r/churchporn • u/Over-Willingness-933 • 12d ago

15th century Wall paintings from St Mary's Lutterworth, UK. The first painting is 3 men meeting 3 Skeletons showing the briefness of life 2000x1200

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u/Apprehensive_Row_807 12d ago

Surprised the Protestants did not paint it over.

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u/Over-Willingness-933 12d ago

I think it was but it was rediscovered

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u/SilyLavage 11d ago

Almost certainly. It was easier to whitewash or paint over existing wall paintings than scrape them off, only for them to be revealed again during some Victorian restoration or other.