id:			124010
accession number:	1944.496
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.496
updated:		2023-03-08 11:50:28.223000

Jahangir, early 1600s. Mughal India. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: 4.8 x 3.2 cm (1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.496

title:				Jahangir
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creation date:			early 1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1625
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Mughal India
technique:	opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

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measurements: Image: 4.8 x 3.2 cm (1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic Art
	opening date:   1944-11-03T04:00:00
	<i>Islamic Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).

	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

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
The pearl earring denotes Jahangir’s affiliation with an order of Sufi mystics.

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wall description:
Emperor Jahangir had tiny portraits of himself made to give as gifts to his friends, family, and courtiers as a sign of royal favor. These portraits were mounted and worn as jewels or turban ornaments. The carpet or textile under his hands references the covered rail of a balcony where the emperor addressed the public three times a day to hear complaints or petitions.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Islamic Art; Selected Examples from the Loan Exhibition of Islamic Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p . 28
	url:		https://archive.org/details/IslamicArtCMA/page/n37/mode/2up?q=jahangir

	Rice, Yael and Sonja Drimmer. "How Scientists Use and Abuse Portraiture" <em>Hyperallergic,</em> December 11, 2020, https://hyperallergic.com/604897/how-scientists-use-and-abuse-portraiture/
	page number: 	
	url:		https://hyperallergic.com/604897/how-scientists-use-and-abuse-portraiture/

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IMAGES

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