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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

1602–4

Muhammad Sharif

(Indian, active c. 1600)
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Culture
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, color, and gold on paper
Measurements
Sheet: 26.2 x 15.7 cm (10 5/16 x 6 3/16 in.); Image: 20.5 x 11.3 cm (8 1/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 2005.145.55.a
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Not on view
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The artist has put faces in the rocks, following a Persian convention.

Description

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.

Angels bring food to Jesus in the wilderness (folio 55 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

1602–4

Muhammad Sharif

(Indian, active c. 1600)
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)

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