Wall Paintings in Poitiers Cathedral

 In 2012 a study was done prior to necessary restoration work after water damaged some of the vaulting.  It revealed a superb assembly of medieval paintings under the imitation stone render done in 1783 in the neoclassical style. The restoration of the south transept paintings began in 2015 and took 10 months to complete. This radiant Gothic art was probably executed in the time of Bishop Gauthier de Bruges just before 1300. A different scene is depicted in each quarter. In the north it is an offering of crowns, in the south the coronation of the Virgin, in the east the Last Judgement, and in the west the bosom of Abraham.

Another wall painting in the nave represents Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and dates from the end of the 17th century.