Saint Anne (wall painting)

Saint Anne
Polish: Święta Anna
Year7th–9th century
TypeWall painting
MediumTempera on silt plaster
SubjectSaint Anne
Dimensions69 cm × 68.5 cm (27 in × 27.0 in)
LocationNational Museum, Warsaw
Coordinates22°10′54″N 31°29′49″E / 22.1817°N 31.4969°E / 22.1817; 31.4969
OwnerFaras Cathedral
Faras Wadi Halfa
Accession234058

Saint Anne is a Makurian wall painting estimated to have been painted between the 8th and 9th centuries,[1] painted al secco with tempera on plaster.[2] The anonymous work was found at the Faras Cathedral within old Nubia in Faras Wadi Halfa present-day Sudan.[3]

The painting was discovered by a Polish archaeological team during a campaign undertaken in the 1960s under the patronage of UNESCO (the Nubian Campaign) in Faras.[3] Since 1964 the painting is in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw. It is presented in Room VI of the Faras Gallery.[2]

The image of Saint Anne has been used as a logo of the National Museum in Warsaw.[4]

  1. ^ "Malowidło ścienne – św. Anna – fragment postaci". Cyfrowe Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie. Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  2. ^ a b Muzeum Narodowe (Warszawa); Mierzejewska, Bożena; Sulikowska-Gąska, Aleksandra; Górecki, Tomasz (2014-01-01). Galeria Faras im. Profesora Kazimierza Michałowskiego: przewodnik (in Polish). Warszawa: Muzeum Narodowe. ISBN 9788371009167. OCLC 898253572.
  3. ^ a b Michałowski, Kazimierz (1974). Faras. Malowidła ścienne w zbiorach Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Artystyczno-Graficzne.
  4. ^ "Otwarcie Galerii Faras". Retrieved 2016-10-01.