id:			163659
accession number:	2005.145.130.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.145.130.b
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:54.676000

Jesus writes on the ground, 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: 26.3 x 15.5 cm (10 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.); image: 21 x 11.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2005.145.130.b

title:				Jesus writes on the ground, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
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creation date:			1602–04
creation date earliest:		1602
creation date latest:		1604
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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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
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measurements: Sheet: 26.3 x 15.5 cm (10 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.); Image: 21 x 11.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. 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
	<i>Prince Salim's Life of Christ (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 2, 2019-July 1, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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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
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	(Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, UK, 2005, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2005
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2005-present
	date: 2005-
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