id: 163670 accession number: 2005.145.40.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.145.40.a updated: 2023-03-25 11:14:25.731000 Simeon Kneels in Front of Mary and Jesus After Recognizing Them, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602–4. Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 26.2 x 15.7 cm (10 5/16 x 6 3/16 in.); image: 21.4 x 12.6 cm (8 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2005.145.40.a title: Simeon Kneels in Front of Mary and Jesus After Recognizing Them, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1602–4 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: 26.2 x 15.7 cm (10 5/16 x 6 3/16 in.); Image: 21.4 x 12.6 cm (8 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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 * Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 5-April 27, 2015). --- 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: (Sotheby's, London, 3 May 2001 sale, lot 74.) Unsold. date: May 3, 2001 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: digital description: wall description: Simeon had heard a prophecy that he would encounter the Messiah with his mother in the temple at Jerusalem. This painting depicts his moment of recognition that the prophecy had come true. The temple is populated by Jewish teachers and scholars, and a number of unusual visual elements. A dragon-headed vase is set by the stairs; curled dogs and a kneeling figure are carved like bas-reliefs into the pillars of the temple, which also has niches for vases. The form of the temple itself seems to be an imaginative combination of Hindu temple and Mughal palace architecture. --- RELATED WORKS --- 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. 75, p. 77 url: 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. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.145.40.a/2005.145.40.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.145.40.a/2005.145.40.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.145.40.a/2005.145.40.a_full.tif