Ukrainian artist Oksana Mas' mosaic work depicting the Virgin Mary on a wall of the Saint Sophia Cathedral comprises 15,000 painted wooden eggs.

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This mosaic work called "Look into Eternity" is by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Mas. It is an enlarged replication of the upper half of the face of the Virgin Mary from the 17th century icon Virgin Eleusa. The mosaic panel, consisting of 15,000 wooden and in traditional Ukrainian style hand-painted Easter eggs weighting tonnes, was exhibited at the Sofia Kyivska National Museum in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Museum Complex Sofia Kyivska, Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine, Europe
Photo credit: © Rosemary Behan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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