id:			113025
accession number:	1932.117
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.117
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:20.223000

Head of a Beauty, c. 1750. India, Mughal school, 18th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 24.5 x 16.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.); overall: 30.5 x 20.5 cm (12 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1932.117

title:				Head of a Beauty
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creation date:			c. 1750
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1755
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	India, Mughal school, 18th century
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 24.5 x 16.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.); Overall: 30.5 x 20.5 cm (12 x 8 1/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	recto, upper center, in Persian: So exquisite that to call you beautiful would be a travesty of the word; it is magic personified that has been exhibited in this painting.  Bottom center in Persian: Picture of a beauty.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India
	opening date:   1947-04-01T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1-June 2, 1947).

	title:		For Modern America from the Ancient Near East
	opening date:   1948-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>For Modern America from the Ancient Near East</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-March 21, 1948).

	title:		Sacred India
	opening date:   1985-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Sacred India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1985-January 12, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.', 'opening_date': '2003-08-13T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Heeramaneck
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