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Spotlight: Coptic and Ethiopic Art

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Roundel Illustrating Episodes from the Biblical Story of Joseph by unknown Egyptian artist — Roundel Illustrating the Story of Joseph, 7th century, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, www.metmuseum.org

Spotlight on Coptic and Ethiopic Art

This is the second of our Spotlight series, each of which features a particular artist or key groupings of artworks from our site.

This Spotlight focuses on Coptic and Ethiopic works of art.

Roundel Illustrating Episodes from the Biblical Story of Joseph by Unknown Egyptian artist

Unknown Egyptian artist

Roundel Illustrating Episodes from the Biblical Story of Joseph

The Judgement of Solomon by unknown Ethiopian artist

Unknown Ethiopian artist

The Judgement of Solomon

Scene of the meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, surrounded by their respective attendants by Qes Adamu Tesfaw

Qes Adamu Tesfaw

Scene of the meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, surrounded by their respective attendants

God the Father with Donor from the Homiliary of the Archangel Michael

Unknown Ethiopian artist

God the Father with Donor from the Homiliary of the Archangel Michael

The Widow’s Offering, from an Arabic manuscript of the Gospels by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib

Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib

The Widow’s Offering, from an Arabic manuscript of the Gospels

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Amerika (Baseball) by Ronald B. Kitaj

Kangxi vase by Unknown Chinese artist

Two forked branches and twig. Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire. September 1978 by Andy Goldsworthy

Ezekiel 37:15–28 Ezekiel’s Two Sticks

Christ at the Pool of Bethesda by William Hogarth

Drawing from the Bethesda series (Pool) by Trevor Nickolls

Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, New York by Emma Stebbins

John 5:1–18 The Pool of Bethesda

Caroline on the Stairs (Woman Ascending to the Light) by Caspar David Friedrich

The Newborn Child by Georges de La Tour

Young Christ by Elisabeth Coester

Ephesians 5:3–20 Children of the Light

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