About this work
The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemies
Original catalogue wording
2. The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemies | 3. The rich man standing next to a small statue of himself in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child | 1. The rich man from Qʷalāsis travelling with his companions on a ship
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 012. The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemiesPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
- 023. The rich man standing next to a small statue of himself in front of the icon of the Virgin and ChildPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
- 031. The rich man from Qʷalāsis travelling with his companions on a shipPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom
- Source date
- First half of 18th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from JRB and SGD”.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- 647
- Folio
- 53r
- Recorded provenance
- South: Looted from Madḫāne ʿĀlam Church at መቅደላ Mäqdäla Magdala, Tewodros II collected manuscripts from all the country, so provenance prior to this unknown
- Place evidence
- Place recorded or purchased, as stated by the source. It is not treated as the place of production.
- Catalogue source
- Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
- Source record
- paintings.csv, Painting ID 1495 (3 episode rows)