MOSAIC ARTIST, Italian
(active 1145-60 in Cefalù)

Apse mosaic (detail)

1145-60
Mosaic
Cathedral, Cefalù

Beneath the apse calotte with its Pantocrator figure the mosaic is divided into three registers. Mary occupies the centre of the top one, where she is pictured as an intercessor in the pose of an orant, seen from the front and with her hands raised in prayer.




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