Salome Receiving John the Baptist's Head on a Platter, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir'at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
1602–1604
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Salome Receiving John the Baptist's Head on a Platter, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir'at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602–1604. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Mughal period. Opaque watercolor, ink, color and gold on paper; sheet: 26.4 x 15.7 cm (10 3/8 x 6 3/16 in.); image: 19.8 x 11.2 cm (7 13/16 x 4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2005.145.112.b Column capitals in Herod’s palace have angels seated on upside-down lion heads.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, color and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 26.4 x 15.7 cm (10 3/8 x 6 3/16 in.); Image: 19.8 x 11.2 cm (7 13/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2005.145.112.b
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Art and Stories from Mughal India, Prince Salim's Life of Christ (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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