# View of the apse calotte

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TORRITI, Jacopo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a>)
- Date: 1251-1300
- Technique: Mosaic

## Commentary

Pope Nicholas IV commissioned the mosaic decoration of the apse of Santa Maria Maggiore, replacing the fifth-century mosaic but without entirely changing the original subject matter and retaining the bust of the Saviour, believed to have appeared miraculously at the time of the basilica&#39;s consecration. The task was given to Jacopo Torriti, who left the Lateran workshop around 1291 to assist the work at Santa Maria Maggiore.

## Related artworks

- [Apse calotte](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-calotte-r11fe06d5c1d117>)
- [Apse mosaic: Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-mosaic-coronation-of-the-virgin-r10f7cbc8afebb1>)
- [Apse mosaic: Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-mosaic-coronation-of-the-virgin-r280275a890eb7e>)
- [Apse mosaic: Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-mosaic-coronation-of-the-virgin-r4c8c0bd3b81bf3>)
- [Apse mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-mosaic-detail-r2fcc38b4dbda85>)
- [Apse mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-mosaic-detail-re27f1da795aa39>)
- [Apse mosaic, window level: 1. Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-mosaic-window-level-1-annunciation-r27dc3d74ca95d5>)
- [Apse mosaic, window level: 2. Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-mosaic-window-level-2-nativity-r80adeea0fa9af0>)
- [Apse mosaic, window level: 3. Adoration of the Kings](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-mosaic-window-level-3-adoration-of-the-kings-rd46055edfa45c6>)
- [Apse mosaic, window level: 4. Presentation in the Temple](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-mosaic-window-level-4-presentation-in-the-temple-r7cbf6f28f98cbf>)
- [Apse mosaic, window level: 5. Dormition](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-mosaic-window-level-5-dormition-re467a9dd5de956>)
- [Apse mosaic, window level: Dormition \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/torriti-jacopo-r6be5de44dbb97a/apse-mosaic-window-level-dormition-detail-r3a2b6400ba7ca9>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)