MOSAIC ARTIST, Byzantine
(active 540s in Ravenna)

Christ in the Paradisical Garden

540s
Mosaic
San Vitale, Ravenna

Within the conch of the apse is a view of the paradisical garden with Christ seated on a blue sphere, clothed in imperial purple and flanked by two angels who present St Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius holding a model of his church.




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