Artful Ceiling Murals

Exquisite ceiling frescoes depicting mythological and religious themes, rich in color and lavish details, found in historical buildings.

Ceiling mural, Hercules Drawing Room, Palace of Versailles, France

Italy, Rome, Vatican Museums, Ceiling of Gallery of Maps

Relief of the Monti-sion Church, Jesuit convent, Palma, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe.

The eighth Labor of Hercules, sign of Scorpio, 1574-1578, fresco from the lodge of Gambara Casino, Villa Lante, 1511-1566, designed by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573), Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy.

Italy - Latium Region - Rome. Corsini Gallery. Frescoed alcove ceiling by Federico and Taddeo Zuccari

Ceiling mural, Hercules Drawing Room, Palace of Versailles, France

Europe, France, Loire Atlantique, Nantes, Notre Dame de Bon Port

Ceiling frescoes by Andrea di Bonaiuto, Spanish Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The four Evangelists, frescoes of the vault of the presbytery, church of Saint George, Origgio, Lombardy. Italy, 17th century.

Fresco, San Maurizio Maggiore monastery, Milan, Italy

Italy, Florence. Ceiling paintings and frescoes in Santa Maria Novella.

Pintures cas Bofarull, Reus. Author: PERE PAU MUNTANYA.

Italy, Mantova, the Horse's Hall of Palazzo Te

Ceiling fresco by G. B. Tipolo, Church of Santa Maria della Rosario, built 1726 - 1746, Fondamenta Zattere, Canale della Giudecca, Venezia, Venice, Italy, Europe

Ceiling fresco by Louis Dorigny, Spring, Love, Fame, Wealth, Opulence, Sala di Flora, 17th century Villa Manin, residence of Ludovico Manin, the last Doge of Venice, Codroipo, Friuli, Italy, Codroipo, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Brühl, Falkenlust Palace/ Upper Vestibule

Charles Lebrun (1619-1690). Ceiling of the Grande Chamber of the La Rivière hotel: Psyche implores the protection of Ceres against the revenge of Venus (southern side of the ceiling you). Paris, Carnavalet museum. 23808-18 Antiquity, southern coast, detail, large chamber, hotel la riviere, implore, ceiling, revenge, ardle, ancient, protection

SAN JUSTO Y SAN PASTOR SE PRESENTAN ANTEL EL PROCONSUL DACIANO - 1752 - DETALLE DE LA BOVEDA DE CASCARON DEL PRESBITERIO. Author: GONZALEZ VELAZQUEZ HERMANOS. Location: ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH. MADRID. SPAIN.

EL ROMPIMIENTO DE LA GLORIA PINTURA DEL TECHO DE LA ESCALERA DEL MONASTERIO DE LAS DESCALZAS REALES - SIGLO XVII. Author: CLAUDIO COELLO. Location: DESCALZAS REALES-INTERIOR. MADRID. SPAIN.

Detail from the Vatican Museums, an immense collection of classical, renaissance masterpieces etc. Founded in the early 16th century by Pope Julius II they are considered to be some of the world's greatest museums. This image shows a portion of the beautifully painted ceiling.

Detail of the Scala d'Oro in the Doge's Palace, Venice. Built in Venetian Gothic style the palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice (the supreme authority of the rublic of Venice). It is now open as a museum.

Ceiling fresco of the church of St. Maria sopra Minerva, Minerva tempel, Assisi, Umbria, Italy, Europe

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

Italy Rome the Vatican The Sistine Chapel view of Michelangelos frescoed ceiling created between 1508 and 1512

Replica of the Royal Flagship of Don John of Austria which led the Spanish; Papal and Venetian fleets at the battle of Lepanto 1571

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

Ceiling fresco in the Vatican Museum, Rome, Italy.

Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Decorative ceiling with ornate frescoes and symbolic elements, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

JUDITH Y HOLOFERNES EN UNA DE LAS PECHINAS DEL TECHO DE LA CAPILLA SIXTINA - 1508/1512. Author: Michelangelo. Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-CAPILLA SIXTINA. VATICANO.

Urbania (Italia, Marche - provincia di Pesaro-Urbino), Oratorio del Corpus Domini. Raffellino del Colle, ciclo di affreschi nelle lunette con Sibille alternate a Profeti (parete sinistra)

Italy, Piedmont, Turin, Royal Palace, The Grand staircase, ceiling fresco by Paolo Emilio Morgari, paintings on the wall by Enrico Gamba and Giuseppe Bertini

Palazzo Ducale, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Frescoed ceiling in the banquet hall, Biscari palace (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2002), Catania, Sicily, Italy, 18th century.

Frescos in Sala di Psiche, Palazzo Te, Mantua, Mantua Province, Italy

Crucifixion, by Emilian Artist, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Lombardy, Mantua, Ducal palace. Detail. Crucifixion incomplete fresco frescoed wall soldiers arc.

