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Cleveland Museum of Art344611portraitc. 1610CC0cma sacred-art portraits ink-paper-impressions sacred art ink paper impressions indian miniature buddha reclining buddha hinduism islamic art miniature painting gold leaf brown tones blue background 18th century religious art east asia islamic calligraphy ornate detailed traditional art woman mistakes cow for the angel death lights canopus anwar suhaili kashifi iranian 1504c. 1610 Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627) Gum tempera on paper Painting Asian ReligiousSacred & Devotional Faces in Time Ink, Paper & Impressions
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A woman mistakes a cow for the Angel of Death, from a Lights of Canopus (Anwar-i Suhaili) of Kashifi (Iranian, d. 1504) (c. 1610). Gift of Michael Silver and Deborah Lader in memory of Rabbi Daniel Jeremy Silver Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.81
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In this gently colored, amply shaded painting, an ailing girl lies listless, eyes barely open, as an attendant fans her. A cow who got her head stuck in a pot has entered the yard in confusion. The girl’s mother, who had been weeping and praying to exchange her own life for the health of her daughter, thought the Angel of Death had come to take her. Pointing to heaven, the woman begs that her daughter be taken instead. Outside the gate, a wandering holy man dozes, indicating this scene takes place in the evening, and a calf annoys her mother as she eats.
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This illuminated manuscript depicts a reclining Buddha surrounded by attendants in a serene, shaded landscape.
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