افغانستان (خبرگزاری شیعیان افغانستان) – قدیمی ترین تمثال منتسب به حضرت مریم مقدس که در کلیسایی در رم نگهداری می شود
این تمثال متعلق به قرن دوم میلادی حدود سال 150 پس از میلاد است و حضرت مریم را در حالی نشان می دهد که فرزندش عیسی مسیح (ع) را در آغوش دارد
The Earliest Known Image of the Virgin Mary (Circa 150 CE)
The earliest surviving Christian art is preserved on the walls of tombs belonging to wealthy Christians in the catacombs of Rome. From literary evidence there may also have been panel icons. However, like almost all paintings from classical times, these have disappeared.
The earliest known image of the Virgin Mary independent of the Magi episode, a fresco in the Catacomb of Priscilla on the Via Salaria in Rome, shows her nursing the infant Jesus on her lap