Death of Adam, Legend of the True Cross, Fresco Cycle, Piero della Francesca, Bacci Chapel, Cappella Bacci, Cappella Maggiore, 1452-1466, Basilica of St Francis, Basilica di San Francesco, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Italy, Lombardy, Lake Iseo, Lake Sebino, Pisogne, Santa Maria della Neve, frescoes by Girolamo Romani says Romanino in 1534

Pere Pau Muntanya / 'Alegoría del poder real (homenaje a Carlos III)', siglo XVIII. Llotja de Mar, Barcelona.

Interior of The Cathedral: Frescoes By Il Romanino. Cremona. Italy

Decoration of Villa d'Adda Borromeo in Settimo Milanese, by Luini Aurelio, 1560, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Milan: Settimo Milanese: Villa Borromeo d'Adda. Detail. Frescoed vault phytomorphic/plant motifs grotesques Allegory of Fame/Renown

Interior view, ceiling painting, false dome, painted in 1716 by Francesco Marchini, Church of St Martin, St Martin's Church, Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The courtyard frescos of the Palazzo del Popolo near the Piazza del Duomo in San Gimignano, Tuscany

Benozzo Gozzoli frescoes, Museo San Francesco, Montefalco, Umbria, Italy, Europe

Decorated ceiling, golden fresco and ceiling painting, interior view, Doge's Palace, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Decoration of the balcony, central hall with frescoes by Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani, Hunting residence (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1997), by Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736), Stupinigi, Piedmont, Italy, 18th century, detail.

Europe, Germany, Bavaria, Passau, painting Inside Town Hall of the entrance of Kriemhild, Aus den Nibelungenlied, Einzug der Kriemhild in Passau.

Das Innere des Palazzo Vecchio in Florenz Das Innere des Palazzo Vecchio in Florenz LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/PierluigixPalazzix 23398231

England, London, Whitehall, The Banqueting House, The Ceiling Artwork by Rubens

Frescoed ceilings, Royal Palace of Caserta, Reggia di Caserta one of the largest royal residences in the world, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Caserta, Campania, Italy

Siena Santa Maria in Portico Church (Called Fontegiusta) Reiief from the Main Altar by Lorenzo Di Marino Alinari

ESCENOGRAFIA PARA EL SALON DE COMEDIAS DEL PALACIO REAL - SIGLO XVII. Author: FRANCISCO RIZI DE GUEVERA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

TURKEY, CAPPADOCIA, GOREME VALLEY OPEN AIR MUSEUM, SANDALS CHURCH, FRESCO

Rome, Roma, Santa Maria in Trastevere, detail of the wooden ceiling by Domenichino 1617

Panicale (Italy, Umbria, province of Perugia), Church of San Sebastiano. Perugino, Martyrdom of San Sebastiano, fresco, 1505

France, Paris, Versailles, Palace de Versailles, The Mars Drawing Room

The gallery, frescoed by Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630), inside Villa Giustiniani Odescalchi, Bassano Romano, Lazio, Italy 16th-17th century.

Frescoes on the cloister vaults, cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption and Saint Cassian, Brixen, Eisack Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 14th-16th century.

Madonna di Ca Pesaro, altarpiece painted by Titian between 1519 and 1526, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, ...

Drawing, Apollo personifying Poetry; After Pierre Dupuis (1610 - 1682); France; pen and ink, brush and watercolor on white paper; 47.2 × 53 cm (18 9/16 × 20 7/8 in.) Mount: 58 × 63.8 cm (22 13/16 × 25 1/8 in.)

Italy, Ravenna, Neonian Baptistery Ceiling Mosaic constructed in the 5th Century (Large format sizes available)

The Vision of Ezekiel, by Robusti Jacopo known as Tintoretto, 1577, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Upper Hall. Whole artwork. Ceiling oval composition gilded carved wooden frame Ezekiel prophet old man clothes: dress drapery: draping vision divine light God the Father men bodies bones skulls chiaroscuro.

Detail of the Main Hall ceiling with the allegory Exaltation of Lisbon, in Lisbon, Portugal.
The Lisbon City Hall, built between 1864 and 1880, is actual seat of Lisbons City Council.

Paris (Ier arr.), France La Salle de Puget, Louvre museum , (French - Paris ( Ier arr. ) , France La salle de Puget , musée du Louvre). Statue, museum, interior view, sculpture, marble, Habitat , Architecture , Art, France, Paris, without legend

Italy, Sicily, Palermo, Cappella Palatina (b.1140) Mosaics

Bust of a Naiad nymph, 1770, sculpture by Ignazio and Filippo Collino, central hall with frescoes by Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani, Hunting residence (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1997), by Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736), Stupinigi, Piedmont, Italy, 18th century.

Baroque dome, stucco work and ceiling fresco by Cosmas Damian Asam, in the Basilica of St Martin in Weingarten, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Sala Capitular. Techo de la Sala Capitular Baja. Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, provincia de Madrid. Museum: Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, MADRID, SPAIN.

Wisdom represented by Joseph. Date/Period: 1737. Grisaille. Author: Jacob de Wit.

Michelangelo (1475-1564). Sistine Chapel. Ceiling, 1508-1512. Detail. Vatican Museums. Vatican City.

