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

Dormition of the Virgin (detail)

1296-1300
Mosaic
Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome

The central focus of the Dormition is the figure of Christ standing behind the deathbed, surrounded by a dark red mandorla and accompanied by two angels. With draped hands he has taken up Mary's soul.