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The Sack of Baltimore took place in 1631, when the village of Baltimore, West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by Ottoman Empire slavers from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – Dutchmen, Algerians and Ottoman Turks. From an 1886 antique book \
Naples - The detail of Archangel Michael from painting of Fall of the Rebel Angels in the church Chiesa dell' Ascensione a Chiaia by Luca Giordano (1657).
Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent that was killed by the god Apollo at Delphi either because it would not let him found his oracle, being accustomed itself to giving oracles, or because it had persecuted Apollo's mother, Leto, during her pregnancy.\n\nThe fresco shows the Omphalos stone covered with a net and the Python wrapped around it. A priestess stands at left with a sacrificial bull.\n\nA detail from a sacrificial scene shows a bull being brought to the omphalos - Made up of a stone and a snake it represents the navel of the world - Apollo plays the zither.\n\nThe ancient Greeks also used omphalos to refer to a sacred, rounded stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that was supposed to mark the center of the earth.
the beautiful oil painting of Judith and Holofernes - Holofernes speaks in Judith's ear
Painting by Luigi Sabatelli dated 1806 in the Chapel of Madonna del Conforto, Cathedral of Arezzo
Naples, Italy - October 31 2023: Fresco and wall paintings in House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum in the archaeological site of Pompeii
Religious art in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy: Chapel's interiors
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8). Copper engraving by Carl Schuler, published c. 1850.
El Greco, Greek (active in Italy and Spain), 1541 - 1614, Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, c. 1570-1575, Oil on Canvas
Milan, Italy - July 16, 2020: Sant Eustorgio, Paleochristian church in Romanesque style in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Painting in the interior
Pharaoh on old Egyptian Hieroglyphic carvings.
Brescia, Italy - May 23, 2016: Brescia - The painting of Apocalyptic vision The courtesan Babylon sitting on the dragon in church Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista by Grazio Cossali (middle of 16. cent.)
Dionysos discovers Ariadne on Naxos from the house of the colored columns in Pompeii.\nAfter Ariadne helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth, he abandoned her on the island of Naxos. His ship sails off in the upper right. Dionysus and his retinue discover her sleeping; the god falls in love with her and makes her his consort.
The central portion of the ceiling of the salle des Pas-Perdus in the palais Bourbon, by Horace Vernet, entitled “Peace Enthroned Before Paris”.
East Doors (Gates of Paradise) by Lorenzo Ghiberti on Florence Baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni) in Tuscany, Italy. These doors consist of 10 panels depicting scenes from the Old Testament and were commissioned in 1424. Once completed, they were described by Michelangelo as being fit to be the 'gates of paradise'. The doors displayed are now a copy of the original, with those being displayed in a local museum.
Detail of the tapestry from Como Cathedral in Italy. Como Cathedral is the Roman Catholic cathedral opened at 1396.
Colorful frescoes adorning the walls of a serene monastery, depicting ancient stories and religious symbolism
Burgos, Spain - Jun 17, 2023: Inside the catholic church of San Nicolas de Bari in Burgos, Spain, located next to the Camino de Santiago, behind the Cathedral
14th Century oil painting of Jesus Christ Crucifixion depiction at interior wall of historic church Collégiale Saint Julien. It is a beautiful church located in the southern suburbs of Tournon-sur-Rhone. The church is known for its archaic setting and the Italian architecture that adorn. Built in the 14th Century, this building's main attraction is its awe-inspiring bell tower. Tournon-sur-Rhone, France
Brescia, Ialy, May 23, 2016: Brescia - The Madonna with the child and st. Charles and st. Latino in church Chiesa di Angela Merici by Julio Cesare Procaccini (1570 - 1625)
Pompeii mosaic in opus vermiculatum from polychrome tesserae dated to second half of 1st century BC. House of the tragic Poet
Florence, Italy - May 13, 2019: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gate of Heaven. Solomon receives the Queen of Sheba, the gate panel
Building of the Pyramids by Gustav Richter
Mosaic art in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, Germany
A relief of children and old people
Arles, France - June 27, 2017: gallery of 17C Aubusson tapestries displayed in Saint-Trophime Cathedral show life of Godefroy de Bouillon in Jerusalem, Arles, France
Dates back to 1791. Soma, Manisa, Turkey.
Como - The fresco of Wedding of St. Joseph and Virgin Mary fresco in church Santuario del Santissimo Crocifisso by Gersam Turri.
Cupid working as goldsmith\n\nAn ancient Fourth-Pompeian-Style Roman wall painting in the House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum. Excavated 1894-1895\n\nThe brothers Aulus Vettius Restitutus and Aulus Vettius Conviva commissioned their Fresco decorations from one of the leading artists; workshops so that their home would be not only a comfortable residence but also a status symbol. Cupids and their female equivalents ( psyches ) engaged in a number of different activities
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