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The place of Jesus’s birth, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
1602-04
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Instead of a stable, the artist has interpreted the place of Jesus’s birth as an abandoned ruin. Mary is cleaning it with a peacock-feather whisk, while Joseph negotiates with a man dressed in full Mughal attire at the doorway. The camel is laden with belongings and an Indian-style bed.
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- Title: The place of Jesus’s birth, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
- Date Created: 1602-04
- Physical Dimensions: Page: 26.3 x 15.6 cm (10 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: An Indian family in Great Britain, whose grandfather brought the manuscript to England in the 1930s or 1940s through 2005, (Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, UK, 2005, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2005-present
- Type: Manuscript
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.145.25.b
- Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Indian Art
- Accession Number: 2005.145.25.b
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