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Late 17th-early 18th century
- Medium
- Distemper, gesso and cloth on wood
- Dimensions
- 34.2 × 47 × 17 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-120174
The rich colors, especially the green and deep blue, are typical of this time period in Ethiopian icon painting. The emphasis on Mary's hand gesture, the Christ child's book and the shawl's decorative folds and star and cross ornaments derive from a Jesuit copy of an Italian engraving of a Santa Maria Maggiore icon. Mary's handkerchief, however, is an Ethiopian status symbol.
Provenance
Gift of Ciro R. Taddeo
Registry history
- Late 17th-early 18th century — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of African Art
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