Yes. And an image still used by the Roman Catholic Church today. Ethiopia has one of the oldest churches in the world with Black jesus images predating this image by almost 1000 years.
Another fun fact. The movie ‘Raiders of the lost Ark’ is loosely based on real events; when Italy tried to raid Ethiopia during the 1930s to find the Ark of the covenant which supposedly houses the 10 commandments.
Emporer Salasie (son of melenik II) was a direct descendents of King David – King Solomon of the bible. The Royal Family in the UK offered him safe passage. He stayed in Brighton pavilion for a while. Online you can find pictures of queen Elizabeth bowing to him because they knew his place and theirs.