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Title of Art: Lateran Baptistry
Art Form: Mosaic
Exhibit Institution: Battistero di San Giovanni in Laterano, Chapel of Saint Venantius (Lateran Baptistery)
Exhibit Location: Rome, Italy
VM Image #: 0029
Photographer: Shala Graham
Date of Photograph: December 31, 2022
Subjects: Mary, mother of Jesus
Ritual Pose: orans
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In the Chapel of Venantius within the Lateran Baptistry, the apse mosaic centers a bust of Jesus with angel on both sides. Below Christ is Mary with raised arms in the orans position, wearing a pallium. The other figures with her are (left to right) Pope John IV holding model of the chapel, St. Venantius, Apostle John, Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, John the Baptist, St. Domnius, and Pope Theodore I.
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