Ethiopian Lithograph

Haloed seated woman holds a child under a theatrical striped curtain.

This lithograph from Ethiopia depicting the Madonna and child is from Ethiopia, East Africa, and is contemporary. It is ink on paper. Images of Mary holding the infant Christ are among the most popular religious subjects in Ethiopia, where devotion to Mary is strong and long established. On a painted panel, a central seated figure in blue holding a smaller figure on her lap. A draped curtain edge runs across the top, with attendants behind. A row of haloed faces fills the bottom, in ornate patterned colors. It is 8.5 inches wide and 11 high.

Ornate, crowded, and framed with great sincerity.