Ethiopian Diptych Icon with Mounted Saint and Enthroned Virgin and Child

A two-panel painted icon on wood shows, on the left, a haloed rider on a white horse against a green and red ground. On the right, a blue-robed Virgin holds a child seated on a gold throne, with two angels with raised wings behind her.

Artist

Ethiopian Orthodox

Date

Late 16th-early 17th century

Medium

Distemper and gesso on wood

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of African Art)

Size

1920 × 1179 px

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