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Alexios Commenos, Son of John II, after a mosaic

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Copy of the XIth c. mosaic in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. Cast in one piece from the original mosaic and then painted.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Byzantine Institute 1938 Sold to Fogg Art Museum. Holt made and painted these copies under the auspices of the Byzantine Institute with funding and encouragement from the Fogg. At some point later the Fogg bought them from the Institute. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Friends of Art Archaeology and Music and Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Funds
Title: Alexios Commenos, Son of John II, after a mosaic
Description:
Copy of the XIth c.
mosaic in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.
Cast in one piece from the original mosaic and then painted.

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