Icon
After 1700
- Medium
- Wood, paint, leather, iron
- Dimensions
- 67 × 81 × 3.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-120175
This large icon, meant to be seen by many people, was carried in church processions on holy days. The subject of Christ crowned with thorns and flanked by tormentors was modeled after Ethiopia's famous imperial icon that was carried into battle by the emperor's army.
Provenance
Gift of Joseph and Patricia Brumit
Registry history
- After 1700 — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of African Art
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