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Danish frescoes

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​See the map for location of the churches

New: Næstved​ St. Peter's Church

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Arhus domkirke

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Aalborg domkirke (Sæby-workshop) 

Skt. Budolfichurch, Aalborg
Standing on the left St. Catharine, sitting on the right St. Gregory and St. Augustin
St. John the evangelist
Depictions of Abraham being prevented from offering his son Isaac and Joseph and Mary fleeing to Egypt with Jesus
A centaur with a crossbow and a person coming out of a flower ( a 'koldeblomst') with a bow and Arrow

Dronninglund Kirke (Sæby-workshop)

The church of Dronninglund is part of an estate, formerly a monastery, just outside the village of Dronninglund. Although a single painting near the entrance appears to be older, most frescoes date from around 1510
Large paintings depicting the salvation by Chris
Saint Ursula Sails to Gaul with eleven thousand virgins
Another man coming out of a 'koldeblomst' (see Aalborg, picture nr. 6)
Dronninglund is the only church I've found with more than one ordination cross: two near the entrance and one at the altar
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Elmelunde (Master of Elmelunde)

Elmelunde | Elmelunde kirke is probably the oldest church on the island of Møn. The original brickwork can be seen around the door in the northern wall, where the whitewash has been removed.
Elmelunde | The renowned artist or group of artists, known as the Master of Elmelunde decorated the vaults probably directly after they were built, around 1460
Elmelunde | Adam, ploughing a field, is a mixture of a biblical story and everyday life from the late mediëval period
Elmelunde | A lion
Elmelunde | Judgement-day and the righteous are entering Heaven (depicted as a church)
Elmelunde | Whether it was one artist or a group, he/they left their sign at this and other churches they decorated

Jelling

Keldby (Master of Elmelunde)

Heaven...
... and Hell
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Mårslet

Mårslet | The church has a Romanesque choir and nave with a late Gothic tower to the west. The Romanesque section is in granite ashlars
Mårslet | The paintings itself are divided into three parts: a top decorative frieze, then the main middle part with a number of motifs and third a bottom frieze with different pictures.
Mårslet | Detail of the frieze (top section) on the 'left' panel, showing a three-dimensional key pattern border
Mårslet | The middle section of the 'left' panel probably shows the wedding at Cana, where Jesus (with a halo to the left) sits at a table, sided by his mother Mary. Then follows an embracing couple (the newly-weds) and a man drinking wine which may have been water, earlier that evening
Mårslet | Detail from the left panel, bottom right: a tonsured man being seized
Mårslet | The main painting of the right or east 'panel'

Ribe domkirke

Sæby Kirke (Sæby-workshop)

Doomsday
One of the many monks depicted all around the church
Some murals appear to be older than most, but I have no information on them
Mary visits the temple
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Skivholme

Skivholme | The romanesque church of Skivholme near Arhus, built from 1050 - 1250, holds an unexpected treat. Paintings include decorations and portraials of biblical stories.
Skivholme | Almost all of the vaults in the nave are covered in late Medieval paintings from around 1500. The choir could be decorated even later.
Skivholme | Painting of Paradise and the creation of Eve from the body of Adam
Skivholme | Unidentified Mediëval figures
Skivholme | Decorations on the pilars supporting te vaults
Skivholme | The birth of Jesus

Eskilstrup

Late-romanesque 12th C church in distinct red colour
Windows in the chancel are decorated with some beautiful frescoes
The flight of Joseph and Mary to Egypt (detail)
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