Containers:

Box 298

Extent:

38 items

Scope and content:

Artist Name: Sardi, Giuseppe; Roman school, 15th century; Giovenale, G.B.

Medieval: Architecture, mosaics, sculpture, sculptural relief . Post-medieval: Painting (frescoes), sculpture

Object Notes: Basilica is famous for "Bocca della Verita" relief in the exterior forecourt. The basilica was erected in the 6th century and enlarged by Hadrian in the 8th century. It dates back to the arrival of Greeks in Rome, persecuted in Greece by the Iconoclasts of the Orient.

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