Ancient Mural Artworks

Frescoes and geometric mural paintings from historical sites, showcasing religious and cultural themes from different eras.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Thutmose III, mural paintings from Illustrated Amduat in Burial chamber from 18th dynasty

fresco románico, Ermita de San Miguel, siglo VII, construida durante el reinado visigodo de Wamba, Gormaz, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Thutmose III, mural paintings from Illustrated Amduat in Burial chamber from 18th dynasty

Garden ofLove. Artist: Giovanni dal Ponte, Italian, Florence, ca. 1385-1437

gobernante con piel de jaguar sentado en una canoa y tocado con una serpiente bicefala, vaso polícromo, clásico tardio, Santa María Nebaj,museo de antropologia Maya, departamento de El Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

The Lovers. Basel (present-day Switzerland). Date: 1490-1500. Dimensions: 105.3 × 78.9 cm (41 1/2 × 31 1/8 in.). Hemp, wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave. Origin: Basel. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS - LAS LANGOSTAS FANTASTICAS Y EL ANGEL DEL ABISMO - SIGLO XI. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. ABADON.

France, Loire Valley, Angers Castle, The Apocalypse Tapestry

Mantle ("The Paracas Textile") Nasca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). This extraordinarily complex mantle, or cloak, is one of the most renowned Andean textiles in the world. It was most likely used as a ceremonial object. The ninety figures decorating the border, created by needle knitting, have been interpreted as a microcosm of life on Perus South Coast two thousand years ago, with a particular focus on agriculture. Many of the images illustrate native flora and fauna as well as cultivated plants. Costumed figures may represent humans impersonating gods and acting as intermediaries between the real and supernatural worlds. Severed human trophy heads are shown as germinating seeds, suggesting the practice of ritual sacrifice and the interconnected cycles of birth and death. Este extraordinariamente complejo manto, o capa, es uno de los textiles andinos más conocidos en el mundo. Fue usado probablemente como

TAPIZ DE LA GUERRA DE TROYA - SIGLO XV. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Egyptian wall paintings from The New Kingdom, facsimies of ancient Egyptian wall decoration. They are accurate copies of original scenes, exact in line and colour and, with a few exceptions, at a scale of 1:1

PINTURA MURAL DEL PALACIO AGUILAR- CAMPAMENTO DE JAIME I Y CONQUISTA DE PALMA DE MALLORCA - 1280. Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN. JAIME I DE ARAGON EL CONQUISTADOR. JAMES I OF ARAGON. JAIME II DE VALENCIA. XXX.

Painting of kings attacked by Abraham and his followers, St. Savin Abbey, Saint_Savin_sur_Gartempe, Vienne, France, Europe

Mexico.Mexico city.National Museum of Antropology.Maya culture.Painting of Bonampak.

Mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale (Roman Villa) in Piazza Armerina Sicily Italy

Beheading of St Maurilius, by Karcher Giovanni, 1553, 16th Century, arazzo tessuto a Ferrara. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Ferrara, Cathedral Museum. Detail. Niche statue architecture grass bushes leaves figures escape column arches winged demons dragons monsters kidnapping man rape drapery: draping excitement green yellow dark: brown shades white creamy green light.

Stories of the life of the Blessed Simon of Trent, 1484, fresco by the Giovanni Marinoni workshop, church of Saint Bartholomew, Albino, Lombardy, Italy, 15th century.

Fragmentary Mosaic Floor with Bear Hunt; 4th century; Stone tesserae; 661 × 869 cm (260 1,4 × 342 1,8 in.)

Peru, An original wall decoration of the C15th Inca temple at Qorikancha which was destroyed by the Spanish conquest.

Paradise, fresco on the counterfacade, church of San Michele al Pozzo Bianco (St Michael by the White Well), Bergamo, Lombardy. Italy, 12th-13th century.

Watercolor illustration board by Vincenzo Brenna depicting a ceiling scene with a ball player, using cover colors, part of ''Vestigia delle Terme di Tito'' series, circa 1780.

Legend about the Count of Savoy (15th c.). Work by the Basel Workshop. Flemish art. Tapestry. FRANCE. FRANCHE-COMTƒ. DOUBS. Besanon. Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology.

Frescoes by Indigenous Artists, 16th century, Casa del Dean, 1580, Oldest House in Puebla, Historic Center, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Puebla City, Puebla State, Mexico, North America

Minoan fresco. Akrotiri, Island of Thera (Santorini). House of Ladies. Lady offering a necklace to a goddess. 1650 BC. Museum of Prehistoric Thera. Santorini, Greece.

Lazio Rieti Poggio Mirteto S. Paolo10. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, post-restoration (12th century) Post-medieval: Interior: nave and chapels; votive frescoes (13-14th century); apse frescoes depicting Coronation of the Virgin, prophets, saints, and Conversion of St. Paul, by Lorenzo Torresani (1521) 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.

