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This detail from the mosaic in the apse of Santi Cosma e Damiano depicts Christ descending on a carpet of clouds. An imposing figure, clad in a golden tunic and pallium, holds a scroll in his left hand and makes a rhetorical gesture with his right. He appears to hover on blue and pink clouds. Wearing a crown and raising his hand, he surveys the scene of paradise. It is impressive in its monumentality and marks a high point in late antique mosaics in Rome.
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