Category:Dome of the Chapel of the Presentation in Saint Peter's Basilica

"The mosaics, which are of good chromatic and decorative quality, were executed by F. Cristofari, Ottaviani and others.

The vault shows the fall of Lucifer, in contraposition with the one on the other side depicting the coronation of the Queen of the Most High above the Choirs of Angels. On the corbels are Isaiah looking at the cloud, Joshua stopping the sun, Jael stabbing Sisera, Judith with the head of Holofernes.

"In the lunettes are Mary, the sister of Moses, singing the freedom of the Israelites, Moses removing his sandals before the burning bush, Noah with his arc and the dove of peace, Aaron anointing the Holy Arc, Balaam showing Jacob's star, Gideon with the mystic fleece bathed in dew.

"In 1727 a mosaic copy by Cristofari of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary at the Temple by G. F. Romanelli, painted by this artist from Viterbo in 1622, was placed above the altar of the Chapel. This work replaced a deteriorated work by Passignano. https://stpetersbasilica.info/Altars/Presentation/Presentation.htm

"Mosaic in the DOME: "Defeat of Lucifer and Coronation of the Virgin Mary above the choirs of angels" 1686/89 by Fabio Cristofari (about 1615/89) who left the job incomplete at his death

It was continued in the years 1704/17 by Giuseppe Conti and in the years 1717/25 by Del Pozzo, Gossoni, Ottaviani, Moretti, Clori and De Rossi from the original designed in the years 1675/86 by Carlo Maratta (1625/1713) and and his favorite pupil Giuseppe Chiari (1654/1727) who designed the Defeat of Lucifer

In the SPANDRELS four prophets who prefigured the Virgin Mary by Fabio Cristofari and Giuseppe Conti from cartoons by Carlo Maratta:

"Noah and the Ark and the Dove of Peace"

"Aaron incenses the congregation of Israel"

"Balaam showing the Star of Jacob"

"Gideon's mystical fleece wet with dew"

In the LUNETTES events of the Old Testament interpreted as premonitory of the Virgin Mary by Fabio Cristofari and Giuseppe Conti from cartoons by Carlo Maratta and Giuseppe Chiari:

"Judith with the Head of Holofernes"

"Jael, wife of Heber, pierces Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army"

"Joshua stopping the sun"

"The prophetess Miriam, the sister of Aaron, sings the liberation of the Israelites"

"Moses taking off his sandals before the burning bush"

"Isaiah invokes the cloud to let justice rain"

In DRUM four statues in stucco "Angels with Marian symbols" 1687 by Filippo Carcani (active 1670/91) https://romapedia.blogspot.com/2013/10/basilica-of-st-peter-second-part_3.html