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2011-17-1

From: Ethiopia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2011-17-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Ethiopia
Date Made ca. 1966 CE
Section African
Materials Vellum | Pigment
Technique Painted
Iconography Madona | Virgin Mary | Child | Archangel | Sword
Description

Icon - Seated Madonna / Virgin Mary and Christ Child flanked behind by 2 winged archangels with swords. Madonna wears red gown, overrobe - green interior, blue exterior with yellow stars and edging, green veil with yellow edging and hold blue cloth. Child wears green gown with yellow edging and hold white object / book (?). Both Madonna and Child have red and yellow halos. Angels hold ends of canopy - red exterior, blue interior - in one hand; white blade with yellow hilt in opposite. Angels in blue garment with yellow collars. Vellum with bright red, blue, green and yellow pigment.

Height 37.7 cm
Width 29.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Bernard Wailes, University of Pennsylvania Professor Emeritus, 2011

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