Edinburgh Castle from the Grass Market From the original painting by Lt Col Batty F R S from the book Select Views of some of the Principal Cities of Europe published London 1832 Engraved by R Brandard

Detail of Mrs Paine and her Daughters painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1767 in the interior of the Lady Lever Gallery in Port Sunlight Model Village Wirral Peninsula Merseyside England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Francis II Francois de Valois 1544 1560 King of France Photo etching from painting by Rauch From the book Lady Jackson s Works VII The Last of the Valois I Published London 1899

Mural painting in a cave at the Buddhist cave site of Ajanta, carved from a gorge in the Waghore River, Ajanta, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra State, India, Asia

Detail of a painted wall in the grand entrance hall to the fort at the base of the hill on which fort sits, Kuchaman Fort, Kuchaman, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Painting in Cave 17, one of the world_heritage Buddhist caves at Ajanta, carved from a gorge in the Waghore River, Maharashtra State, India

Queen Margot Margeurite de Valois 1553 1615 1st wife of Henry IV daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medicis From an engraving by Merger after the painting by Vincent

Lighted pedestrian tunnel decorated with graffiti and other artistic paintings leading under K. Valdemara iela near the Vansu Bridge.

Garden of Earthly Delights or The Painting of the Strawberry Tree by Hieronymus van Aeken Bosch Prado Museum El Museo Art Gallery Madrid Spain Espana Europe EU This triptych shows naked humans trapped by earthly pleasure and desire

Murals in the beautifully painted Inner Sanctuary of the Christian Church of Ura Kedane Meheriet, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa

Henry II de Valois of France 1519 1559 King of France from 1547 Photo etching from painting by Biozot From the book Lady Jackson s Works VI The Court of France II Published London 1899

NEW YORK CITY A young man looking at a painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York placed in 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street next to Central Park

Close_up of exteriors of painted wooden balconies in Little Venice in the Alefkandra district of the old part of Mykonos town, Cyclades Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

The grand painted Durbar Hall, one of the finest examples of its type in Rajasthan, Samode Palace, Samode, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Frescoes at the ruins of Pompeii, a large Roman town destroyed in 79AD by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Drunken frolic amongst the Chippewas and Assinneboins, by Rindisbacher, West Point Museum, United States of America, North America

Close_up of wall painting fresco of St. George, St. Barbara Church, Goreme Open Air Museum, Goreme, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

La Boca is one of Buenos Aires most colorful districts Italian immigrants were the first settlers of La Boca and the working class neighborhood was Buenos Aires first port Today the buildings in the barrio are painted in bright colors

Murals, Teotihuacan, 150AD to 600AD and later used by the Aztecs, UNESCO World Heritage Site, north of Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Lisbon from The Rua de San Miguel From the original painting by Lt Col Batty F R S from the book Select Views of some of the Principal Cities of Europe published London 1832 Engraved by T Jeavons

Depiction of rose and birds painted on wall in dining area, Samode Haveli, Gangapol District, Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Painting of a turtle at the Aboriginal rock art site at Ubirr Rock, Kakadu National Park, where paintings date from 20000 years old to present day, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific