Fresco: Did you mean...?

An image of the fresco depicting the Council of Chalcedon that was called in 451. Created by Dionisius (1444-1502) around 1520. Ferapontov Monastery, Ferapontovo, Vologda Oblast, Russia.

Fresco depicting a relief and bust within a garden. From the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii. 1st Century CE. ©Jackie and Bob Dunn www.pompeiiinpictures.com

Interior fresco in the Hagia Sophia Church in Trebizond (present-day Trabzon, Turkey). 13th century CE.

A fresco fragment depicting Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, from the House of Julia Felix in Pompeii, 62-79 CE. (now in Louvre Museum, Paris)

A section of the garden fresco from the triclinium or dining room from Livia's Villa, Rome, 1st century BCE. The fresco runs around all four walls and gives a 360° panorama of a luxuriant garden with birds and insects against a brilliant...

The Lilies Fresco from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera, modern-day Santorini (also known as the Spring Fresco). From Room 2 of Building Delta, c. 17th century BCE. Lilies or papyrus are depicted growing from colourful volcanic rocks...

This 1st Century CE Roman fresco portrays an erotic scene in a Nile setting. The fresco itself comes from the "House of the Ephebus" in Pompeii and it currently resides at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples in Italy.

This reconstructed piece of wall includes fragments of the original Roman fresco from Camulodunum (Roman Colchester) depicting gladiators. The figure on the right is a defeated murmillo gladiator. He has dropped his shield and has raised...

Fresco depicting two Lares (protective deities, sons of the god Mercury) pouring wine from a drinking horn (rhyton) into a bucket (situla). They stand on either side of a scene of sacrifice. The head of the family makes offerings, a musician...

A detail of the griffin fresco reproduction from the throne room, palace of Knossos, Crete, (1700-1450 BCE).