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Early 16th century
- Medium
- Distemper and gesso on wood
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 16.7 x 26.7 x 1.5 cm (6 9/16 x 10 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
- Culture
- Ethiopia
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Mary Garland in memory of Robert Lewis Garland
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Triptych of distemper and gesso on wood. Depicted in the left and right panels: Top register are equestrian Saints on white horses, bottom register, saint with red cloak, book, hand cross and conical hat The central panel is Mary and Christ child flanked by archangels with swords. Mary has a red cloak/shawl and holds the child in her proper right arm.
