Artist Falls from Ladder
Image displayed with permission of Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library
Artist Falls from Ladder
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript likely made in Addis Ababa, Southern Ethiopia, and dated to 1889-1890. You can view this painting in the manuscript Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, HMML Project ID EMML, Manuscript No. 1180, f. 16r, s. 33, or learn more about this manuscript at its PEMM Manuscript page. You can also read the related story at its PEMM Story page.
- This painting of PEMM Story ID 33 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. The icon of St Mary, who extends her hand to save the painter (full). The object(s) are church; icon; tree; ladder. The living being(s) are Mary; painter.
The paintings in this manuscript were painted by Elyas Haylu (1861, d. early 1900s), one of Ethiopia’s
most prominent artists during Emperor Menilek's era. He was one of the first Ethiopian artists to study painting in France. For more information, see the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica entry on this artist.- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 37. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 45.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 122.
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