Renaissance Frescoes

Frescoes capturing vivid narratives and religious themes, highlighting notable artists' interpretations in grand architectural settings.

Italy, Veneto, Venice, mosaic detail, Basilica San Marco.

Parnassus, Lower Right, with 'Horace', Raphael, Raffaello S., 1510.

Raphael's Rooms(1508-1524) in The Vatican Museum, Raphael(!483-1520). Vatican city, Rome,Italy.

Peter Paul Rubens (1628-1629). Flemish painter. The Meeting of Abraham and Mechizedek, ca.1625. Prado Museum. Madrid, Spain.

Detail of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceiling (The Drunkenness of Noah). Adolphe Braun (French, 1812 - 1877)

Seventeenth century French tapestry depicting an episode from Astree, a novel by Honore' d'Urfe' (1568-1625), manufacture of Aubusson. Chateau de la Bastie d'Urfe, France.

Raphael's Rooms(1508-1524) in The Vatican Museum, Raphael(!483-1520). Vatican city, Rome,Italy.

Italy, Veneto, Venice, mosaic detail, Basilica San Marco.

Decoration of the Camera degli Sposi (Camera Picta), by Mantegna Andrea, 1465 - 1474, 15th Century, fresco and dry tempera. Italy. Lombardy. Mantua. Ducal Palace. West wall. The meeting between Ludovico Gonzaga and his sons, Francesco and Federico. Right episode. Whole artwork. Ludovico with his sons and other characters of perhaps the Emperor Frederick III and King Christian of Denmark. Before and after the restoration

Italy - Umbria - Spoleto. Cathedral. Fra Filippo Lippi, c. 1406-1469. Annunciation. Fresco

Mosaic Detail from above the main portal doors from the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, (more commonly called the 'Duomo'). Florence, Italy. Three huge bronze doors, adorned with scenes from the life of Madonna. They date from 1899 to 1903. Around the doors are multiple works of art: Mosaics by Niccolò Barabino, a half-relief by Tito Sarrocchi, and a series of niches and busts. The duomo was started in 1296 based on Arnolfo di Cambio's design, but was not complete until 1436 when Filippo Brunelleschi engineered the dome. One of Italy's largest churches.

Episodes of the life of Cosimo I de Medici fresco by Bernardino Poccetti Ospedale degli Innocenti - Exterior arcade, Florence, Italy Episodes of the life of Cosimo I de Medici fresco by Bernardino Poccetti Ospedale degli Innocenti - Exterior arcade, Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20295965

AMERICO VESPUCIO (1454/1512) RETRATO DE LA SALA DEL MAPAMUNDI. Location: PALACIO FARNESE. CAPRAROLA. ITALIA.

Altarpiece of the martyrdom of Saint Eulalia, Joan Lloert, Palma Cathedral Museum, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

CAMINO DEL CALVARIO - RETABLO DE MEJORADA - 1523/1526 - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: ALONSO BERRUGUETE (1488-1561). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ESCULTURA-COLECCION. Valladolid. SPAIN.

GABINETE DE MINISTROS - TECHO - ALEGORIA DE LOS MINISTERIOS DEPARTAMENTOS DE GUERRA Y MARINA - 1850/1852. Author: RIBERA CARLOS LUIS. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

San Bernardino Altarpiece, 1521, by Lorenzo Lotto ( ca 1480- 1556), oil on canvas, 300x275 cm. Church of San Bernardino Pignolo, Bergamo.

Ranuccio Farnese before Eugene IV

An Aubusson tapestry, woven in wools and silks, with a Prince held by two men, pleading before a General in Roman armour and a Courtier. 17th century, 316cm x 364cm.

Pinturas murales de Sant Pere Màrtir en la iglesia de Sant Domènec de Puigcerdà, siglo XIV.

France,Loire Valley,Chaumont Castle,Tapestry depicting Musicians in the Library

Saint Nicholas of Bari and the three maidens, fresco by Bartolo di Fredi, San Lucchese Convent, Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Italy, 14th century.

Lazio Roma Rome S. Croce in Gerusalemme32. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Cosmati pavement, architecture (facade). Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, frescoes: "Leggenda della Santa Croce," Antoniazzo Romano (attr) & "S. Elena sale al cielo," Corrado Giaquinto; mosaic ceiling in Cappella di S. Elena; coats-of-arms 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.

bridal chest with an image of the annunciation, around the year 1500, gilded and polychrome wood, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

PENELOPE EN SU TALLER - SIGLO XV - RENACIMIENTO ITALIANO. Author: SANDRO BOTTICELLI. Location: PALACIO VECCHIO INTERIOR. Florenz. ITALIA.

