Plate CXXVIII · Venice, Patriarchate of
Vol. XII (1954) · full-page plateAbove left: THE VISITATION. Detail of the mosaics of the Chapel of the Madonna dei Mascoli (15th cent.) - Venice, basilica of S. Marco. Above right: THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST. Below, the Virgin flanked by two angels and the twelve Apostles; between the windows sixteen virtues; in the pendentives, the four Evangelists. Byzantine mosaic (12th cent.) - Venice, vault of the central dome of the basilica of S. Marco. Below left: DOGE LOREDANO by G. Bellini - Paris, Spiridon Collection. Below right: THE ANNUNCIATING ANGEL. Detail of the frescoes of the mid-13th cent., on the arch of the chapel to the left of the high altar, in the church of S. Giovanni Decollato - Venice.



