Diptych Icon with King Lalibala and His Wife, Masqal Kabra, Facing Saint Mercurius (front), Saints Joachim and Anne (back)

ca. 1500 · Ethiopian highlands

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Plate 1Diptych Icon with King Lalibala and His Wife, Masqal Kabra, Facing Saint Mercurius (front), Saints Joachim and Anne (back), Ethiopian highlands, ca. 1500, tempera on wood panel, Toledo Museum of Art, 2021.38.

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Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 252, cat. 160 (supplied scan PDF p. 249)

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Catalogue no. 160: Diptych Icon with King Lalibala and His Wife, Masqal Kabra, Facing Saint Mercurius (front), Saints Joachim and Anne (back). ca. 1500; tempera on wood panel; Ethiopian highlands.

Date: ca. 1500
Object type: Icons & panel paintings
Recorded place: Ethiopian highlands
Holding: Toledo Museum of Art
Accession: 2021.38
Source locator: Printed p. 252, cat. 160 (supplied scan PDF p. 249)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).