Jacopo
Torriti, The Coronation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
13th century
Mosaic
Apse
of Santa
Maria Maggiore, Rome
This mosaic was commissioned by Nicholas IV, the first Franciscan pope,
to replace the one installed in the fifth century when the church was
built by Pope Sixtus III.
Details:
Photographed at the
site by Richard Stracke