Allegory of Good Government (Cycle of frescoes The Allegory of the Good and Bad Government) by Lorenzetti, Ambrogio (ca 1290-ca 1348) / Palazzo Pubblico, Torre del Mangia, Siena / 1338-1339 / Italy, School of Siena / Fresco / Mythology, Allegory and Lite

Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Charterhouse (Certosa), old sacristy, altar-frontal with Stories from Old and New Testament and Legend of the Magi by Baldassare Embriachi, 1400-1409, ivory, detail

Detail from the Empyrean, 1819-1824, fresco by Philipp Veit (1793-1877), Dante Hall, Casino Massimo, Rome. Italy, 19th century.

Alfonso X, King of Castille and Leon. 1221-1284. Murcia.

CIANFANELLI, Nicola (1793-1848). Leonardo da Vinci in the Company of Lodovico Sforza. Fresco. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Galileo's Tribune.

Italy - Emilia-Romagna - Parma. Convent (Camera) of St. Paul. Correggio (original name Antonio Allegri, 1494-1534). The Parcae (Roman Fate Goddesses). Lunette. Fresco

Buonamico Buffalmacco. Triumph of Death. 1338-39. Devil and angel capturing the soults. Camposanto. Pisa. Italy.

La Veronica, bajorrelieve de alabastro policromado, claustro, Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe

Frescoes in the Martin's chapel, upper town, Bregenz, Lake of Constance, Vorarlberg, Austria

Maser, Italy Frescoes of the Villa Barbaro , 1918 - Italy - Fernand Cuville - (March -August) (French - Maser , Italie Fresques de la Villa Barbaro). Inner view, painted decor, painting, legend , myth, villa, Renaissance, Habitat , Architecture , Art, Italy, MASER, freshes of the Villa Giaconelli at Italy

SODOMA, Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, also called Il (1477-1549). ITALY. SIENA. Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore. Fresco painting placed in Chiostro Grande.'Come Benedetto scomunica due religiose e le assolve poi che furono morte'. Detail depicting two children playing. Renaissance art. Fresco.

Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (1475-1564). Italian artist. Ceiling of Sistine Chapel. Detail with The Creation of Adam. Fresco. C.1512. Vatican Museums. Vatican City.

Michelangelo / Ezekiel / fresco c.1510

Obsequies of Decius Mus. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640) (author of design) painter Hecke, Frans van den I (Flemish, 1630-1665) (workshop) weaver c. 1630 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 19'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Orselli, received 8/1925 (voided) SS 13914. French & Co. purchased from Robersons, invoiced 11/17/1925 (transferred to SS 41286) SS 27860. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banner: SPQR Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, center: FRANCOEbackwards S VAN DEN HECKE Body of Decius Mus lies in state, surrounded by Roman soldiers who celebrate victory (center, foreground); trophies of victory, including severed heads on sticks, captured weapons & armor, trumpet players, banner with inscription (center, middle ground); Roman soldiers bring bound prisoners (L, foreground); & spolia (R, foreground) (L &

CREATION OF ANIMALS - Raphael Rooms - 1513/1521 - FRESCO. Author: RAFAEL SANZIO O RAFAEL DE URBINO (1483-1520). Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-GALERIA DE APARTAMENTOS. VATICANO. DIOS PADRE.

Benedict makes an axe fallen to the bottom of the lake return by the handle, Come Benedetto fa tornare nel manico uno roncone che era caduto nel fondo di un lago, fresco by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi called Sodoma, Fresco cycle on the life of Benedict of Nursia, Benedetto da Norcia, Cloister, Olivetans, Monastery of Monte Olivetro Maggiore, Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Crete Senesi, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Actaeon hunted and attacked by dogs, Myth of Diana and Actaeon, ca 1524, by Francesco Mazzola known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), fresco, west side of the Room of Diana and Actaeon, Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, detail.

LAS BODAS DE CAMACHO - 1929-1930 - GRISALLA EN NEGRO Y ORO SOBRE LIENZO - PINTADAS PARA EL COMEDOR DEL HOTEL WALDORF ASTORIA DE NUEVA YORK. Author: SERT JOSE MARIA. Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN. DON QUIJOTE.

The Hellespontine Sibyl, by Lotto Lorenzo, 1524, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Bergamo: Trescore: Suardi Oratory. Detail. Hellespontine Sibyl light blue/azure orange young woman

Italy, Monte Oliveto Abbey, Abbazia di Monti Olivieti Maggiore, the cloister with frescoes by Luca Signorelli and Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, called Sodoma, Renaissance fresco cycles, Come Benedetto risalda la capistero che era rotto, Benedict puts a broken wooden trough back together, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Emile Jean Baptiste Philippe Bin (1825-1897). "Sketch for Saint-Sulpice church: the Assumption of the Virgin". Oil on wood. 1869-1869. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Figurative art, religious art, sketch, holy history, Christian iconography, religious iconography, saint

PINTURA MURAL DE SANT ESTEVE D´ANDORRA LA VIEJA. Author: MESTRE D'ANDORRA.

