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The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 98r

Art Institute of Chicago · 2002.4 · 98r

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

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The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting

Original catalogue wording

1. The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting | 2. The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by persons | 3. The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sittingPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    How the widow prayed to our Lady on behalf of the proverty of her three daughters; Our Lady Mary with her beloved son; These are the daughters of the widow: the first is Mary and the second is Martha and the third is Yawahit. Mary died and the other two Tewog the craftsman took

  2. 02
    2. The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by personsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    How they buried Mary, the daughter of the widow, just as our Lady Mary said when she died; Burial of Mary, daughter of the widow

  3. 03
    3. The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmithPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    Martha; Yawahit; Tewog the craftsman

Source date
1667-1706
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
Holding institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Shelfmark
2002.4
Folio
98r
Recorded provenance
Originally sold to Sam Fogg, Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, London, by 1998 [research report in curatorial file; Fogg and Hosking, 2001, no. 19]; sold to the Art Institute, 2002. Catalog by Getatchew Haile in PEMM Dropbox
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 1814 (3 episode rows)