# Old Testament scenes

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MOSAIC ARTIST, Italian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a>)
- Date: 0401-0450
- Technique: Mosaic

## Commentary

The decoration of the Early Christian churches, and particularly of the basilicas, was mostly with mosaics. The largest series of early mosaic decorations in Rome are the panels on the triumphal arch and the nave walls of Santa Maria Maggiore of c. 432-40. The picture shows a detail of the mosaics on the nave.

## Related artworks

- [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-calotte-mosaic-detail-r97f6b45f979421>)
- [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-calotte-mosaic-detail-rc1874b164df045>)
- [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-calotte-mosaic-detail-rde4a65cc11bc8a>)
- [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-calotte-mosaic-detail-rf5e135fed14f9e>)
- [Apse decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-decoration-detail-rd87489947fa248>)
- [Apse decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-decoration-r04b74747b677ab>)
- [Apse decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-decoration-r63b25e6df5b2d4>)
- [Apse decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-decoration-rfd41c3aa34d48c>)
- [Apse mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-mosaic-detail-r074655aca8dc3d>)
- [Apse mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-mosaic-detail-r1f37240b60041a>)
- [Apse mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-mosaic-detail-r26523b67906e02>)
- [Apse mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-mosaic-detail-r5532a81981d8fa>)

## Attribution

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