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Painting in the Early Byzantine Empire

Icon of St. Peter 

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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