MOSAIC ARTIST, Byzantine
(active 1034-1042 in Constantinople)

Christ Enthroned

1034-42
Mosaic, gold and glass
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

This mosaic in the Hagia Sophia of Constantinople depicts the enthroned Christ between Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (r. 1042-1055) and Empress Zoe (r. 1028-1050).