Pendant Icon: St. George, Virgin and Child Enthroned

18th century · Ethiopian

Medieval · artifact

What the record shows

An 18th-century Ethiopian pendant icon of wood and pigment with a metal hinge (12.1 x 7.9 cm), painted with Saint George on horseback and the Virgin and Child enthroned. Gift of Mrs. DeWitt Wallace to the Met in 1968 (68.128).

Date
18th century
Object type
pendant icon
Recorded place
Ethiopian
Holding
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession
68.128