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| Keywords: Niccolò Brancaleon - Right Half of a Diptych with the Virgin and Child - Walters 3615.jpg The Venetian artist Niccolò Brancaleon worked in the Ethiopian imperial court at the turn of the 16th century Brancaleon's use of naturalistic facial features and emphasis on three-dimensional volumes reveal his Italian background However his use of flat bands of bright colors in the frame and background testify to his knowledge of Ethiopian artistic conventions Like Fre Seyon an Ethiopian painter and monk active at the end of the fifteenth century the Italian artist developed a highly influential artistic style ca 1500 Early Modern tempera panel cm 9 9 8 4 accession number 36 15 40501 Sam Fogg London England date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum 2002 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by an anonymous donor 2002 Angels of Light Ethiopian Art from the Walters Art Museum Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Smith College Museum of Art Northampton; Museum of Biblical Art New York 2006-2007 Sonya Clark Loose Strands Tight Knots The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Ethiopia Walters Art Museum license 3D Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Niccolò Brancaleon Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Madonna and Child | ||||
