| Saint Anne | |
|---|---|
| Polish: Święta Anna | |
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| Year | 7th–9th century |
| Type | Wall painting |
| Medium | Tempera on silt plaster |
| Subject | Saint Anne |
| Dimensions | 69 cm × 68.5 cm (27 in × 27.0 in) |
| Location | National Museum, Warsaw |
| 22°10′54″N 31°29′49″E / 22.1817°N 31.4969°E | |
| Owner | Faras Cathedral Faras Wadi Halfa |
| Accession | 234058 |
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]
- ^ "Malowidło ścienne – św. Anna – fragment postaci". Cyfrowe Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie. Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Michałowski, Kazimierz (1974). Faras. Malowidła ścienne w zbiorach Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Artystyczno-Graficzne.
- ^ "Otwarcie Galerii Faras". Retrieved 2016-10-01.