Triptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child (center), the Descent into Limbo (left), and the Crucifixion (right)

17th century · Ethiopia

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Plate 1Triptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child (center), the Descent into Limbo (left), and the Crucifixion (right), Ethiopia, 17th century, tempera on wood, The Peabody Essex Museum, E67887.

Kathy Tarantola

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 307, cat. 189 (supplied scan PDF p. 304)

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Catalogue no. 189: Triptych Icon with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child (center), the Descent into Limbo (left), and the Crucifixion (right). 17th century; tempera on wood; Ethiopia.

Date: 17th century
Object type: Icons & panel paintings
Recorded place: Ethiopia
Holding: The Peabody Essex Museum
Accession: E67887
Source locator: Printed p. 307, cat. 189 (supplied scan PDF p. 304)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).