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Two tall wooden panels with painted registers of haloed figures in red and blue robes, animals and angels, on a black background.

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A pair of painted wooden panels framed in gold-edged cloth, each divided into horizontal registers of narrative scenes. Figures with haloes appear in bright red, blue and ochre robes, some seated among rows of small attendants, with animals and angels in the lower and upper zones.

Artist
Ethiopian Orthodox
Date
ca. 1630-1700
Medium
Distemper, gesso and cloth on wood
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of African Art)
Size
1108 × 1280 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of African Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1705).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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