Double-sided pendant icon with the Virgin and Child

late 18th century · Ethiopia

Modern · artifact

About this work

Double-Sided Pendant Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels (front center), Saint George (front left), Kwərʿätä rəʾəsu (back center), and Saint Takla Haymanot and Donor (back left). late 18th century; glue tempera on panel; Ethiopia.

Original catalogue wording

Double-Sided Pendant Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels (front center), Saint George (front left), Kwərʿätä rəʾəsu (back center), and Saint Takla Haymanot and Donor (back left)

Catalogue no. 190: Double-Sided Pendant Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels (front center), Saint George (front left), Kwərʿätä rəʾəsu (back center), and Saint Takla Haymanot and Donor (back left). late 18th century; glue tempera on panel; Ethiopia.

Date
late 18th century
Object type
Icons & panel paintings
Recorded place
Ethiopia
Holding institution
The Walters Art Museum
Accession
36.5
Image locator
Printed p. 307, cat. 190 (supplied scan PDF p. 304)