id:			118643
accession number:	1939.66
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.66
updated:		2020-11-18 10:00:14.178000

Antelope and deer hunt, c. 1602-1604. Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596-1645). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: 20 x 11.8 cm (7 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.); overall: 37 x 25.3 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1939.66

title:				Antelope and deer hunt
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1602-1604
creation date earliest:		1602
creation date latest:		1613
current location:		
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
technique:	Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596-1645)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 20 x 11.8 cm (7 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.); Overall: 37 x 25.3 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
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support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	recto, lower right: Govardhan
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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 (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Indian Ministure Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.<br><br>Indian Minature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 18, 2004 - May 23, 2005.<br><br>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245); July 2, 2014 - January 5, 2015.

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1939-present
	date: 1939-
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


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fun fact: 
The Mughals used trained cheetahs, here wearing a red collar, to capture quarry.

digital description: 


wall description: 
The Mughals used trained cheetahs to capture prey during hunting expeditions in the wilderness. The metaphor of the hunt was also a potent image in Persian literature, in which the protagonist finally achieves a desired goal. The central image of the cheetah catching the black antelope—a frequently repeated visual trope—resonates with the desire of Prince Salim (who was passionate about hunting) to capture the throne of the Mughal Empire from Akbar, his father. Between 1600 and 1605, when Prince Salim set up his own royal court in defiance of his father, he convinced some imperial artists to join him. The young Govardhan, a Hindu who would go on to achieve high stature in the atelier of the next two emperors, was one of them.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 778
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n139

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 237
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n261

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 237
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n261

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 305
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n325

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IMAGES

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