Right Half of a Diptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels above Mary with Saints

late 15th century · Ethiopia

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Plate 1Right Half of a Diptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels above Mary with Saints, Ethiopia, late 15th century, glue tempera on panel, The Walters Art Museum, 36.14.

Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon.

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 284, cat. 178 (supplied scan PDF p. 281)

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Catalogue no. 178: Right Half of a Diptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels above Mary with Saints. late 15th century; glue tempera on panel; Ethiopia.

Date: late 15th century
Object type: Icons & panel paintings
Recorded place: Ethiopia
Holding: The Walters Art Museum
Accession: 36.14
Source locator: Printed p. 284, cat. 178 (supplied scan PDF p. 281)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).