# Madonna and Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MOSAIC ARTIST, Italian]() - Date: 1201-1250 - Technique: Mosaic icon ## Commentary The icon is in the typical Byzantine pose of the 'Theotokos Hodigitria' \(Mother of God\) who indicates the way, with her son on her left arm. The Virgin, wrapped in a dark blue mantle, stands out from the gold ground; the Child is wrapped in a red cloak decorated with motifs imitating pearls and precious stones. The icon is in the Chapel of the Crucifix, San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome. ## 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]()