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Cleveland Museum of Art163653portraitMuhammad Sharif (Indian, active c. 1600)1602–4CC0cma sacred-art portraits landscapes ink-paper-impressions sacred art ink paper impressions islamic art miniature painting illumination angel jesus mary baby jesus heaven landscape gold leaf arabic script 15th century persian art religious art medieval eastern art vibrant detailed angels bring food the wilderness folio recto mirror holiness mir quds father jeromeMuhammad Sharif (Indian, active c. 1600) 1602–4 Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627) Gum tempera, ink, color, and gold on paper Manuscript Asian ReligiousSacred & Devotional Faces in Time Horizons & Places Ink, Paper & Impressions
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Angels bring food to Jesus in the wilderness (folio 55 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier by Muhammad Sharif (Indian, active c. 1600) (1602–4). John L. Severance Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.145.55.a
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To end his 40-day fast, five angels brought Jesus refreshments from heaven: breads, melons each with a knife for convenient cutting, fresh leeks, and what appear to be fragrant rice dishes and curries, along with cups of wine. Four of the angels are dressed in robes, and one is clothed only in feathers. After his baptism, Jesus spent 40 days and nights in the desert where he fasted, practiced spiritual exercises, and successfully resisted the temptations of Satan. Many of the rocks in this painting have faces, called grotesques. This page is the only surviving folio from this manuscript that has an artist’s signature, written in the tiny pot by Jesus’s foot.
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This illuminated manuscript depicts angels presenting the infant Jesus to Mary amidst a serene landscape.
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