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Two hinged painted panels with rows of haloed, bearded men in red and green robes.

Diptych with the Twelve Apostles and Saint Paul

Ethiopia, presumably Gondar, about 1700. Tempera on wood.

Provenance In an Italian private collection until 2005, then with a London dealer; bought by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2023.

Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.4

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