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Painting in the Early Byzantine Empire
Icon of St. Peter
This icon of St. Peter, produced in encaustic, bears lifelike qualities that eventually vanished from icons in favor of more stylized imagery. St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mt. Sinai. Sixth century.
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