Triptych of the Virgin and Child and Christ’s life

Triptych Icon with Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels above Apostles (center), Scenes from the Life of Christ and Saints (left and right)

Catalogue no. 200: Triptych Icon with Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels above Apostles (center), Scenes from the Life of Christ and Saints (left and right). late 17th century; tempera on linen mounted on wood and bound with cord; central Ethiopia.

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• Triptych Icon with Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels above Apostles (center), Scenes from the Life of Christ and Saints (left and right)

  Catalogue no. 200: Triptych Icon with Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels above Apostles (center), Scenes from the Life of Christ and Saints (left and right). late 17th century; tempera on linen mounted on wood and bound with cord; central Ethiopia.

• 2006.11 - Triptych Icon

  2006.11 - Triptych Icon. Catalogued on Wikimedia Commons under Icons of Ethiopia. The file description records: Title Triptych Icon Place Ethiopia (Object made in) Date Made 1682–1706 Medium Tempera on linen, mounted on wood and bound with cord Dimensions 67 × 74 cm (26 3/8 × 29 1/8 in.) Credit Line Director's Fund Reference Number 2006.11 IIIF Manifest https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/185651/manifest.json Mr. Vesecchi, Milan, Italy [this and the following according to A. Mitrano communicated by Sam Fogg Oct. 24, 2005, do Photograph credited to Unknown author Unknown author.

• Triptych Icon-3

  Title Triptych Icon Place Ethiopia (Object made in) Date Made 1682–1706 Medium Tempera on linen, mounted on wood and bound with cord Dimensions 67 × 74 cm (26 3/8 × 29 1/8 in.) Credit Line Director's Fund Reference Number 2006.11 IIIF Manifest https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/185651/manifest.json Mr. Vesecchi, Milan, Italy [this and the following according to A. Mitrano communicated by Sam Fogg Oct. 24, 2005, documented in curatorial file; and S. Fogg 2005 and 2014]; Mr. Vesecchi and Mrs. Mitrano (died 1997), Milan, Italy; by descent to her son, Andrea Mitrano, Varese, Italy, from 1997 [owner recorded on export documentation Feb. 2005, copy in curatorial file]; sold to Sam Fogg, London, 2005 [copy of export documentation signed by A. Mitrano dated Feb. 2005 in curatorial file; Fogg, 2005, pp. 62-63 ]; sold to the Art Institute, 2006. The Commons file page gives the source as: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/185651/triptych-icon.