Royal palace complex. Murals of scenes from the Khmer (Reamker) version of the classic Indian epic Ramayana. Phnom Penh; Cambodia.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Mural paintings showing votive offerings in Tomb of scribe and granary accountant at Amon's estate Amenemhat

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Mural painting showing hunting dog in tomb of granary supervisor at Amon's estate Ineni

India, Rajasthan, Bikaner, , Junagarh Fort and Palace - interior detail

Papyrus of a Woman Named Tentosorkon 945 B.C.

Two Chinese nobles arrive at a palace complex, the vestibule of which is decorated with golden statues of warriors. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.

Jese tree, 1360, unknown author, Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra,Spain.

The Shahnameh or Shah-nama ('The Book of Kings') is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c.977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Iran and related Perso-Iranian cultures. Consisting of some 60,000 verses, the Shahnameh tells the mythical and to some extent the historical past of Greater Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century. The work is of central importance in Persian culture, regarded as a literary masterpiece, and definitive of ethno-national cultural identity of Iran. It is also important to the contemporary adherents of Zoroastrianism, in that it traces the historical links between the beginnings of the religion with the death of the last Zoroastrian ruler of Persia during the Muslim conquest.

LIENZO DE PINTURA MURAL, FRESCOS (DEPOSITO: MUSEO DIOCESANO) . JACA, HUESCA, ARAGON, ESPAÑA.

End of 5th century AD. Deatail from a freize showing the Battle of Kadesh (Qadesh) between the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River, near the modern Syrian-Lebanese border dated to 1274 BC. It was the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving perhaps 5,000ñ6,000 chariots

The Battle of Pharsalus and the Death of Pompey 1455-1460 Italy. Tempera on panel . Apollonio di Giovanni

Ramayana Painting in Laxminarayan Temple, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajmahal, India Copyright: xAshaxAdatia/DinodiaxPhotox

Mantle ("The Paracas Textile") Nasca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). This extraordinarily complex mantle, or cloak, is one of the most renowned Andean textiles in the world. It was most likely used as a ceremonial object. The ninety figures decorating the border, created by needle knitting, have been interpreted as a microcosm of life on Perus South Coast two thousand years ago, with a particular focus on agriculture. Many of the images illustrate native flora and fauna as well as cultivated plants. Costumed figures may represent humans impersonating gods and acting as intermediaries between the real and supernatural worlds. Severed human trophy heads are shown as germinating seeds, suggesting the practice of ritual sacrifice and the interconnected cycles of birth and death. Este extraordinariamente complejo manto, o capa, es uno de los textiles andinos más conocidos en el mundo. Fue usado probablemente como

Mexico. Mexico city.University city. Central Library of National Autonomous University of Mexico. Murals of Juan O Gorman.

Odori enbu? no zu, Dance., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825, artist, between 1809 and 1818, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 19.3 x 24 cm., Print shows a design on a fan with several figures, male(?) and female, dancing.

MOSAICO PALEOCRISTIANO DE LA BASILICA DE NEBO. Location: MONTE NEBO-DONDE MOISES VIO LA TIERRA PROMETIDA. Nación.

roman hunting scene in interior in antique Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily

Wall paintings, Bundi Palace, Bundi, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Figural tapiser; 16th century (1501-00-00-1600-00-00);

Carpet with animal pattern by unknown artist, wool , 5th-4th century BC, Russia, St Petersburg, State Hermitage, 183x200

Hanging fragment with boar head, 600s-early 700s. Iran. Wool and linen: tapestry weave; overall: 21 x 25.2 cm (8 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.).

VIGA MUDEJAR POLICROMADA PROCEDENTE DE PALACIO FORTALEZA DE CURIEL DE LOS AJOS HOY CURIEL DE DUERO (VALLADOLID) - SIGLO XIV. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Panel of mother-of-pearl with incised scene from play or saying, embossed nacre shell, Panel of mother-of-pearl that has been part of larger whole with incised scene from play or saying.

France,Languedoc-Roussillon,Aude,Carcassonne,Carcassonne Castle Museum,Medieval Wall Paintings

The Portuguese army of Alfonso V during the occupation of Asilah (Morocco), detail of 15th century tapestry kept in the Collegiate Church of Pastrana, Spain.

The Goddess Durga Slaying an Enemy; Page from a Dispersed Markandeya Purana (Stories of the Sage Markandeya). Culture: India. Dimensions: 4 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. (10.6 x 14 cm). Date: 1650-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

DETALLE DEL TAPIZ DE LA CREACION - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. GERONA. SPAIN. EVE. Adam.

