TY - JOUR AU - Fiaccadori, Gianfranco PY - 2011/07/18 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Marginal Note to “Four Sistine Ethiopians?” JF - Aethiopica JA - Aethiopica VL - 14 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.15460/aethiopica.14.1.416 UR - https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/aethiopica/article/view/416 SP - 136-144 AB - <p class="AethiopicaSummaryAbs1">With reference to Marco Bonechi’s article in this issue of <em>Aethiopica</em>, the present paper briefly surveys the evidence for the 1481 Ethiopian “embassy” to Pope Sixtus IV and then explores the possibility of identifying Anthony, head of that embassy, with “Fra Antonio Abissino” portrayed, most likely before 1527 by a painter called Schizzone, on the now lost <em>tramezzo</em> (‘choir screen’) of the Vatican church of Santo Stefano dei Mori.</p> ER -