Painted Copy of Deesis Mosaic, early 20th century (original dated 13th century), Byzantine, Paint on canvas, 12 ft. 11 1/2 in. × 19 ft. 8 7/8 in. (395 × 601.7 cm), Reproductions-Mosaics, The original mosaic displaying the Deesis (Christ flanked by the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist) was one of the finest works produced in Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Concealed for centuries after the fall of the city to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, the mosaic was one of the many in Hagia Sophia restored by the Byzantine Institute of America in the late 1930s
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Painted Copy, Deesis Mosaic, early 20th century, original dated 13th, Byzantine, Paint, canvas, 12 ft, 11 1/2, 19, 8 7/8, 395, 601.7 cm, Reproductions-Mosaics, original, mosaic, displaying, Deesis, Christ flanked, Virgin, Saint John, Baptist, finest works, produced, Constantinople, capital, Byzantine Empire, Concealed, centuries, fall, city, Ottoman Turks, 1453, Hagia Sophia, restored, Institute, America, late 1930s
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