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The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — EMML (HMML) 8828

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 8828

17th–18th centuriesManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

The source records this manuscript art; no substitute image is shown.

Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.

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The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene

Original catalogue wording

1. The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene | 2. The painter falling down from the scaffold | 3. The icon of St Mary, who extends her hand to save the painter

Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scenePosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
  2. 02
    2. The painter falling down from the scaffoldPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
  3. 03
    3. The icon of St Mary, who extends her hand to save the painterPosition recorded by PEMM: right
Source date
1682-1706
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
8828
Recorded provenance
not given on vHMML
Place evidence
Provenance wording supplied by the source catalogue.
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1485 (3 episode rows)