Dramatic Mythological Murals

Featuring grand frescoes of mythological themes, these artworks illustrate gods, titans, and angels in dynamic compositions full of color and drama.

Detail Of Galatea - From The Birth Of Galatea Raphael (1483-1520 Italian) Villa Farnesina, Sala di Galatea, Rome, Italy

Doria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome, Italy ROME, ITALY, JUNE 14, 2015 : interiors and architectural details of Doria Pamphilj Gallery, june 14, 2015, in Rome, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/patrickxmichelettix 17143105

Gods of Olympia, by Jacopo Guarana (1720-1808), fresco, central hall ceiling, Villa Contarini, Valnogaredo, Cinto Euganeo, Veneto. Detail. Italy, 18th century.

Cupids, seraphs and musician angels, detail from the dome fresco by Isidoro (1581-1662), 1623-1634, after its restoration, Church of Santa Maria dei Ghirli, Campione d'Italia, Lombardy. Italy, 17th century.

Jacob Jordaens / 'The Defeat of the Titans', 1636-1638, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 171 cm x 285 cm, P01539. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Susanna and the Elders - 1555 - oil on canvas - 58x116 cm - Venetian Mannerism - NP 386. Author: JACOPO COMIN-JACOBO ROBUSTI-TINTORETTO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Assumption of the Virgin, by Allegri Antonio known as Correggio, 1526 - 1530, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Parma, Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral, Dome. Detail. Ephebes young boys red drape: cloth green clouds.

Buonamico Buffalmacco. The Triumph of Death. 1338-39. A devil capturing th soul of dead person. Camposanto. Pisa. Italy.

Michelangelo (1475-1564). Ceiling of Sistine Chapel. Frescoes of The Fall and Expulsion of Garden of Eden. Genesis. Ca. 1512. Vatican Museums. Italy.

The Passover, by Robusti Jacopo known as Tintoretto, 1577, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Upper Hall. Whole artwork. Tondo men woman table light coffered ceiling dim light gilded carved wooden frame.

Detail Of Galatea - From The Birth Of Galatea Raphael (1483-1520 Italian) Villa Farnesina, Sala di Galatea, Rome, Italy

04/23/2013 Madrid. Supreme Court open house Photo, Isabel Permuy ARCHDC Isabel B Permuy.

Marine Gods Paying Homage to Love; Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616 - 1655); about 1636 - 1638; Oil on canvas; 96.2 x 136.2 cm (37 7,8 x 53 5,8 in.)

Soutman, Pieter, Birth of Venus, (1000 - 2003), line etching and copper engraving, graphics, leaf width 40.8 cm, leaf height 39.5 cm

Francisco Bayeu y Subías / 'Saint Luke', ca. 1778, Spanish School, Canvas, 47 cm x 58 cm, P00602. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Rachel hiding the idols, by Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770), fresco. Detail. Archbishop's Palace in Udine.

Paris (1st arr.), France The death of Sardanapale, Eugène Delacroix, Musée du Louvre , (French - Paris ( Ier arr. ) , France La Mort de Sardanapale , Eugène Delacroix , musée du Louvre). Museum, painting, Art, France, Paris, Louvre museum: Sardanapale

Aeolus gives Ulysses the bag of winds, 1549-51, fresco by Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527-1596), Poggi Palace, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, detail.

The Damned Souls in Hell, by Signorelli Luca, 1499 - 1504, 15th Century, fresco. Italy, Umbria, Orvieto, Terni, Cathedral, San Brizio Chapel. Detail. Group of naked damned drove by devils mess Last Judgment.

Valencia, 02/04/2016. The frescoes of the church of San Nicolás, restored after three years of work, using the most advanced techniques. Photo: Mikel Ponce ARCHDC.

Tapestry called The Infamy, part of the Honors Series. Work of the Flemish Pieter van Aelst, 16th century. Detail depicting Cain killing his brother Abel. Tapestries Museum. Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, province of Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. National Heritage.

The Abduction of Proserpine. Alessandro Allori (Italian, 1535 - 1607)

Libyan Sibyl Buonarroti, Michelangelo(1475-1564 Italian) Fresco Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

Titian (1488-1576) National Gallery, London Painting 176,5x191 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Bacchus and Ariadne

fresco ochsenhausen An image of a beautiful religious fresco in Ochsenhausen Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/magannx 1914954

Anonymous drawing depicts the Aurora at Villa Ludovisi, executed on a reproductive base with feather and watercolor.

Villa zileri motterle: cave, monteviale, Italy.