Arrival in the Towered City, by Unknown artist, 12th Century, fresco. Italy: Veneto: Verona: San Pietro in Cariano: San Martino di Corrubio Complex. Wall decoration curtain arrival towered city man boat processional cross yellow-ocher blue white

Battle Scene; Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi (Lo Scheggia), Italian (Florentine), 1406 - 1486; 1450 - 1475; Tempera on panel; Unframed: 41.9 x 130.2 cm (16 1/2 x 51 1/4 in.), Framed: 66.7 x 156.2 x 6.4 cm (26 1/4 x 61 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

Detail the Tapestry of Creation, 11th century, Romanesque. Museum: Museo Catedralicio de la Catedral de Gerona.

The sending of ambassadors from the King of England, detail from the Stories of St Ursula, by Tommaso da Modena (1326-1379), fresco.

Mycenaean fresco of a woman, from Tiryns, 14th - 13th century B.C., National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece, Europe

Sogdia. Pre-Islamic Central Asia. Mural. Lamentation. Wall painting. Glue colour on dry loess plaster. 6th C. Penjikent, Temple II. Main hall. Southern wall. Tajikistan. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Line Drawing of a Fanciful Boat Indian. Line Drawing of a Fanciful Boat, 19th century. Ink and charcoal on paper, sheet: 8 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (21.9 x 29.5 cm). Asian Art 19th century

Procession in Florence with St. John, artist unknown, 15th century

Panel (China); silk and metallic thread

Roundel with Mounted Warriors and a Lion probably 6th-7th century This scene is reminiscent of depictions of emperors and serves as a rare example of silk embroidery on undyed linen. Only the beige and blue colors survive.. Roundel with Mounted Warriors and a Lion 443595

The Pastrana Tapestries: Siege of Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Portuguese camp during the siege. Cloth number 2 of the series on the Conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal. Manufacturing of Tournai, probably from the workshop of Passchier Grenier. Flemish art. Tapestry. SPAIN. CASTILE-LA MANCHA. GUADALAJARA. Pastrana. Collegiate Tapestries Pastrana Museum.

Orpheus Charming the Animals 1600-1649 England. Linen plain weave embroidered in silk floss, silk chenille and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; glass beads; applied braid .

Mantle ("The Paracas Textile") Nasca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). This extraordinarily complex mantle, or cloak, is one of the most renowned Andean textiles in the world. It was most likely used as a ceremonial object. The ninety figures decorating the border, created by needle knitting, have been interpreted as a microcosm of life on Perus South Coast two thousand years ago, with a particular focus on agriculture. Many of the images illustrate native flora and fauna as well as cultivated plants. Costumed figures may represent humans impersonating gods and acting as intermediaries between the real and supernatural worlds. Severed human trophy heads are shown as germinating seeds, suggesting the practice of ritual sacrifice and the interconnected cycles of birth and death. Este extraordinariamente complejo manto, o capa, es uno de los textiles andinos más conocidos en el mundo. Fue usado probablemente como

Madonna and Child, by Tomaso-style painter, 1360 - 1370, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Sorriva, Belluno, San Giorgio church. Whole artwork. Fragmentary fresco Madonna and Child Jesus.

Fragment. Iran (Persia, Saveh). Date: 901 AD-1100. Dimensions: 21.6 x 27.9 cm (8 1/2 x 11 in.). Silk. Origin: Iran. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Nakhon Thom Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Wall Fragment with Dancing Satyr, Hippocamps, and other Decorative Motifs on Black Ground. Unknown

LA MAGDALENA - PINTURA MURAL DE LA ERMITA DE LA VERA CRUZ DE MADERUELO - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL - PINTURA MURAL AL FRESCO. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. MARY MAGDALENE.

Sidewall, Leather, stamped, painted, silvered, Large-scale red and blue flower, on background embossed with triangles., Holland, ca. 1725, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Fresco in St. John's church, Carolingian frescos, Muestair cloister, Muestair, UNESCO World Heritage Site Muestair, Engadin, Grisons, Switzerland

Cave Hermitage of San Bernabé, Ojo Guareña , Espinosa de los Monteros, Castilla y Leon, Spain.

Detail of mural depicting king and queen, inside Cave No.1, Ajanta, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

BATALLA DE RONCESVALLES EN UN TAPIZ FLAMENCO DEL SIGLO XV - ROLDAN HERIDO DE MUERTE EN LA PARTE INFERIOR DERECHA. Location: MUSEOS REALES DE BELLAS ARTES. Brüssel. Belgien. CHARLEMAGNE. ROLDAN ROLAND ORLANDO COMANDANTE DE LOS FRANCOS.

Chittra Shala courtyard with virtuoso fine paintings, Taragarh Fort, Bundi, Bundi, Rajasthan, India, Asia

India, Rajasthan, Mandawa, Shekhawati Region Old Mural Of The Raj Period

Jacobís dream of a ladder going to Heaven. English work on satin, embroidered in silk and metal thread, about 1660

Egipto. Tumba 353 Senenmut, Luxor.

