The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
The Annunciation, folio 15 (recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
1602–4
Location: not on view
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The text states that Mary was only age 13 1/2 when the angel Gabriel came to her.Description
The Annunciation is a familiar scene in European Renaissance and Baroque art that is here interpreted by a painter in a Mughal workshop. Mary had been praying before the arrival of the angel Gabriel. She gazes at him as he kneels reverently and informs her that she will bear the son of God. His wings, forced within the boundary line of the painting field, have been polychromed to convey a mystical impression that identifies him as an otherworldly being. The crown held over Mary’s head refers to her royal bloodline, an important feature in this text.- Before 1930s-2005An Indian family in Great Britain, whose grandfather brought the manuscript to England in the 1930s or 1940s through 2005.2005(Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, UK, 2005, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)2005-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2005-present
- Prince Salim's Life of Christ (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 2, 2019-July 1, 2020).Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 5-April 27, 2015).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2005.145.15.a