The sacrifice of Isaac. Room of Heliodorus. Vatican Museum. Rome. Italy.

The Judgement of Midas - 16th century - oil on canvas - Italian Renaissance. Author: ANDREA SCHIAVONE. Location: ACADEMIA DE BELLAS ARTES. Venedig. ITALIA. Apollo. MIDAS. PAN DIOS.

Città della Pieve (Italy, Umbria, province of Perugia), Church of Santa Maria dei Servi. Chapel of the Madonna della Stella, Perugino, Deposition from the cross, fresco, 15th-16th century. Detail

Panel, 19th century, 23 1/8 x 30 1/4 in. (58.72 x 76.84 cm), Cotton; copperplate print, France, 19th century

Fortuna distributing her largesse, attributed to Cornelis de Baellieur (I), 1617 - 1671

Roman fresco depicting a panel with doors with a mask of Silenus. To the left, the encounter of Acis and Galatea in a rural landscape, near a cave. 1st century BC. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

Italy - Lombardy Region - Mantova - Te Palace - Room of the Giants - Fresco by Giulio Romano, 1499-1546

Pietro Facchetti (Copy de Francesco Salviati) / 'El Espíritu de Dios elevado sobre las aguas', After 1554, Italian School, Canvas, 174 cm x 130 cm, P00514. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Brazen Serpent, by Robusti Jacopo known as Tintoretto, 1575, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Upper Hall. Detail. Top right Angel wings clouds.

Dish with scene depicting Susanna and the Elders, 1568. Detail. By Pierre Courteys (c.1520-c.1586). Limoges. Copper, enamel. Grisaille painting and gilding. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

St George and the Dragon, by Piazza Calisto, 1526, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Lombardy, Erbanno, Brescia, Santa Maria del Restello Sanctuary. Whole artwork. Panel St George saint knight horse steed armor: cuirass sword cloak: mantle child princess foreshortened view landscape city trees.

Isidore Pils - Study for the Voute of the Opera Stairs IDIENT PILS (1813-1875). Hey for your to you're going out of the Opera. Paris, carnavalet Musée.

Italy. Florence. Last Judgement frescoes of the Dome of Brunelleschi, by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) and Zuccari (1572-1579). Detail.

Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche, detail by Romano, Giulio (1499-1546) / Palazzo del Te, Mantua / 1526-1528 / Italy, School of Mantua / Fresco / Mythology, Allegory and Literature /Mannerism

LA LUCHA DE JACOB Y EL ANGEL - 1857 - FRESCO - ROMANTICISMO FRANCES. Author: EUGENE DELACROIX (1798-1863). Location: IGLESIA DE SAN SULPICIO. France.

Interior of Catherine Palace, a Rococo palace located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo.

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

Lazio Roma Castel Fusano Castello Chigi1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Architecture: exterior views of the castle and interior views of entrance hall and main salon. Detailed shots of: maps, salon fresco cycle of New Testament, allegorical and mythological scenes, chapel altarpiece, and other works all by Pietro da Cortona. 3 marble busts. Antiquities: Roman sarcophagus in garden Object Notes: 4 negatives of an ancient Roman statue in a niche (of a goddess missing head and arms) that are catalogued with Castello Chigi may be misidentified. General Notes: Hutzel made 2 separate photo campaigns in Castel Fusano; new numbers have been assigned to the photographs. 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

'Relief: Bacchanalia with Drunk Silenus and a Donkey (copy)'. Italy, Middle or second half of the 17th century. Dimensions: 50,0x97,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Allegory of the Morning, by Constantino Cedini (1741-1811), fresco, central hall, Villa Vendramin Cappello Collizzolli, Noventa Padua, Veneto. Italy, 18th century.

Tapestry depicting "The Dance". Detail. It belongs to the series known as "Children Playing". After drawings by Giulio Romano (1499-1546). Mantua, Italy, ca.1540. Wool, silk, gold and silver threads. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

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

Anonymous drawing depicts Peleus and Thetis, executed with paint brush, gouache, and deck white.

