What a wonderful window! The four Biblical figures are life-sized, as indicated by the of a visitor the mezzanine rail.
The Sea of Galilee scene with Jesus and his disciples dates to about 30 A.D. But the tiny figure beneath the sail seems to be a boatman from the 18th or 19th century.
The hovering clouds and mysteriously suspended stone niche appear to defy gravity and visual logic, for a trompe l’oeil (“trick of the eye”) effect.
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