Ethiopian Icon Diptych with Mother and Child and Mounted Rider

A two-panel painted icon on dark ground: the right panel shows a haloed, robed woman holding a child, flanked by two standing figures, with a gilded top. The left panel depicts a mounted rider on a white horse with red trim. Flat forms and bold outlines.

Artist

Ethiopian Orthodox

Date

17th century

Medium

Distemper and gesso on wood

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of African Art)

Size

1280 × 1003 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art