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is 38 centimetres (15 in) high and 24.8 centimetres (9.8 in) wide. The painting is mostly contained within a rectangle 25.6 centimetres (10.1 in) high and 16 centimetres (6.3 in) wide, with elements extending beyond the border at the top and left. It is done in ink, opaque
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which shows him veiled and with a nimbus of golden flame. This suggests that the artist's intent was to emphasise
Muhammad's status as a prophet rather than his physical reality. Eleanor Sims argues that the other figures seated with the Virgin Mary are meant to be the
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The scene presents its figures among blossoming trees and other foliage under an intensely blue sky. The top half of the painting is dominated by
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does not include angels in the group. In combining this group with figures from
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described the painting as "a kind of religious trilogy". Basil
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