The Magi and the shepherds

Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Exhibitions

The Christmas Story: Picturing the Birth of Christ in Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2009-2010.
Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2011-2012.

Provenance Monastery at Gunda Gunde, northeastern Ethiopia, early- to mid- sixteenth century; Church of Mädhane Aläm at Mäjate, Ethiopia, 1892-1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, France, prior to 1973 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Sam Fogg, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1998, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1998

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Creator

Ethiopian (Artist)

Period

first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)

Medium

ink and pigments on heavy, thick parchment
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.850.2V

Measurements

H: 11 13/16 x W: 9 5/8 in. (30 x 24.5 cm)

Geographies

Ethiopia (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Ascension	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.198V	Accession
patrickstour	Tags

Crucifixion	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.197R	Accession
crucifixion	Tags

Leaf from Ethiopian Gospels: Portrait of the Evangelist John	Title
1st half 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.153V	Accession

Portrait of the Evangelist Luke	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.96V	Accession
ri923	Tags

Virgin and Child flanked by the Archangels Michael and Gabriel	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.3R	Accession
ri923	Tags

Ethiopian Gospels	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850	Accession
nubia, kush	Tags

Binding from Ethiopian Gospels	Title
first half of the 16th century	Period
W.850.binding	Accession

Canon table	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.210V	Accession

Leaf from Ethiopian Gospels	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.199R	Accession

Mary, Mother of Jesus and John the beloved disciple	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.196V	Accession

Portrait of the Evangelist Mark	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.60V	Accession

Transfiguration	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.59V	Accession

Portrait of the Evangelist Matthew	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.4V	Accession

Mary and Joseph with the Innocents massacred by King Herod	Title
first half of the 16th century (Stephanite)	Period
W.850.2R	Accession