Mosaic portrait medallion of St. Peter (with dolphins!) from the church of San Vitale in #Ravenna.

(Looking like the grumpy neighbor in the opening sequence of an 80s sitcom, I might add.)

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Mosaic portrait medallion of St. Peter (with dolphins!) from the church of San Vitale in #Ravenna.

(Looking like the grumpy neighbor in the opening sequence of an 80s sitcom, I might add.)

📷🇮🇹 http://flic.kr/p/2qeXQyS
#photography
#mosaics
#LateAntiquity
#Italy

@humanities @photography @visualarts

St. Peter (Ravenna, Italy)

The church of San Vitale in Ravenna is a crowning jewel of early Christian art and architecture dating to the era of the emperor Justinian. Begun under the bishop Ecclesius in 526, it was completed under Bishop Maximian in 547.

^Flickr