Triptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels (center), Twelve Apostles and Saint George (left), and Fifteen Prophets and Patriarchs (right)

late 15th-early 16th century · Ethiopia

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Plate 1Triptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels (center), Twelve Apostles and Saint George (left), and Fifteen Prophets and Patriarchs (right), Ethiopia, late 15th-early 16th century, tempera on gesso-primed wood, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, IESMus6617.

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 285, cat. 180 (supplied scan PDF p. 282)

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Catalogue no. 180: Triptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels (center), Twelve Apostles and Saint George (left), and Fifteen Prophets and Patriarchs (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: IESMus6617
Source locator: Printed p. 285, cat. 180 (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).