CAVALLINI, Pietro
(b. ca. 1250, Roma, d. 1330, Roma)

St Peter Recommending Bertoldo Stefanschi to the Virgin (detail)

1296-1300
Mosaic
Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome

Mary and the child are clearly set apart from the other figures as a heavenly vision within a round aureole. Both turn toward the of the deceased, and the Christ child's gesture of blessing indicates that his prayer has been heard.