A rare triptych with flaps (Seel), a portable painting with vignettes of a judgment scene and scenes of multiple torments. Used for private devotion, this type of polyptych was donated to religious institutions by "private individuals, ecclesiastics or nobles, who had them made in the hope of eternal salvation". On polyptychs in Ethiopian sacred painting, see: Peintures sacrées d'Éthiopie - Collections de la Mission Dakar-Djibouti, Éd. Sépia, 2005, p. 38 to 62. Ethiopia, 19th or early 20th century Wood, pigments, wear, very nice patina. H. 44 x 58 cm Provenance : Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection.