German Painted Walls & Ceilings Photos

Beyond the Baroque & Rococo wall & ceiling paintings for which Germany is noted, the country enjoys a tradition of folk wall & ceiling styles.

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Renaissance era painted ceiling at Gottorf Palace. Schleswig, Germany.Painted ceiling at Bamberg City Museum. Bamberg, Germany.Wall painting details of portraits from weavers guild house of Augsburg at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Ceiling painting details of portraits from weavers guild house of Augsburg at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.
Renaissance era painted ceiling at Gottorf Palace. Schleswig, Germany.Painted ceiling (1923) at Bamberg City Museum. Bamberg, Germany.Wall painting details of portraits from weavers guild house of Augsburg (1457 & 1538 & 1601) at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Ceiling painting details of portraits from weavers guild house of Augsburg (1457 & 1538 & 1601) at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.
Painted ceiling beams over painting of story of King Salomon at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Room with Bavarian-style painted furniture & ceiling at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Room with painted panel of last supper, biblical scenes & cube illusions from Tirol at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Room heating stove plus painted panels & cube illusions from Tirol at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.
Painted ceiling beams over painting of story of King Salomon (c1500s) at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Room with Bavarian-style painted furniture & ceiling at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Room with painted panel of last supper, biblical scenes & cube illusions (c1770s) from Tirol at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Room heating stove plus painted panels & cube illusions (c1770s) from Tirol at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.
Room painted panels from Tirol at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Ceiling with arms of Karl V painting in audience hall by Hans Springinklee at Imperial Castle. Nuremberg, Germany.Painted ceiling at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.Ceiling painting of myth of Phaethon, who took his father's sun chariot, lost control of the horses, & perished at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.
Room painted panels (c1770s) from Tirol at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Ceiling with arms of Karl V painting in audience hall (c1520) by Hans Springinklee at Imperial Castle. Nuremberg, Germany.Painted ceiling at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.Ceiling painting of myth of Phaethon, who took his father's (Helios') sun chariot, lost control of the horses, & perished at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.
Ceiling painting of myth of Argus Panoptes guarding heifer-nymph Io & being lured to sleep by Hermes playing flute at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.Ceiling painting of myth of Phaethon, who perished driving his father's sun chariot in Beautiful room from Pellerhaus at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.Ceiling painting of Venus in Beautiful room from Pellerhaus at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.
Ceiling painting of myth of Argus Panoptes guarding heifer-nymph Io & being lured to sleep by Hermes playing flute at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.Ceiling painting of myth of Phaethon, who perished driving his father's sun chariot in Beautiful room from Pellerhaus (c1605) at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.Ceiling painting of Venus in Beautiful room from Pellerhaus (c1605) at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.

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