HUERTO - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: JUAN CORREA DE VIVAR. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. APOSTLE PETER. SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA Y APOSTOL. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor. JUDAS ISCARIOTE (3 ac-30 dc).

'The Descent from the Cross', c. 1435, Oil on panel, 220 × 262 cm, P02825. Author: ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. MARY MAGDALENE. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA Y APOSTOL. CRISTO MUERTO. CRISTO DEL DESCENDIMIENTO. SIMEON SACERDOTE.

Entschlafung der Muttergottes Dormition of Our Lady, Altarpiece of Santa Maria de Salas, polychrome gilded and varnished silver, circa 1366, Huesca Diocesan Museum, Aragon community, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22307629

SAGRADA FAMILIA CON EL NIÑO DANDO SUS PRIMEROS PASOS- S XVII. Author: LUISA ROLDAN (1654-1704) LA ROLDANA. Location: PALACIO DEL INFANTADO / MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES. Guadalajara. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.

FLORENCE The Museum of San Marco Crucifixion Group (drawing) by Fra AngeIIco (Giovanni da Fiesole) unknown

Florence cathedral, Baptistry of Saint John, Gates of Paradise, Isaac with Esau and Jacob, Florence, Italy Florence cathedral, Baptistry of Saint John, Gates of Paradise, Isaac with Esau and Jacob, Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20347212

Stiftskirche in Salzburg Collegiate church in Salzburg LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 23409177

The Martyrdom of the Franciscans, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1320, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, San Francesco Basilica. Detail. Mercenary in the foreground on the left holding the sword.

Saint Christopher and Christ child, fresco on the facade of a chapel in Sarntal, Sarntal, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

fine arts, Schoenfeld Johann Heinrich (1609 - 1684), painting, Holy Trinity with adoring Angels, Hohenwart Church, Upper Bavaria,

Isiah. Winchester Cathedral. 19th cent. England.

LA SANTA CENA - 1796/97 - 146x340. Author: FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES DE (1746-1828). Location: IGLESIA DE LA SANTA CUEVA. Cadiz. SPAIN. JESUS. JUDAS ISCARIOTE (3 ac-30 dc).

Antoni Viladomat / 'Madre de Dios', s. XVIII, Capilla de los Dolores, Basílica de Santa María, Mataró.

Hodegetria Mary mosaic inside Chora Museum, also known as Kariye Muzesi, Edirnekapi, Istanbul, Turkey

Renaissance frescoes in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland

ROME, VATICAN STATE - August 28, 2018: Pieta di Michelangelo (The Pity), 1498-1499, located in St. Peter Basilica in Rome

Madonna, rejected attribution Willem Paulet, 1674

Madonna with child, detail from a gold crucifix, St Martin's church, Bollate, Lombardy, Italy, 18th century.

Dead Christ with Angels, Christ in the Sepulchre with Two Angels, Fresco, Andrea di Bartolo, Andrea del Castagno, circa 1447, Sant'Apollonia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Abraham blesses the marriage of Izaac and Rebekka. Round diamond with stained glass representation of Abraham that reflects the marriage of Izaac and Rebekka. The scene is gadten by the sister and the feeder of Rebekah.

Fresco Wieskirche An image of a beautiful religious fresco inside the Wieskirche in Germany Bavaria Copyright: xZoonar.com/magannx 3501620

St Mary's Church in the Thuringian town of Mühlhausen is the second largest church building in the Free State of Thuringia after Erfurt Cathedral. It was mainly built during the 14th century in the Gothic style. Its 86.7 metre high central tower is the tallest in the state and is a major feature of the town's skyline. St Mary's Church has no longer been a parish church since 1975, but is used as a museum by the Mühlhausen Museums Association and as a church of worship for the Protestant parish of Mühlhausen. St Mary's altarpiece from around 1510, St Mary's Church, Mühlhausen, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

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