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Therinos (martyr), artwork of Christos Lefakis

Replica of a mosaic dated to 4th century that comes from a mosaic ensemble from the dome of the Roman Rotunda of Thessaloniki, and more specifically the lower zone called “the zone of the Martyrs”. Against a golden background a Martyr is represented in bust, part of the full-body figure from the dome of Rotunda. He wears a luxurius chlamys with tavlion, buttoned up in the shoulder, that is the official garments of a Roman official. The replica was made and presented within the framework of the 9th International Conference of Byzantine Studies, in Thessaloniki 1953.

Code

ΝΕΤ 023

Type

Mosaic replica

Chronology

1953

Dimensions

Height 57,5 cm.; length 48,5 cm.

Material of Construction

plaster, dye and glass

Origin

Thessaloniki, Rotunda