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The Virgin and Child with Archangels, Scenes from the Life of Christ, and Saints ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Virgin and Child with Archangels, Scenes from the Life of Christ, and Saints |
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Description |
English: The central panel of this triptych features a version of Mary and the infant Christ based on a famous icon from the Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore that was believed to have been painted by St. Luke the Evangelist. Prints of this painting entered Ethiopia around the year 1600 with Jesuit missionaries. The widespread circulation of these prints led to the adoption of the Santa Maria Maggiore icon as a prototype for pictures of Mary and Christ and transformed Ethiopia's traditional Marian imagery. In paintings based on this icon, the Christ Child typically sits on the Virgin's left arm while holding a book in his left hand. Mary, crossing her arms in front of Christ, holds a cloth in her left hand and extends the elongated fingers of her right hand toward the ground. As with the original Roman painting, the hood of Mary's cloak often bears a cross. This triptych is a fine example of the work of a group of Ethiopian painters that apparently specialized in producing icons based on the Roman prototype. Yet in their panels, as can be seen here, the western model assumes a new form, with Mary's cloak stretching out in either direction to embrace the scene of Christ Teaching the Apostles below. Umbrella-like, Mary appears as both the protector and personification of the church. The paintings of this school typically combine large figures across the top of all three panels with smaller figures below. These painters also made extensive use of blue grounds and added fine linear details in black ink. |
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Date |
early 17th century date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Early Gondarine) |
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tempera on
panel medium QS:P186,Q175166;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 |
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height: 42.5 cm (16.7 in); width: 56.6 cm (22.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,42.54U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,56.66U174728 ; Center panel height: 42.2 cm (16.6 in); width: 28.6 cm (11.2 in)dimensions QS:P2048,42.23U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,28.6U174728 ; Left panel height: 42.2 cm (16.6 in); width: 13.8 cm (5.4 in)dimensions QS:P2048,42.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,13.8U174728 ; Right panel height: 42.5 cm (16.7 in); width: 14.3 cm (5.6 in)dimensions QS:P2048,42.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,14.3U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
36.4 |
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Place of creation | Tigray Kifle Håger, Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Exhibition history | Ethiopian Art at The Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996. Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2001-2002. Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2002-2005. Angels of Light: Ethiopian Art from the Walters Art Museum. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton; Museum of Biblical Art, New York. 2006-2007. Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2011-2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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