Ethiopia, Diptych Icon, Object File

 in Arts of Africa / Object Files / Object Information / Permanent Collection  tagged arts of africa / christ / christianity / cultural encounters/exchanges / Ethiopian / Ethiopian Orthodox Church / group 6 / Highlights 1600 to 1850 / Jesuits / object file / ritual/ceremony / saints / santa maria maggiore / spirituality/sacred / st. george / stories / symbolism in art / Symbolism-art / tempera on gesso covered wood / two-panel painting / virgin-mary / woman

Two panel painting, with Virgin Mary holding Christ child on the top right side, with saints in rows on left side and below.

Diptych icon_Ethiopia_2009.39.2

This is another object file, from an Object in Focus:

Africa(Ethiopia)_Diptych icon_2009.39.2

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