id:			163660
accession number:	2005.145.143.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.145.143.a
updated:		2023-05-25 11:12:05.584000

Jesus being portrayed by King Abgar’s painter, from a Mir’at al-quds of Father Jerome Xavier (Spanish, 1549–1617), 1602–04. Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 26.2 x 15.6 cm (10 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2005.145.143.a

title:				Jesus being portrayed by King Abgar’s painter, from a Mir’at al-quds of Father Jerome Xavier (Spanish, 1549–1617)
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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: Page: 26.2 x 15.6 cm (10 5/16 x 6 1/8 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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fun fact:
Artist’s pigments are arranged in shells next to the brass cup for water.

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wall description:
Jesus sits under a golden lamp with a cloth in his hand, while the artist emissary from Abgar, king of Edessa in present-day southeastern Turkey, struggles to paint a portrait of Jesus that Abgar believed would cure him of a disease. The similarity between the names Abgar and Akbar suggests that Father Jerome included this noncanonical story in his biography of Jesus to resonate with and inspire the Mughal emperor. The miraculous cloth described in this story, the Image of Edessa, also known as the Mandylion, was venerated by Christians for centuries as a relic of Christ. The original cloth was lost from Sainte-Chapelle in Paris during the French Revolution, but two copies remain: one in a church in Genoa, and the other in the Vatican.
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