id:			118041
accession number:	1939.164
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.164
updated:		2023-08-26 11:09:33.103000

Yusuf and Zulaykha meeting, c. 1764. India, Provincial Mughal, Lucknow, 18th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 40.5 x 28 cm (15 15/16 x 11 in.); average: 21.5 x 15 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection 1939.164

title:				Yusuf and Zulaykha meeting
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creation date:			c. 1764
creation date earliest:		1759
creation date latest:		1769
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creditline:			Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection
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culture:	India, Provincial Mughal, Lucknow, 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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catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Overall: 40.5 x 28 cm (15 15/16 x 11 in.); Average: 21.5 x 15 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		India's Art
	opening date:   1949-12-02T05:00:00
	<i>India's Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1949-January 22, 1950).

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
Joseph wears a Central Asian fur-trimmed hat and coat and holds Indian paan.

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wall description:
Joseph, called Yusuf in Arabic and Persian sources, had been thrown into a well by his jealous older brothers. Although his eldest brother intended to return and rescue him, Joseph was taken by a caravan and brought to Egypt to be sold as a slave. When Zulaykha saw Joseph in the market, she recognized him as the lover she had seen in her dreams since childhood and so purchased him for herself. When read as a religious allegory, Zulaykha’s passionate desire for Joseph is interpreted as the yearning of the soul to be joined with the perfect beauty of God.
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IMAGES

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