Ravenna, Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Sinopia ritrovata sotto i mosaici absidali

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Title:	Ravenna, Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Sinopia ritrovata sotto i mosaici absidali
Start date:	500
End date:	599
Historical Period:	Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description:	The restoration of the apse mosaics of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, made from 1970 to 1976, discovered the preparatory drawings of a different iconographic program from the one executed in mosaic. In place of the twelve lambs and the figure of Saint Apollinaris, the first idea was a band containing a cross in the center and on the sides pairs of peacocks between baskets of fruit, flowers and garlands. The left side of the sinopia was left in the Basilica while the right side was detached and it is now conserved in the National Museum of Ravenna.
Place:	Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Italy
Languages:	No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium:	pigment
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	Biblioteca Classense Mario Mazzotti Archive
Physical type:	layers (components)
Material and technique:	drawing (image-making)
Data provider:	Museum of Ravenna
License:	All rights reserved
Rights holder:	Polo Museale Emilia Romagna
Appears in Collections:	BYZART