Turkey. Istambul. Hagia Sofia. Byzantine mosaic. Virgin Mother holding the Christ Child. Ca, 1118. 12th century. Detail of the mosaic with emperor John II Comnemus, Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus and the empress Irene. Southern gallery.

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