id: 163648 accession number: 2005.145.102.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.145.102.b updated: 2023-08-24 00:06:11.219000 Mary Magdalene presents ointment to Jesus, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602–04. Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 26.4 x 15.7 cm (10 3/8 x 6 3/16 in.); image: 20.5 x 10.3 cm (8 1/16 x 4 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2005.145.102.b title: Mary Magdalene presents ointment to Jesus, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1602–04 creation date earliest: 1602 creation date latest: 1604 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627) technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Sheet: 26.4 x 15.7 cm (10 3/8 x 6 3/16 in.); Image: 20.5 x 10.3 cm (8 1/16 x 4 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art and Stories from Mughal India opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00 Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). title: Prince Salim's Life of Christ (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115 opening date: 2019-12-02T05:00:00 Prince Salim's Life of Christ (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 2, 2019-July 1, 2020). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE An Indian family in Great Britain, whose grandfather brought the manuscript to England in the 1930s or 1940s through 2005 date: Before 1930s-2005 footnotes: citations: (Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, UK, 2005, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 2005 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2005-present date: 2005- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Proportions of the portico and pavilion reveal some grasp of Renaissance ideals. digital description: wall description: While Jesus dined in the house of a Pharisee he was approached by Mary Magdalene, who threw herself to the ground weeping. Having wetted Jesus’s feet with her tears, she dried them with her hair and then bathed them with expensive ointment. Mary’s veil falls around her shoulders to reveal her hair’s disarray. Only Jesus appears to be calm as he extends his arms in a pacifying gesture; the other men point at their mouths and at each other, astonished at the dramatic behavior of this woman known to have been a prostitute. The plain black carpets and thin application of paint in some areas indicate that this painting is unfinished. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.145.102.b/2005.145.102.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.145.102.b/2005.145.102.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.145.102.b/2005.145.102.b_full.tif