Late 16th century AD. A painted wooden panel from a diptych with gesso field, raised edges, recessed figural panel showing the Virgin Mary, dressed in a red and brown tunic with a rippling green mantle; legend reading 'Our Lady Mary’ and ‘Magala’; painted in the manner of Nicolò Brancaleone. 13 grams, 70mm (2 3/4"). Ex central London gallery; acquired from a private collection, Nimes, France, 2000; accompanied by a previously researched cataloguing sheet. Brancaleone was one of the first European artists whose arrival revolutionised Ethiopian art at the outset of the sixteenth century. [No Reserve] Condition Report Fine condition.