# Vaulting \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MOSAIC ARTIST, Italian]() - Date: 1151-1200 - Technique: Mosaic ## Commentary The church of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio in Palermo, also known as the Martorana, was commissioned in 1143 by George of Antioch, the Greek admiral and principal minister of King Roger II of Sicily. It was dedicated to the Greek rite, and was decorated with mosaics. The cupola features a full-figure Christ enthroned with angels bowing to him in the register below. These are followed in the vaults beneath the tambour by scenes from the life of the Virgin, the Nativity and the Dormition, as well as apostle figures. The picture shows the Dormition on the vaulting. ## 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]()