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accession number: 2005.145.36.b
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The Adoration of the Magi, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602–4. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Mughal period. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 26.3 x 15.6 cm (10 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.); image: 22.7 x 12.2 cm (8 15/16 x 4 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2005.145.36.b
title: The Adoration of the Magi, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
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creation date: 1602–4
creation date earliest: 1602
creation date latest: 1604
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Mughal period
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 15.6 cm (10 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.); Image: 22.7 x 12.2 cm (8 15/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
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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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 5-April 27, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2015-01-05T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
An Indian family in Great Britain, whose grandfather brought the manuscript to England in the 1930s or 1940s
date: before 1930s-2005
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(Sotheby's, London, 3 May 2001 sale, lot 74.) Unsold.
date: May 3, 2001
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(Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: 2005
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2005-
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CITATIONS
Sotheby's (Firm). Arts of the Islamic World: Including 20th Century Middle Eastern Painting. London: Sotheby's, 2001.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: lot no. 74, pp. 76-77
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Carvalho, Pedro de Moura, and W. M. Thackston. Mirʼāt al-quds (Mirror of holiness): a life of Christ for Emperor Akbar: a commentary on Father Jerome Xavier's text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145. Leiden: Brill, 2012.
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Benay, Erin E. Italy by Way of India: Translating Art and Devotion in the Early Modern World. Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 19–21, fig. 8
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