artofthedarkages:The so-called Head of Carmagnola is a small purple stone bust of the Byzantine empe
artofthedarkages:The so-called Head of Carmagnola is a small purple stone bust of the Byzantine emperor Justinian. The portrait can be identified because of its crown, material, and abstracted features. Carved out of porphyry. Made in the 6th century at Constantinople.Looted in the Fourth Crusade in 1204 and brought to Venice.Currently located as architectural ornamentation on the Basilica of Saint Mark. -- source link
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