About this work
The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed
Original catalogue wording
1. The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed | 2. The peasant and other inhabitants fleeing from the cannibal, with several houses depicted in the background | 3. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killedPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
The man of the city of Qemer who ate 78 souls; How the man-eater slaughtered his wife and ate her flesh; house; house; Other people that he slaughtered and ate
- 022. The peasant and other inhabitants fleeing from the cannibal, with several houses depicted in the backgroundPosition recorded by PEMM: right
How the farmer fled, fearing that the man-eater would eat him; How the people of the city of Qemer abandoned their homes in fear; house; house
- 033. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosyPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
How the man-eater gave a drink of water to the poor man
- 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
- 130v
- 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 1831 (3 episode rows)