'Vision of Saint Paschal Baylon' (detail), 1767-1769, Oil on canvas, 153 cm x 112 cm, P00364. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO (1696-1770). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

's-Hertogenbosch, Bosch, Jheronimus, Antwerp, Cock, Jan Wellens de, Netherlands, St. Christopher and the Hermit, s Hertogenbosch, verso lower right - stamped, St. Christopher wades through a river with the aid of a stick. On his back he carries the Christ Child, who sits on a globe with a cross and a banner. On the bank stands a hermit with a lantern under a tree house. On the other bank of the river a settlement can be seen. In the margin the name of the painter and a six-line caption in Latin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 259 mm, width 318 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1506 - 1578, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Zuid-Nederlands, Noord-Nederlands, 1480 - 1528, after, naar schildervan, Work conception, 1450 - 1516

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

Setting of the Sun, The, 1753, Boucher, Francois (1703-1770/French), OIL ON CANVAS, Wallace Collection, London, England

GSELL-Laurent workshop. Album n ° 3; Stained glass project for the town hall in Paris: medallion on a blue background, allegorical figure with wheat wreath and horn full of fruit, summer. Pencil, watercolor. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Album n ° 3, full horn, pencil, summer, allegorical figure, blue background, blebe, town hotel, medallion, project, stained glass, watercolor, fruit

Italy, Dossi, Battista, Raphael, Veneziano, Agostino, Lo stregozzo, The carcass, verso - stamped, Allegorical representation with a procession with a witch on a carriage, made from the carcass of a large monstrous creature, which is pulled along by two naked men. Two other naked men lift the back of the carcass. Below the carcass various monstrous creatures. In the foreground on the left a boy with a trumpet on the back of a goat. On the left a group of ducks flying away., print, prints, height 300 mm, width 630 mm, Italian, 1490 - 1536, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1536, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a design by

DETALLE DE LA SALA GASPARINI - JUPITER VENUS Y LAS TRES GRACIAS - SIGLO XVIII. Author: ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS. Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Jupiter. VENUS DIOSA ROMANA.

'The Birth of the Milky Way', 1668. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens

Detail of the dome fresco by Johann Michael Rottmayr, Karlskirche, 1716-1736, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo / 'Throne Room: The Glory of Spain', 1762-1766, Fresco. Museum: Palacio Real, MADRID, SPAIN.

Esther Crowned by Ahasuerus, by Paolo Veronese, 1556, Church of Saint Sebastian, Venice, Italy, Europe

Lazio Viterbo Bagnaia Villa Lante087. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.

The Ottheinrich Bible was commissioned in c.1425 by the Royal Court of Bavaria. The unusually large manuscript was not completed until the following century when the German painter and engraver, Matthias Gerung, was offered 60 Rhenish guilders and winter clothes to illustrate the text. The Bible carries the name of the benefactor who supported its completion. Ottheinrich (1502-1559) was the Prince of Neuburg, Elector Palatine, soldier, pilgrim, reformer and art patron.

Idyll by Slendzinski, Ludomir (1889-1980)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1916/ Poland/ Oil on canvas/ Symbolism/ 234x305/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Allegory of Mercury and Childhood from a Cycle of Planets and Age of Man after Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618) and Marten de Vos (1532-1603). Netherlands (), late 16th century. Stained glass. Schnu_tgen Museum. Cologne, Germany.

The Holy Birth (Detail) 17th C. Artist Unknown (Italian) Oil on wood panel David David Gallery, Philadelphia

DET- PINTURA MURAL - SIGLO XVI. Author: JULIO AQUILES (-1556) y ALEJANDRO MAYNER (-1545). Location: ALHAMBRA-TORRE DEL PEINADOR. GRANADA. SPAIN.

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 17143017

The Holy Trinity, by Maffei Francesco, 17th Century, Unknow. Italy, Veneto, Vicenza, San Nicola oratory. Detail. Angels female figures male figure landscape door cloth plants mountains.

Drawing (Italy)

Bacchus on the Triumphal Chariot, by Boulanger Jean, Cittadini Pier Francesco, Cittadini Carlo, 17th Century, fresco. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Sassuolo, Modena, Ducal Palace. Detail of the pictorial decoration of the vault with garlands of flowers and fruits by Pier Francesco Cittadini framing the scenes painted by Boulanger. Nudes car triumph Bacchus festoons mask ribbons blue light blue:.

The Temptation & Fall Of Eve William Blake (1757-1827 British)

First World War (1917). 'Peace for Victory' (La Paix par la Victoire), illustration by Albert Besnard for la DŽfense Nationale(French National Defense, 24th November, 1917). Drawing.

Pompeii. Fresco depicting God Mars with helmet and weapons. It decorated the garden walls of the House of Venus, 1st century AD. Italy, La Campania.

