Triptych Icon with Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels above Apostles (center), Scenes from the Life of Christ and Saints (left and right)

late 17th century · central Ethiopia

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Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 311, cat. 200 (supplied scan PDF p. 308)

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Catalogue no. 200: Triptych Icon with Virgin Mary and Christ Child Flanked by Archangels above Apostles (center), Scenes from the Life of Christ and Saints (left and right). late 17th century; tempera on linen mounted on wood and bound with cord; central Ethiopia.

Date: late 17th century
Object type: Icons & panel paintings
Recorded place: central Ethiopia
Holding: The Art Institute of Chicago
Accession: 2006.11
Source locator: Printed p. 311, cat. 200 (supplied scan PDF p. 308)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).