The Raising of Lazarus. Frederic James Shields (1833-1911). Pencil and watercolour heightened with white. 274.5 x 142.3cm. This is the cartoon for the south-west window in St. Laurence's Church, Mereworth, in Kent.

Artist: Neroccio de Landi, Italian, 1447-1500, The Annunciation, ca. 1480, Tempera on panel, 49 × 128.5 × 3.9 cm (19 5/16 × 50 9/16 × 1 9/16 in.), Neroccio de Landi, who was an accomplished sculptor as well as a painter, is best known for the elegance and grace of his renderings of the Virgin, saints, and angels, which made him one of the most admired and sought-after painters among late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century collectors of Italian Renaissance art. A half-moon-shaped panel such as this, known as a lunette, was intended to adorn the upper register of a large altarpiece. The rest of the structure from which this imposing and justly famous panel derives has not yet been identified. , Made in Siena, Italy, Italian, Siena, 15th century, Paintings

Council Chamber entirely painted with 15th century astrological and religious fresco cycle, Palazzo della Ragione, built as a courthouse, 13th c. Padua, Treasury in the heart of Veneto, Italy, Padua, Veneto, Italy, Europe

MOSAICO. Location: BASILICA DE SAN MARCOS. Venedig. ITALIA.

The deposition, detail from the Fresco Cycle of the Passion, 1523-1525, by Giacomo Carucci, known as Pontormo (1494-1556), fresco, 300x290 cm. Certosa di Galluzzo, Florence.

The Adoration of the Magi by Coecke van Aelst, Pieter, the Elder (1502-1550) / Museo del Prado, Madrid /The Netherlands / Oil on wood / Bible / 87x101 / Early Netherlandish Art

Villa d'Este in Tivoli, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Frescoes in Noble Apartments, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Small picture depicting an erotic scene, by Unknown artist, 25,1st Century, mural. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: Cubicolo D parete sinistra dell'anticamera. Whole artwork. Woman man bed onlooker/bystander

Apotheosis of Cosimo I. Date/Period: 1563 - 1565. Oil painting on wood. Height: 540 mm (21.25 in); Width: 540 mm (21.25 in). Author: Giorgio Vasari.

The Eternal Father and the Holy Innocents Martyrs, frescoed lunette by Giovanni di Francesco, Ospedale degli Innocenti - Exterior arcade, Florence, Italy The Eternal Father and the Holy Innocents Martyrs, frescoed lunette by Giovanni di Francesco, Ospedale degli Innocenti - Exterior arcade, Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20130095

The death of the firstborn, by Bernardino Luini (ca 1480-ca 1532), fresco transferred on wood, 211x169 cm.

Mosaic, glass mosaic frieze by Eduard Lebiedzki, main entrance of the parliament building, Parliament, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Blessed Virgin Mary by Andrea del Verrocchio, Oil on wood, 1475-1480, 1437-1488, Italy, Pistoia, Duomo di Pistoia, 189x191

Pompeii Archaeological Site, Campania, Italy. Fresco illustrating the Greek myth of Ixion. House of the Vettii. Casa dei Vettii. Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata are collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. EDITORIAL ONLY.

Fresco of the 'Triumph of Death', 14th century. Artist: Andrea Orcagna

Paintings by Pere Pau Montanyà, 1788. Bofarull Palace, Reus. Museum: Palacio Bofarull, Reus.

Frescoes of scenes from the Apocalypse, Basilica of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Galatina, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Triptych of the Crucifixion with Saints Anthony, Christopher, James and George. Netherlandish or German (Rhenish). Date: 1390-1410. Dimensions: Center 56.7 × 40.4 cm (22 5/16 × 16 7/8 in.); Left Wing 56.6 × 20.6 cm (22 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.); Right Wing 56.8 × 20 cm (22 3/8 × 7 7/8 in.). Tempera and oil (estimated) on panel. Origin: Rhenish. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA.

Fresco in the Vatican Museum, Rome, Italy.

The Probatic Pool. Date/Period: 1605 - 1606. Oil on Copper. Copper. Height: 390 mm (15.35 in); Width: 510 mm (20.07 in). Author: Lucio Massari.

Master of 1549. "The Last Judgment". Oil on oak panel, 1540-1550. Detail. From the Monastery of Sao Bento da Saúde, Lisbon, Portugal. National Museum of Ancient Art. Lisbon, Portugal. Author: Portuguese Master of 1549.

Josep Sunyer / Retablo mayor de San Pedro de Prada, 1697-1699.

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 20823504

Fragment of Reredos. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 28.1 x 35.5 cm (11 1/16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: Scale 1 1/2"-1'. Medium: watercolor, gold ink, silver ink, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward Jewett.

USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, tapestry

Blue Angels in Porta da Vila Southern Gate, 18th Century Tiles 11th Century Castle Wall, Obidos, Portugal. Castle and walls built in 11th century after town taken from the Moors.

'The Four Evangelists', 17th century, Oil on panel, 86 x 91 cm, P1702. Author: PEDRO PABLO RUBENS (COPIAS). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN MARCO EVANGELISTA. SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA Y APOSTOL. SAN LUCAS EVANGELISTA. SAN MATEO APOSTOL Y EVANGELISTA.

Allegories from Villa Lemmi, Botticelli fresco 15th c. Italy.

Benedict reassembling a broken trough, Come Benedetto risalda lo capistero che si era rotto, Left, Self-portrait of Sodoma, Centre, Fresco by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi called Sodoma, Fresco cycle on the life of Benedict of Nursia, Benedetto da Norcia, Cloister, Olivetans, Monastery of Monte Olivetro Maggiore, Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Crete Senesi, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

A colorful Italian Renaissance fresco on the arched ceiling of an ancient church.

Expulsion from the Garden of Eden and detail of Tribute Money, 1424-1425, frescoes by Tommaso Masaccio (1401-1428), Brancacci Chapel, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1982), Tuscany, Italy, 15th century.

Sweethearts of Mercury and Herse. Flamenco tapestry. Prat de la Riba room. Institute of Catalan Studies. Barcelona. Century XVI.

Peinture A L'Huile by painter Jan Van Eyck (c1390 - 1441).

Santa Comunión del Rey Carlos II de España. Museum: Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: Claudio Coello. CARLOS II DE ESPAÑA.

Disputa, Upper Right, Raphael, Raffaello S., 1510.

Anonymous / 'The Creation of Adam. The Hermitage of the Vera Cruz de Maderuelo'. XII century. Fresco painting on mural transferred to canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Saint george cathedral: fresco, ferrara, italy

Allegory of Justice, painting by Daniele Ricciarelli, better known as Daniele da Volterra or il Braghettone (1509-1566).

Giotto / Massacre of Innocents / Assisi

Element Fire, by Mazzoni Giulio, 1550, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Spada: Stanza delle Quattro Stagioni e dei Quattro Elementi. Whole artwork. Frame/cornice stuccoes marble human figures caryatides garlands festoons old man Hephaestus Vulcan god of fire woman soldier armor/cuirass helmet lance/spear shield Athena goddess young girls bridesmaid flying figures sky sun light pink blue red yellow black white

Bronze relief at the entrance portal, west facade, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Piazza del Duomo, Piazza dei Miracoli, Province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

CREACION DE ADAN Y EVA - ARCO DE INGRESO - PINTURA MURAL DE LA ERMITA DE LA VERA CRUZ DE MADERUELO - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. EVE. Adam. DIOS PADRE.

Apollo with the Muses - Project for a Plafond Gran, Daniel (1694 1757)

Triptych of St Sebastian, 1464-1470, by Giovanni Bellini (1431-36 - 1516) and other painters, tempera on panel, central panel 127x48, side panels 103x45, lunette 59x170.

Decorative fresco by Andrea Tibaldi, representative entrance to the noble wing, Landriano Castle, belonged to the Taverna family, Lombardy. Italy, late 16th century.

Early Middle Ages. Bronze objects of Carolingian provenance. Gornji Koljani-Crkvina, Croatia. Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split, Croatia.

Peter Paul Rubens, Oil Sketch for the High Altarpiece, St Bavo, Ghent, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, England, Great Britain.

Healing of Cripples, Cartoni die Raffaello e Bottega, Tapestry, Tapestry, Brussels Manufacture c. 1550, Lion Room, Palazzo Duccale, Royal Palace, Castle San Giorgio, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Annunciation for the Cavalcanti altar, ca 1435, by Donatello 1386-1466, limestone with gilt, Basilica of Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy Annunciation for the Cavalcanti altar, ca 1435, by Donatello 1386-1466, limestone with gilt, Basilica of Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20687415

Deposition, by Vannucci Pietro known as Perugino, 1517, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Umbria, Citta della Pieve, Perugia, Serviti Church. Detail. Five Apostles halos landscape red pale-blue yellow white.

Italy, Monte Oliveto Abbey, Abbazia di Monti Olivieti Maggiore, the cloister with frescoes by Luca Signorelli and Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, called Sodoma, Renaissance fresco cycles, Come Mauro mandato a salvare Placido cammina sopra l acqua, Mauro strides on the water to save Placidus, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The Triumph of Fortitude, School of Brussels, circa 1525,

Italy - Lombardy Region - Mantova - Te Palace - Room of Psyche by Giulio Romano - Banquet of the Gods - Fresco

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