About this work
The icon of the Virgin and Child
Original catalogue wording
3. The icon of the Virgin and Child | 4. Bārok being consecrated as a monk | 5. Bārok surrounded by his attackers who are holding various weapons | 7. The funeral of Bārok
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 013. The icon of the Virgin and ChildPosition recorded by PEMM: top-center
The icon of our Lady Mary and her beloved Son
- 024. Bārok being consecrated as a monkPosition recorded by PEMM: right
How Barok became a monk
- 035. Bārok surrounded by his attackers who are holding various weaponsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
How the enemy of Barok stabbed him with a spear; Also this one who stoned Barok with a rock
- 047. The funeral of BārokPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
How the people buried Barok
- 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
- 121r
- 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 1827 (4 episode rows)