Anonimo romano sec. V/ Anonimo sec. XIX, Cristo benedicente in clipeo tra i ventiquattro vegliardi dell'Apocalisse
CODICI / CLASSIFICAZIONE
899
OGGETTO
mosaico
AUTORE
Datazione
sec. V
440 - 450
sec. XIX
1826 - 1852
LOCALIZZAZIONI
Basilica di S. Paolo fuori le Mura, Roma (Lazio, Italia)
arco trionfale
RIFERIMENTO AD ALTRE SCHEDE
BIBLIOGRAFIA
Matthiae G., Pittura romana del Medioevo, 1965-1966, v. I pp. 67-68
Matthiae G., Mosaici medievali delle chiese di Roma, 1967, pp. 125-126
ANNOTAZIONI
Foto INVN 7579, verso: nota anonima a penna: "Color harmony of the ensemble remarkable, as you get the vista of it / from well back in the central nave, especially when you consider / the very different periods to which the diff. mosaics belong (Triumphal / arch 5th century - Apse 13th century) Last Venetians en. 1220 / Figures of Sts. Paul and Peter in mosaics which Galla Placidia is / reputed to have had installed (Triumphal arch) suggest in pose figs. / in her mausoleum at Ravenna / While hosts of saints and martyrs bearing garland crowns similar / to that later ones in Santa Prassede (9th century)".
