Title
Basilica San Vitale in Ravenna: decoration on the lunette (detail)
Caption
Basilica San Vitale in Ravenna (Italy)
Detail of the mosaic of the bezel: The Story of Abraham: the patriarch Abraham and his wife Sarah make an offering to the angels
6th century.
Info+
Its construction was begun by Bishop Ecclesius in 527, and completed in 548 by the twenty-seventh Bishop of Ravenna, Maximianus.
Date
6th century
Credit line
Alfredo Dagli Orti/Photo12
Reference
DGL10A03_292
License type
Rights managed
Available size
149,8Mb (9,8Mb) / 27,1in x 21,5in / 8118 x 6450 (300dpi)