id: 144224 accession number: 1968.71 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.71 updated: 2022-09-10 10:41:46.772000 Jewel Portrait of a Young Girl, c. 1660. India, Mughal, 17th century. Ink drawing with slight accents of color; image: 3.3 x 2.4 cm (1 5/16 x 15/16 in.); overall: 4.6 x 3.8 cm (1 13/16 x 1 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Arthur L. Parker Foundation 1968.71 title: Jewel Portrait of a Young Girl title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1660 creation date earliest: 1655 creation date latest: 1665 current location: creditline: Gift of Arthur L. Parker Foundation copyright: --- culture: India, Mughal, 17th century technique: ink drawing with slight accents of color department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Image: 3.3 x 2.4 cm (1 5/16 x 15/16 in.); Overall: 4.6 x 3.8 cm (1 13/16 x 1 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1968 opening date: 1969-01-29T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This small drawing of a young girl wearing a chaghtai cap may be a likeness of a member of a royal or courtly Mughal family. The accuracy of female portraiture is an unresolved issue in Mughal art, as there are many paintings of women that appear to be studies of female beauty rather than visual records of real people. However, because the girl in this painting is not an idealized type, it is more likely that this is a true portrait. Unlike jewel portraits of emperors that were intended to be worn in public as status symbols, this was more likely a private gift of sentimental value. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.71/1968.71_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.71/1968.71_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.71/1968.71_full.tif