Panel Painting with the Crowned Nursing Virgin and the Twelve Apostles

second half 15th century
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Panel Painting with the Crowned Nursing Virgin and the Twelve Apostles
  • Date: second half 15th century
  • Culture: Ethiopian (Ethiopia)
  • Medium: Paint on wood
  • Dimensions: 11 1/4 × 16 5/16 × 13/16 in. (28.5 × 41.5 × 2 cm)
    Mount: 2 1/2 in. × 11 1/4 in. × 16 in. (6.4 × 28.6 × 40.6 cm). The mount has a post that will likely be 1 in.
  • Classification: Paintings-Icons
  • Credit Line: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of Joseph and Patricia Brumit; Conservation of this work supported by the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Committee (2004-7-1)
  • Rights and Reproduction: Photograph by Franko Khoury
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
Panel Painting with the Crowned Nursing Virgin and the Twelve Apostles - Ethiopian (Ethiopia) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art