id:			132821
accession number:	1955.297
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.297
updated:		2024-04-17 11:08:32.370000

Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window, c. 1765. Aqil Khan (Indian, active mid-1700s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 12.5 x 7.8 cm (4 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.); overall: 44 x 31.6 cm (17 5/16 x 12 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George P. Bickford 1955.297

title:				Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window
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creation date:			c. 1765
creation date earliest:		1755
creation date latest:		1765
current location:		242B Indian Painting
creditline:			Gift of George P. Bickford
copyright:			

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culture:	Mughal India, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Aqil Khan (Indian, active mid-1700s)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 12.5 x 7.8 cm (4 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.); Overall: 44 x 31.6 cm (17 5/16 x 12 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	'amal 'Aqil Khān
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Wooster College Exhibition
	opening date:   1970-04-05T05:00:00
	<i>Wooster College Exhibition</i>. The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH (organizer) (April 5-27, 1970).

	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).

	title:		Carpets and Canopies in Mughal India​ (Indian art rotation)
	opening date:   2024-03-22T04:00:00
	<i>Carpets and Canopies in Mughal India​ (Indian art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-September 8, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	George Bickford [1901–1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903–1985], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1955
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1955–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ward, William E. "Two Rajput Paintings and a Rajput Textile." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 43, no. 4 (1956): 62–65.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 62–65; Reproduced: p. 63
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142122

	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. 47
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IMAGES

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