Sujet

Double-sided Icon with Scenes from the Life of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the Saints, 18th century Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Double-sided Icon with Scenes from the Life of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the Saints, 18th century. This double-sided triptych icon from Ethiopia is a small-scale painting that would have been used in private devotion. The cylinder at the top of the piece reflects the construction of smaller Ethiopian icons that were suspended from a cord and worn around the neck. When open, the piece displays several images of key importance in Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity. On the front, arranged in two registers, are the Virgin and Child flanked by archangels (above centre), the Covenant of Mercy, where Christ appoints his mother as the intercessor for humankind (below center), Saint George (above, outer wing), and four saints (below, outer wing). On the reverse are the Crucifixion with three saints and the Archangel Michael (center), Kwer’ata Reesu, or Christ Wearing the Crown of Thorns (upper right, outer wing), and the Harrowing of Hell (lower right, outer wing). When closed, the exteriors of the wings display colourful painted crosses and an abstract geometric design of nested rectangles.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23B17_070

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

39,6Mo (1,7Mo) / 42,0cm x 23,7cm / 4960 x 2794 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Africa close up woman women woman people man boy boys child children red religious arts painting country religion virgin art continent museum color African Christian Christianity angel saint Santa icon location century Orthodox image geometric studio shot concept triptych santo close-up closeup Ethiopia geometrical mercy decorative arts Colour Ethiopian covenant black background Madonna 18th century East African Eighteenth Century Madonna and child Virgin and Child archangel tempera Virgin Mary Jesus Christ Mary portrait wood Madonna Unknown Christ Jesus Jesus Virgin Saint Mary Virgin Mother Mother of God The Virgin Mary Stella Maris St Mary Chri narrative Walters Art Museum Heritage Art double-sided Our Lady of Refuge Our Lady of Mariazell Notre Dame du Folgoet Our Lady of Folgoet Jesus of Nazareth tempera and gesso on carved wood