Jesus sleeping during the tempest
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Item No: foc0000128
Title: Jesus sleeping during the tempest
Media Type:
Paintings
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
Emperor Akbar’s exceptional interest in Christianity is reflected in many ways. Among these was his commissioning in 1602 of a Life of Christ from his guest, the Jesuit priest Jerome Xavier, thus marking a singular moment in the relations between one of the greatest Muslim rulers and Catholicism.
Bibliography:
Mirʾāt al-quds (Mirror of Holiness): A Life of Christ for Emperor Akbar by By Pedro Moura Carvalho. With a Translation and Annotated. Page 112.
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1605
Call Number: Lewis O M46
Creator Name: Mas’ud Deccani - Artist
Jesus sleeping during the tempest