Triptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels (center), the Kwərʿätä rəʾəsu and Saint George (left), and Saint Gäbrä Mänfäs Qəddus and Abba Arsanyos (right)

late 17th- early 18th century · Gondar (Ethiopia)

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Plate 1Triptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels (center), the Kwərʿätä rəʾəsu and Saint George (left), and Saint Gäbrä Mänfäs Qəddus and Abba Arsanyos (right), Gondar (Ethiopia), late 17th- early 18th century, tempera on gesso-primed wood set within a white frame, leather and bamboo case, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, IESMus3492.

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 306, cat. 188 (supplied scan PDF p. 303)

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Catalogue no. 188: Triptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels (center), the Kwərʿätä rəʾəsu and Saint George (left), and Saint Gäbrä Mänfäs Qəddus and Abba Arsanyos (right). late 17th- early 18th century; tempera on gesso-primed wood set within a white frame, leather and bamboo case; Gondar (Ethiopia).

Date: late 17th- early 18th century
Object type: Icons & panel paintings
Recorded place: Gondar (Ethiopia)
Holding: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University
Accession: IESMus3492
Source locator: Printed p. 306, cat. 188 (supplied scan PDF p. 303)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).