Tempera icon showing the Holy Family, 19th century AD, 84 x 55.5 x 1 cm.

Reliefs and icons – Wooden panels (Coptic era and Coptic art of later periods)

Material: Wood/Vegetal | Type: Paintings/Drawings/Engravings | Countries: Egypt

  • Period

    Coptic era (4th–7th century AD) and Coptic art of later periods

  • Red List

    Emergency Red List – Egypt

Category

Reliefs and icons – Wooden panels (Coptic era and Coptic art of later periods)
Reliefs decorated with carved human and animal figures, floral designs and/or scenery. Icons painted with mainly biblical scenes and saints.
© Coptic Museum, Cairo / Sandro Vannini