The Mosaics of the Comnenos located on the eastern wall of the southern gallery of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, date from 1122. The Virgin Mary is standing in the middle, depicted, as usual in Byzantine art, in a dark blue gown. She holds the Child Christ on her lap.
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