A Mughal artist's view of one of the Jesuits who was at the court of Akbar (r. 1556-1605) and then his som Jahangir (r. 1605-1627).

The most famous of these priests was Jerome Xavier, grand-nephew of St Francis Xavier.

Walters Art Museum
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