executionof it are of a wildness which proves that centuries elapsed betweenthe composition of the almost classic work of St. Pudentiana and thatof St. Prasseda. Enriched with mosaics, mostly with a golden ground, curious inarrangement, adorned with exquisite splendour, this chapel is aperfect… … DOOR OF THE COLONNA CHAPEL, AT ST. PRASSEDA. is faced with marbles of an amber shade ; at the corners are raisedon antique stylobates four granite pillars with gilded Corinthian Chapel of St. Prasseda. 301 capitals, and pedestals of four angels in mosaic, whose heads touchthe top of the vault,…
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