What the record shows
NMAfA-S20070081. Catalogued on Wikimedia Commons under Icons of Ethiopia. The file description records: While Mary is most often depicted wearing a blue shawl, Ethiopian artists in the mid-16th century began painting the shawl red, a practice that related to their study of Cretan icons. The Ge'ez inscriptions found on the icons are instrumental in identifying specific individuals. For instance, St. Merkorewos traditionally rides a black, not a white horse; and the two monks holding prayer sticks are almost identical. Photograph credited to Ethiopian Orthodox.
- Date
- Not recorded in the catalogue
- Object type
- icon painting
- Recorded place
- Ethiopia
- Holding
- https://africa.si.edu/collections/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:12450