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Diptych Icon with Virgin Mary and Christ Child (left) and Saint George, the Trinity, and the Twenty-Four Priests of Heaven (right)

late 15th-early 16th century · Ethiopia

Medieval · artifact

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Plate 1Diptych Icon with Virgin Mary and Christ Child (left) and Saint George, the Trinity, and the Twenty-Four Priests of Heaven (right), Ethiopia, late 15th-early 16th century, tempera on gesso-primed wood, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, IESMus7071.

© Eyerusalem A.Jiregna

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 285, cat. 179 (supplied scan PDF p. 282)

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Diptych Icon with Virgin Mary and Christ Child (left) and Saint George, the Trinity, and the Twenty-Four Priests of Heaven (right), Ethiopia, late 15th-early 16th century, tempera on gesso-primed wood, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, IESMus7071.Plate 1 · © Eyerusalem A.Jiregna · Printed p. 285, cat. 179 (supplied scan PDF p. 282)

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Catalogue no. 179: Diptych Icon with Virgin Mary and Christ Child (left) and Saint George, the Trinity, and the Twenty-Four Priests of Heaven (right). late 15th-early 16th century; tempera on gesso-primed wood; Ethiopia.

Date
late 15th-early 16th century
Object type
Icons & panel paintings
Recorded place
Ethiopia
Holding
Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University
Accession
IESMus7071
Source locator
Printed p. 285, cat. 179 (supplied scan PDF p. 282)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).