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Moses praying to end the serpents’ attack on the Israelites, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

Moses praying to end the serpents’ attack on the Israelites, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

1602–4
(1569–1627)
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Page: 26.3 x 15.6 cm (10 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.); Painting only: 18.9 x 10.5 cm (7 7/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2005.145.63.b
Location: not on view
  • Before 1930s-2005
    An 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).
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