MOSAIC ARTIST, Byzantine
(active 540s in Ravenna)

Abel and Melchisedek

540s
Mosaic
San Vitale, Ravenna

In the tympanum on the right side of the choir Abel and Melchisedek make sacrifices while the spandrel depicts Moses removing his sandals before the burning bush and another representation of him as he tends flocks.




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