Triptych with the Virgin and Child, the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Saints, and Scenes from the Life of Christ

Title: Triptych with the Virgin and Child, the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Saints, and Scenes from the Life of Christ

Date: late 17th century

Culture: Ethiopian (Ethiopia)

Medium: Tempera on linen, mounted on wood and bound with cord

Dimensions: Mount: 8 in. × 3 1/4 in. × 20 1/2 in. (20.3 × 8.3 × 52.1 cm)
Overall with mounting: 30 1/4 in. × 26 1/4 in. × 8 in. (76.8 × 66.7 × 20.3 cm)
Width: 29 in. (73.7 cm)
Mount: 8 × 20 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (20.3 × 52.1 × 8.3 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Director's Fund, 2006.11

Accession Number: AFB.227

Rights and Reproduction: The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY

Mr. Vesecchi, Milan, Italy [this and the following according to A. Mitrano communicated by Sam Fogg Oct. 24, 2005, documented in curatorial file; and S. Fogg 2005 and 2014]; Mr. Vesecchi and Mrs. Mitrano (died 1997), Milan, Italy; by descent to her son, Andrea Mitrano, Varese, Italy, from 1997 [owner recorded on export documentation Feb. 2005, copy in curatorial file]; sold to Sam Fogg, London, 2005 [copy of export documentation signed by A. Mitrano dated Feb. 2005 in curatorial file; Fogg, 2005, pp. 62-63 ]; sold to the Art Institute, 2006.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Africa & Byzantium," November 13, 2023–March 3, 2024.

Cleveland Museum of Art. "Africa & Byzantium," April 14–July 21, 2024.

Mercier, Jacques, ed. L'Arche éthiopienne: art chrétien d'Ethiopie. Paris: Pavillon des arts, 2000. p. 145, ill.