id: 118630
accession number: 1939.65
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Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar), 1605–07. Attributed to Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century). Gum tempera and ink on paper; Nim qalam drawing; image: 23 x 12.4 cm (9 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.); overall: 43.2 x 28.2 cm (17 x 11 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1939.65
title: Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)
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creation date: 1605–07
creation date earliest: 1605
creation date latest: 1607
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creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture: India, Mughal school, 17th century
technique: Gum tempera and ink on paper; Nim qalam drawing
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century) - artist
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measurements: Image: 23 x 12.4 cm (9 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Overall: 43.2 x 28.2 cm (17 x 11 1/8 in.)
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inscription: recto, upper right in Persian: "Wa zahi daulatmandi"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Wells Objects of Art, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1939
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1939-
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RELATED WORKS
id: 146183
Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602), c. 1602–3. Attributed to Dharam Das (Indian, active c. 1580–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 22.9 x 12.1 cm (9 x 4 3/4 in.); sheet with border: 34.7 x 22.5 cm (13 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.76
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 779
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n139
Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 18ii
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.65/1939.65_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.65/1939.65_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.65/1939.65_full.tif