# Main portal \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MOSAIC ARTIST, Italian]() - Date: 1051-1100 - Technique: Mosaic ## Commentary On the main portal of San Marco only the figures of the Virgin and Child, the eight apostles, and the four evangelists have survived from the earliest mosaics, dating from the late eleventh century. They are arranged in two registers and enclosed in slender niches; the upper ones were probably intended to house statues rather than mosaics. ## Related artworks - [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)]() - [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)]() - [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)]() - [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)]() - [Apse decoration \(detail\)]() - [Apse decoration]() - [Apse decoration]() - [Apse decoration]() - [Apse mosaic \(detail\)]() - [Apse mosaic \(detail\)]() - [Apse mosaic \(detail\)]() - [Apse mosaic \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()