Ruler with jaguar skin sitting in a canoe and wearing a two-headed snake headdress, polychrome vase, late classic, Santa María Nebaj, Maya Anthropology Museum, El Quiché Department, Guatemala.

Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188647

Remnants of the fresco on the counterfacade, church of San Michele al Pozzo Bianco (St Michael by the White Well), Bergamo, Lombardy. Italy, 15th century. Detail.

"Harishchandra and his Minister Killing a Tiger," folio from a Harishchandra Series. Culture: Western India, Maharashtra, Paithan or northern Karnataka. Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 17 3/8 in. (31.4 x 44.1 cm). Date: 1800-1850.Killing a tiger in personal combat was seen as the ultimate feat of valor in Indian martial society. It is not surprising, then, that this dynamic moment in the Harishchandra narrative, a Hindu religious epic, was chosen for illustration. Itinerant storytellers of the Chitrakarthi caste recounted the epic using a set of about forty paintings in this style, whose bold, graphic quality allowed the assembled audience to view them as the story was narrated in public performance. This distinctive style of painting has traditionally been associated with the town of Paithan, near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Turkey, Istanbul, Kariye Museum, fresco

The armored knight fights against a large blue and red feathered bird, behind the knight two other warriors, Iskander with bird., draughtsman: anonymous, Persia, 1400 - 1500, paper, brush, h 104 mm × w 226 mm

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of standard-bearer of pharaoh Pehsukher, Mural paintings, Butchery

Egyptian tomb wall painting from Thebes, Luxor. Dated 11th Century BC

ROCK PAINTINGS AT TANZOUMAITAK. Location: ABRIGOS DEL SAHARA. TASSILI. ALGERIA.

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Syrians presenting exotic vessels and tribute. ca. 1400 BC. 18th Dynasty. Painted plaster fragment of the tomb of Sebekhotep, treasury official of Tuthmose IV. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Painting. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum. Proc: EGYPT. QUENA. Luxor. Thebes.

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Roman mosaics of Tebessa. Algeria. Old illustration from La Nature 1887

Mantle ("The Paracas Textile") Nasca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). This extraordinarily complex mantle, or cloak, is one of the most renowned Andean textiles in the world. It was most likely used as a ceremonial object. The ninety figures decorating the border, created by needle knitting, have been interpreted as a microcosm of life on Perus South Coast two thousand years ago, with a particular focus on agriculture. Many of the images illustrate native flora and fauna as well as cultivated plants. Costumed figures may represent humans impersonating gods and acting as intermediaries between the real and supernatural worlds. Severed human trophy heads are shown as germinating seeds, suggesting the practice of ritual sacrifice and the interconnected cycles of birth and death. Este extraordinariamente complejo manto, o capa, es uno de los textiles andinos más conocidos en el mundo. Fue usado probablemente como

The Standard of Ur survived in only a fragmentary condition, as the effects of time over the last several millennia had decayed the wooden frame and bitumen glue which had cemented the mosaic in place. The weight of the soil had crushed the object, fragmenting it and breaking the end panels. The present form of the artifact is a reconstruction, presenting a best guess of its original appearance. It has been reconstructed as a hollow wooden box measuring 21. 59 centimetres (8. 50 in) wide by 49. 53 centimetres (19. 50 in) long, inlaid with a mosaic of shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli. The box has an irregular shape with end pieces in the shape of truncated triangles, making it wider at the bottom than at the top. Inlaid mosaic panels cover each long side of the Standard. Each presents a series of scenes displayed in three registers, upper, middle and bottom. The two mosaics have been dubbed 'War' and 'Peace' for their subject matter, respectively a representation of a military camp

India, Tamil Nadu, murals in Bodinayakanur palace, 18th century

Anubis Weighing the Heart, Tomb of Nakhtamun. Artist: Nina de Garis Davies (1881-1965). Dimensions: Facsimile: H. 65.5 cm (25 13/16 in.); W. 68 cm (26 3/4 in.)1:1Framed: H. 69 cm (27 3/16 in.); W. 71.1 cm (28 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 19. Reign: reign of Ramesses II. Date: ca. 1279-1213 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Fragment of a Mural, anonymous, 1396 - 1470 China loam. gilding (material). wood (plant material) gilding China loam. gilding (material). wood (plant material) gilding

The Roundabout; Der Rundbau. Erich Brauer (b.1929). Oil on panel. Signed and dated 1973. 14 1/2 x 16 1/4 in

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS - SIGLO XI. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Norman soldiers building a fortified camp at Hastings, William, Duke of Normandy, receiving news of Harold, and soldiers looting and burning Saxon homes. Chromolithograph by William Mossman after an illustration by Charles Stothard made for the Society of Antiquaries in Rev. John Collingwood Bruces The Bayeux Tapestry Elucidated, John Russell Smith, London, 1856.

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