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ca. 1630-1700
- Medium
- Distemper, gesso and cloth on wood
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 51.7 x 43 x 2.5 cm (20 3/8 x 16 15/16 x 1 in.)
- Culture
- Ethiopia
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Ciro R. Taddeo in memory of Raffael and Alessandra Taddeo
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Diptych of distemper, gesso and cloth on wood; each panel having three registers with group scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary with red and green backgrounds.
