Double-Sided Diptych Icon with Apparition of the Virgin Mary at Dayr al-Magtas (Dabra Matmaq) (front center), Archangels (front left), and Saints (back center and left)

late 17th century · Ethiopia (Gondar?)

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Plate 1Double-Sided Diptych Icon with Apparition of the Virgin Mary at Dayr al-Magtas (Dabra Matmaq) (front center), Archangels (front left), and Saints (back center and left), Ethiopia (Gondar?), late 17th century, glue tempera on panel, The Walters Art Museum, 36.8.

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Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 338, cat. 242 (supplied scan PDF p. 335)

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Catalogue no. 242: Double-Sided Diptych Icon with Apparition of the Virgin Mary at Dayr al-Magtas (Dabra Matmaq) (front center), Archangels (front left), and Saints (back center and left). late 17th century; glue tempera on panel; Ethiopia (Gondar?).

Date: late 17th century
Object type: Icons & panel paintings
Recorded place: Ethiopia (Gondar?)
Holding: The Walters Art Museum
Accession: 36.8
Source locator: Printed p. 338, cat. 242 (supplied scan PDF p. 335)
Source citation: Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).