Mary ascends the stairs to the temple, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
Cleveland Museum of Art

Mary ascends the stairs to the temple, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

1602–4

Gum tempera, ink, color, and gold on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Mary’s instructor awaits her, book in hand, at the top of a temple of learning.

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