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Ravenna, Museo Nazionale, Sinopia proveniente da Sant'Apollinare in Classe (prima dello stacco)
The restoration works of the apse mosaics of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, made from 1970 to 1976, discovered the preparatory drawings of a different iconographic program from the one executed in mosaic.
In place of the twelve lambs and the figure of Saint Apollinaris, the first idea was a band containing a cross in the center and on the sides pairs of peacocks between baskets of frui…
Subject
- Archaeology
- Byzantine art
- ornamental birds: peacock
- flowers
- Byzantine art
- Archaeology
- Byzantine (culture and style)
Type of item
- layers (components)
Medium
- pigment
Subject
- Archaeology
- Byzantine art
- ornamental birds: peacock
- flowers
- Byzantine art
- Archaeology
- Byzantine (culture and style)
Type of item
- layers (components)
Medium
- pigment
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
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Rights
- Polo Museale Emilia Romagna
Temporal
- 6th c. AD
Current location
- Museo Nazionale
Identifier
- #56897
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-26T15:28:02.245Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-11-22T21:51:38.574Z