The Coronation of Virgin Mary

The Coronation of Virgin Mary

Ethiopian art

Mary became an extremely important figure in the Ethiopian church when Emperor Zar’a Ya’eqob (r. 1434–68) mandated the reading of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary and that she be honored at most of the thirty feast days in the liturgical year. Zar’a Ya’eqob was particularly successful at utilizing the power of her visual imagery to publicly emphasize teachings about her centrality to Christian salvation. This painting illustrates two angels descending from the skies to coronate Virgin Mary.
(Source: Ross, Emma George. “African Christianity in Ethiopia.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002)

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Robert L. Hess Collection on Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa

Brooklyn College Archives and Special Collections

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Courtesy of the Brooklyn College Archives and Special Collections

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Ethiopia

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