Sketch for the Paris Hotel's Mail Show: Philosophy franks thought Leon Bourgeois urban stone (1842-1911). Sketch for the Paris City Hall Living Room: Philosophy franks thought. Oil on canvas. 1890. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

MARTIRIO DE SAN SEBASTIAN - 1625 - PINTURA BARROCA ESPAÑOLA. Author: PEDRO DE ORRENTE (1580-1645). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Valencia. SPAIN.

The Return of Neptune ca. 1754 John Singleton Copley American A prodigious talent at fifteen, John Singleton Copley learned his trade by copying reproductions of Italian mythological paintings. This charming juvenilia depicting Neptune and his retinue reminds us that Copley and the sitters in his later, mature portraits lived along the New England Coast and were deeply connectedeconomically and psychologicallyto the sea.. The Return of Neptune. John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738-1815 London). American. ca. 1754. Oil on canvas

PARMIGIANINO, Francesco Mazzola, called Il (1503-1540). Legend of Artemis and Actaeon. 1523. ITALY. Fontanellato. La Rocca. Based on Ovid's 'Metamorphosis'. Detail with a hunter playing the horn. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Fresco.

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West Wycombe ceiling fresco. Cherubs, 18th cent. 18th cent. ENGLAND.

The Moon chariot, 1626-1629, fresco from the Gallery of Villa Sacchetti Chigi, designed and frescoed by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669), Castel Fusano, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 17th century.

'The Fates (Atropos)', 1820-1823, Mural, 123 cm x 266 cm, P00757. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. ATROPOS. CLOTO. LAQUESIS.

Paris (1st arr.), France Mars and Venus dit Le Parnasse, Mantegna, Louvre museum , (French - Paris ( Ier arr. ) , France Mars et Vénus dit Le Parnasse , Mantegna , musée du Louvre). Museum, painting, legend , myth, Art

Abraham and the angels, 1726-1739, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), fresco. Detail. Patriarchal Palace, Guest Hall, Udine.

Abruzzo Alanno Madonna delle Grazie. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, sculpture, frescos (16-17th century) 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.

Phanes. Francesco de Rossi, Il Salviati (1510-63). Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white (partly oxidized), on light brown paper, 289 x 157mm.

Michelangelo / Creation of the Sun etc.

Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker (from Scenes from the Story of Joseph) by Pontormo (1494-1557)/ National Gallery, London/ ca 1515/ Italy, Florentine School/ Oil on wood/ Renaissance/ 61x51,7/ Bible

Villa zileri motterle: frescoes by giambattista tiepolo, monteviale, Italy.

Triumph of Chastity, by Gherardo di Giovanni del Fora, 15th Century, tempera, cm 42 x 65

Hercules Slays the Centaurs (Jupiter Defeating the Centaurs). Dating: 1645 - 1650. Measurements: h 101.7 cm × w 162 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jacob van Campen.

Picture on the glass Jakub and Rachel

Svabinsky, Max (1873-1962) National Gallery, Prague 1938 Tempera on paper Art Nouveau Czechoslovakia Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Paris, Huquier, Gabriel, Meissonnier, Juste Aurèle, Works of Juste Aurele Meissonnier, Project for silver sculpture of a large surtout of table and two tureens which were executed for the Duke of Kinston in 1735, Design for a table piece and two tureens for the Duke of Kinston, This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, ornament print, prints, height 380 mm, width 644 mm, French, 1695 - 1772-06-11, print maker, printmaker, 1738 - 1749, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1693 - 1750-07-31, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Ericsson, Henry, work, Sketchbook, 49 leaves, 1933, drawing, Tivoli, amusement park, 13.5 cm x 21.8 cm, Ericsson, Henry, part: Figure, 1933, Carl August Henry Ericsson, 1898 in St. Michel, Finland - 1933 in Borgå, was a Finnish graphic artist and decorative painter of Finland.

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). German painter. The Golden Age, c.1530. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany.

The Fall of the Titans by Haarlem, Cornelis Cornelisz., van (1562-1638)/ Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen/ ca 1590/ The Netherlands/ Oil on canvas/ Mannerism/ 239x307/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Clelia crossing the Tiber on a horse. Date/Period: First Half of 16th century - First Half of 17th century. Painting. Fresco. Author: CRISTOFANO GHERARDI.

Roman wall-painting of Neptune and Amphitrite on the tail of a Triton. Artist: Unknown

Anonymous. Children birds or spring. Oil on canvas. 1701-1800. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76088-25

Hercules Slays The Centaurs (Jupiter Defeating The Centaurs). Part of ninestially room protecting for Hoogerhuis in Randenbroek at Amersfoort, the country house of Jacob van Campen.

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