Description
The diminutive figure wearing green in the center
of the composition is the young son of a nobleman
who was dying. Jesus healed him from afar so quickly
that the subsidiary figures at the periphery of the
scene are still anxious and bringing pots of remedies.
This painting is unfinished; the border of the carpet and the geometric tile patterns on the floor of the forecourt have not been painted. An unknown number of artists with different backgrounds, skills, and experience contributed to this project, and even this work appears to be by at least two different hands.
This painting is unfinished; the border of the carpet and the geometric tile patterns on the floor of the forecourt have not been painted. An unknown number of artists with different backgrounds, skills, and experience contributed to this project, and even this work appears to be by at least two different hands.
Provenance
An Indian family in Great Britain, whose grandfather brought the manuscript to England in the 1930s or 1940s (before 1930s–2005); (Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (2005); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2005–)
Jesus Heals the Nobleman’s Son in Capernaum (folio 70 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
1602–4
Accession Number
2005.145.70.a
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.2 x 15.5 cm (10 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Image: 22.4 x 11.2 cm (8 13/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Classification
Manuscript
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund
