Theotokos – The Virgin and Child – Hagia Sophia, 537 A.D. Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):11x14 unframed If you look closely

If you look closely

The firm of Clayton and Bell

yet she looks directly on to us

Although Labrousse had many shows at the Royal Academy and elsewhere

for they knew she was a pure and holy saint

Theotokos – The Virgin and Child – Hagia Sophia, 537 A.D. Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):11x14 unframed If you look closelyTheotokos The Virgin and Child Hagia Sophia, 537 A. D. Theotokos is how she was known at that time, the one who gave birth to God. That is what we mean when we pray, Holy Mary, Mother of God. This beautiful and ancient mosaic is from the Hagia Sophia, which was the great church of Christendom for a thousand years. Finished in 537 by the Emperor Justinian, it was the jewel of Byzantium and the center of Eastern Christian worship until the city fell