Double-sided Icon with Scenes from the Life of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the Saints
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,...
Images (9)
Drawing
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id
82846
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contentType
drawing
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. John Summerskill, Ethiopia, 1968/9, by purchase; William Wright, Belle Mead, New Jersey, 2008, by inheritance [from his mother, Mrs. Miriam LaFollette Summerskill]; John A. Popplestone, Ph.D., Akron, Ohio, Spring 2009, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2011, by gift.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
9
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_36.17_VwH_DD_T11.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_36.17_VwH_DD_T11.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_36.17_VwH_DD_T11.jpg |
| imageCount | 9 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/36.17 |
Terms
Culture
Christian Highland Ethiopian