12th century public domain art

Artworks created between 1101 and 1200, drawn from every collection indexed here. Free to download, with colour palettes and print sizes measured from each file.

Works in 12th century public domain art

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: at the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the Deathless

Unknown artist

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Christ in Majesty with Angels and the Angel of God Directs Saint John to Write the Book of Revelation

Unknown artist

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Unknown artist

"Men Treading Grapes", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Unknown artist

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Unknown artist

南宋 傳直翁 藥山李翱問道圖 軸|Meeting between Yaoshan and Li Ao

Zhiweng

Head of Christ

European Painter

Leaf from the Epistle to the Hebrews

Joannes Koulix

Icon of the Virgin and Child, Hodegetria variant

Byzantine or Crusader

Lion

Unknown artist

The Crucifixion

German 12th Century

Saint John Dictating to the Venerable Bede

Austrian 12th Century

Saints Cyprian, Vitus, Stephan, and Cornelius

German 12th Century

Initials V and D

German 12th Century

Saint Luke

Italian 12th Century

Saint Mark

Italian 12th Century

Cloudy Mountains

Mi Youren

In the Palace

Zhou Wenju

The Autumn Hunt

Chen Juzhong

Cottages in a Misty Grove in Autumn

Li Anzhong

Man, Buffalo, and Calf

Li You

Sericulture (The Process of Making Silk)

Liang Kai

Listening to the Qin (Zither)

Liu Songnian

Drinking in the Moonlight

Ma Yuan

Title Page of St. Gregory's "Moralia": Job Visited by His Three Friends (above) and Gregory the Great and His Deacon Peter (below)

Abbot Frowin

Bamboo and Insects

Wu Bing

Waterfowl and Reeds

Liang Kai

Birds on a Tree above a Cataract

Li Di

Bamboo and Ducks by a Rushing Stream

Ma Yuan

Watching the Deer by a Pine Shaded Stream

Ma Yuan

The Football Players

Ma Yuan

Miniature Excised from a Compendium in historiae genealogia Christi by Peter Poitiers: The Sacrifice of Isaac

William de Brailes

Full Sail on the Misty River

Xia Sheng

Swinging Gibbon

Xia Gui

Magpies and Wild Rabbits

Li Yong

Buffalo and Boy in Autumnal Landscape

Yan Ciping

Armenian Gospel with Silver Cover

Unknown artist

Luster Star-Shaped Tile

Unknown artist

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Lamb at the Foot of the Cross, Flanked by Two Angels; The Calling of Saint John with the Enthroned Christ flanked by Angels and a Man Holding a Book

Unknown artist

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Sixth Angel Delivers the Four Angels that had been Bound at the River Euphrates; an Altar Appears in the Heavens as the Enthroned Christ Raises His Hand in Blessing

Unknown artist

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Seventh Angel Proclaims the Reign of the Lord

Unknown artist

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Seven Angels Hold the Cups of the Seven Last Plagues; The Hymn of the Lamb

Unknown artist

Leaves from a Beatus Manuscript: Bifolium with part of the Genealogy of Christ and the Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Angel of the Church of Sardis with Saint John

Unknown artist

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Opening of the Fifth Seal

Unknown artist

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Angels Restrain the Four Winds; the Angel Ascends from the Rising Sun

Unknown artist

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the First Angel Sounds the Trumpet; Fire, Hail-stones, and Blood are Cast Upon the Earth

Unknown artist

Scenes from the Life of Christ: Arrest of Christ, Christ in Limbo; Descent from the Cross, Preparation of Christ’s Body for His Entombment

Unknown artist

Scenes from the Life of Christ: Disrobing Youths from the Entry into Jerusalem, Flagellation, and Angel at the Sepulchre

Unknown artist

Illuminated Psalter

Unknown artist

Travelers in snowy mountains 雪山行旅圖

Follower of Liang Kai 梁楷 (late 12th-early 13th century)

Luohan laundering 羅漢洗濯圖

Lin Tinggui 林庭桂 (active late 12th century)

Fishing alone in a mountain stream 溪山獨釣圖

Follower of Li Tang 李唐 (ca. 1050s-after 1130)

The Shu River 蜀川圖

Traditionally attributed to Li Gonglin (傳)李公麟 (ca. 1049-1106)

Water buffalo and herdboy under willows 柳蔭牧牛圖

Traditionally attributed to Xia Gui 夏珪 (active ca. 1195-1230)

The Rock Bridge at Mount Tiantai 天台石橋圖

Zhou Jichang 周季常 (active late 12th century)

Rapids in a mountain valley

Formerly attributed to Xia Gui 夏珪 (active ca. 1195-1230)

Paradise of Amida Buddha (Amitabha)

Kasuga Kaishi

Water buffalo, calf, and herdboy 牧牛圖

Follower of Li Tang 李唐 (ca. 1050s-after 1130)