id:			125579
accession number:	1947.502
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.502
updated:		2025-05-30 11:09:15.111000

The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318), c. 1596. Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600), and Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 34 x 20 cm (13 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.); overall: 38.5 x 25 cm (15 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1947.502

title:				The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)
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creation date:			c. 1596
creation date earliest:		1591
creation date latest:		1601
current location:		242B Indian Painting
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) 

* Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century) 

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measurements: Image: 34 x 20 cm (13 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.); Overall: 38.5 x 25 cm (15 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	recto lower left: [translated] Siege of the fort of Irbil by Urgatu Nuyan and the attainment of victory by command of Hulagu Khan.; verso overall: [text]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Indian Miniatures
	opening date:   1952-07-15T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Indian Miniatures</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 28, 1952).

	title:		Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1998-02-21T00:00:00
	<i>Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

	title:		Indian Painting of the 1500s: Continuities and Transformations
	opening date:   2025-03-15T04:00:00
	<i>Indian Painting of the 1500s: Continuities and Transformations</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 15, 2025-January 11, 2026).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4-August 5, 2003.', 'opening_date': '2003-02-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-August 18, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-02-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Demotte
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	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1947
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1947–
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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. 777
	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. 304
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n324

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 16
	url:		

	<em>Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara</em> [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 22, cat. no. 1
	url:		

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