Mary and Joseph Travel to Bethlehem (folio 24 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
1602–4
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.145.24.b
Joseph leads the heavily pregnant Mary riding on a camel. In the text Father Jerome wrote that Mary rode a “pack beast,” so the Indian artist opted to portray her on a camel. An ox in the foreground carries their belongings, and the bent trees indicate the journey’s harsh cond...
Manuscript
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Source image fields (4)
Terms
Technique
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Genre
Manuscript
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
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