Ceiling fresco, Chinese Cabinet, Gabinetto Cinese, Palazzo Reale di Torino, Residence Palace of the Kings of Savoy, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Europe

interiors of Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy FLORENCE, ITALY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 : interiors and architectural details of Palazzo Pitti, october 28, 2015 in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/patrickxmichelettix 17143032

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

LA SIBILA DELPHICA ANTES DE LA RESTAURACION - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ITALIANO. Author: Michelangelo. Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-CAPILLA SIXTINA. VATICANO.

Magnificent hall, Doge's Palace with rows of arcades. Palazzo Ducale, centre of power in Venice, most important secular Gothic building, lagoon city, Veneto, Italy, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Italy, Padua, Eremitani Chapel, Planet by Guariento di Arpo, 1338-1378

Mount Parnassus by Raphael, Fresco, 1509-1511, 1483-1520, Vatican, Apostolic Palace

Ceiling fresco in the Palace Chapel, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Design for a Painted Ceiling. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 19th century. Dimensions: 8-5/15 x 13-3/4 in. Date: 1800-1900. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sculpted lunette containing a relief of the Triumph of the Cross, by Giovanni Dupre, over the central door of the of Basilica of Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross - famous Franciscan church in Florence, Italy Sculpted lunette containing a relief of the Triumph of the Cross, by Giovanni Dupre, over the central door of the of Basilica of Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross - famous Franciscan church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20724476

Isola Bella, Italien - Interieur der Borromäus-Villa mit Gemäldesammlung, niemand Isola Bella, Italien - Interieur der Borromäus-Villa mit Gemäldesammlung, niemand Copyright: xZoonar.com/PAOLOxGALLOxMODENAx 23139010

Frescos in Doxi Stracca Fontana Palace about 1760 A.D. in the old town of Gallipoli (Le)) in the southern Italy

Germany Bavaria Amorbach, Abbey Church, Ceiling Fresco

Monumento Al Doge Andrea Vendramin Tullio Lombardo (1455-1532 Italian) Stone San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy

The Abduction of Helen, by Ruschi Francesco, 1660, 17th Century, fresco. Italy: Veneto: Venice: Mira: Villa Venier Contarini: seconda stanza della foresteria sinistra. Whole artwork. Abduction kidnapping Helen young woman men statue columns architectural quadratures

Wall Paintings from a Cubiculum Nocturnum (bedroom). Roman, Late Republican, ca 50-40 BC. The wall paintings in this cubiculum, executed in the fresco technique, are among the most complete and important to have survived from antiquity.

Ceiling Fresco, Legend of the True Cross, Fresco Cycle, Piero della Francesca, Bacci Chapel, Cappella Bacci, Cappella Maggiore, 1452-1466, Basilica of St Francis, Basilica di San Francesco, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

PANTEON REAL - PINTURAS ROMANICAS - SIGLO XII. Location: COLEGIATA DE SAN ISIDORO. LEON. SPAIN.

Ceiling fresco of the late Baroque monastery church, Schaeftlarn, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Pompeian mural painting. Architectural ornaments along with figurative pictures of characters: Silenus with satyrs, Hermes and Nymph. Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Mosaics in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Province of Ravenna, Italy, Europe

Ceiling fresco, Church of St. Ulrich and Afra, Kreuzlingen, Lake Constance, Switzerland, Europe

Pompeii, Italy Fresques of the Maison des Vetti , 1921 Cap Martin, Italy, Cap Martin - Auguste Léon (Feb. -April) (French - Pompéi , Italie Fresques de la maison des Vetti). Archaeological vestige, painted decor, painting, housing, villa, antiquity, Habitat , Architecture , Art, Italy, Pompeii, Maison des Vettii, Paintings

Mantegna, Triptych, S.Zeno Church, Verona

Frescoes in the San Giorgio Chapel, by Altichiero da Zevio, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Padua, San Giorgio Chapel. View towards the wall at the entrance archivolt single-light windows oculus barrel vault chains pictorial orders frescoes decoration stories St George St Catherine St Lucy.

Italy, Rome. Altemps palace 15th-16th century.( National Roman Museum). Details of the decorative painting of one his rooms.

Ceiling painting, Chiesa di d'Alessandria, fresco, Church of Santa Caterina, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Allegory. Date/Period: 1695/1705. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 65.7 cm. Height: 49.5 cm (overall). Author: Sebastiano Conca.

Laos, , Vientiane, Ceiling detail at the Patuxai - Victory Gate

Wall painting on a pillar in the nave, St., Sankt, Saint

Decoration of the Camera degli Sposi (Camera Picta), by Mantegna Andrea, 1465 - 1474, 15th Century, fresco and ""dry"" tempera. Italy, Lombardy, Mantua, Ducal Palace. Detail. Upper central lunette Gonzaga deed rattles wreath: festoon garland leaves fruit ribbons putti cupids butterfly wings sky clouds curtains decoration.

Europe, Czech Republic, South Bohemia, Prachatice Velki Namesti Square; #41, Rumpal House Sgraffito

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