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Source Description
The Venetian artist Niccolò Brancaleon worked in the Ethiopian imperial court at the turn of the 16th century. Brancaleon's use of naturalistic facial features and emphasis on three-dimensional volumes reveal his Italian background. However, his use of flat bands of bright colors in the frame and background testify to his knowledge of Ethiopian artistic conventions. Like Fre Seyon, an Ethiopian painter and monk active at the end of the fifteenth century, the Italian artist developed a highly influential artistic style.
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Document identity
localId
40501
label
Right Half of a Diptych with the Virgin and Child
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
40501
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Right Half of a Diptych with the Virgin and Child
description
The Venetian artist Niccolò Brancaleon worked in the Ethiopian imperial court at the turn of the 16th century. Brancaleon's use of naturalistic facial features and emphasis on three-dimensional volumes reveal his Italian background. However, his use of flat bands of bright colors in the frame and background testify to his knowledge of Ethiopian artistic conventions. Like Fre Seyon, an Ethiopian painter and monk active at the end of the fifteenth century, the Italian artist developed a highly influential artistic style.
provenance
Sam Fogg, London, England, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by purchase.
date
ca. 1500 (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
icons
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.9
height
8.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 7/8 x W: 3 5/16 in. (9.9 x 8.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Christian Highland Ethiopian
med
glue tempera on panel
creator_ids
8592
collection_ids
ETH
exhibition_ids
1958
2066
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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7ff82f831b98ab3f
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no
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no
seq
2
type
photo
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51f610367ba030db
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no
hasDescription
no