Painting

87-13-20

From: Ethiopia | Asmara

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 87-13-20
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Coptic
Provenience Ethiopia | Asmara
Section African
Materials Canvas | Pigment | Wood | Glass
Iconography Saint George | Horse | Serpent | Devil | Inscription
Inscription Language Coptic Language
Description

Large panel painting framed and behind glass. Incomplete mural of St. George astride a horse, with the serpent and a small blue devil beneath the horse. He holds a spear in each hand. There is a Coptic inscription in the top lefthand corner, and the top righthand corner is missing.

Length 151.13 cm
Width 106.68 cm
Thickness 7.62 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Aurelio Cinquegrana, 1987
Other Number L-897-79 - Old Museum Number

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