Pre-Romanesque painting (8th-10th centuries)

Surviving paintings from the Pre-Romanesque period are mostly frescoes in contemporary or earlier churches and miniature illustrations in illuminated manuscripts. The frescoes are presented below, while the miniatures (including those from the 4th century onward) can be found in the illuminated manuscripts section of our collection.

Preview Picture Data Info
Crucifixion
741-52
Fresco
Santa Maria Antiqua, Rome


Stoning of St Stephen
c. 800
Fresco
Abbey of Saint-Germain, Auxerre (Yonne)


Stoning of St Stephen (detail)
c. 800
Fresco
Abbey of Saint-Germain, Auxerre (Yonne)


Figures around a Saint
c. 800
Fresco
Abbey of Saint-Germain, Auxerre (Yonne)


View of the frescoes
800-30
Fresco
Benedictine monastery, Müstair


Fresco cycle
800-30
Fresco
Benedictine monastery, Müstair


Fresco cycle
800-30
Fresco
Benedictine monastery, Müstair


Fresco cycle
12th century
Fresco
Benedictine monastery, Müstair


Christ Healing the Mute Man
c. 800
Fresco
Benedictine monastery, Müstair


Ornamental band
c. 800
Fresco
Benedictine monastery, Müstair


Flight of Paul
c. 800
Fresco
St. Proculus, Naturno


Donor figure
c. 880
Fresco
Benedictine church, Malles


Donor figure
c. 880
Fresco
Benedictine church, Malles


Donor figure
c. 880
Fresco
Benedictine church, Malles


The Gerasene demoniac
c. 980
Fresco
St. Georg, Oberzell


The Gerasene demoniac
c. 980
Fresco
St. Georg, Oberzell


The Healing of the Sick
c. 980
Fresco
St. Georg, Oberzell


The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
c. 980
Fresco
St. Georg, Oberzell


The Healing of the Woman of her Bloody Issue
c. 980
Fresco
St. Georg, Oberzell



Pre-Romanesque Art
Sculpture | Painting



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