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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.12.1
Title
Photograph of a Tracing of the Mosaics in the South Vestibule of the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Classification
Photographs
Date
1933-1935
Period
Modern
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216794

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Paper
Dimensions
288.9 × 474.7 cm (113 3/4 × 186 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Byzantine Institute, Boston and Istanbul, (1933–36), gifted; from the Byzantine Institute to the Fogg Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Byzantine Institute
Accession Year
1936
Object Number
1936.12.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Photographic reproduction of a tracing of the mosaics in the South Vestibule in of the Hagia Sophia showing the virgin frontally in the center with Christ Child in her lap, Justinian on the left holding a representation of the Hagia Sophia with the south facade facing forward, and Constantine on the right presenting a miniature gate of the city of Constantinople. The key iconographic components are carefully traced out with individualized tesserae outlined and shaded, whereas some background areas are left blank. The photographic reproduction is based on tracings made on the spot with tracing paper over the actual mosaics by carefully defining the shape and size of each individual mosaic tessera in the composition.

Verification Level

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