Jesus being portrayed by King Abgar’s painter (folio 143 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of

1602

Jesus being portrayed by King Abgar’s painter (folio 143 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of

Jesus being portrayed by King Abgar’s painter (folio 143 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier. Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627). Gum tempera, ink, color, and gold on paper. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1602–4. This is a reproduction of the object itself, not a modern photograph of a building.

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