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| Keywords: Ethiopian - The Virgin and Child with Archangels, Scenes from the Life of Christ, and Saints - Walters 364 - Back.jpg 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 early Other date century 17 Early Gondarine tempera panel cm 42 54 56 66 ; Center panel cm 42 23 28 6 ; Left panel cm 42 2 13 8 ; Right panel cm 42 5 14 3 accession number 36 4 27152 Knopfelmacher Collection New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Knopfelmacher 12 William Wright Gallery New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 1996 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the W Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund 1996 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 place of origin Tigray Kifle Håger Ethiopia Walters Art Museum license 2D Art of Ethiopia in the Walters Art Museum Church paintings in Ethiopia Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
