id:			146201
accession number:	1971.91
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.91
updated:		2020-11-18 10:00:34.276000

Lovers Embracing, c. 1630. India, Popular Mughal School, probably done at Bikaner, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: 14.9 x 10.1 cm (5 7/8 x 4 in.); overall: 24 x 16.8 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.); with mat: 35.5 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.91

title:				Lovers Embracing
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creation date:			c. 1630
creation date earliest:		1625
creation date latest:		1655
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	India, Popular Mughal School, probably done at Bikaner, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
technique:	opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 14.9 x 10.1 cm (5 7/8 x 4 in.); Overall: 24 x 16.8 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.); with mat: 35.5 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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:		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

* Nara National Museum, Japan (2/21-3/29/98); Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (4/28-6/21/98) "Highlights of Asian Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art" p. 25,  cat. no. 4<br>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 4 - August 5, 2003.<br>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 20 - August 18, 2004.

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PROVENANCE

	(John D. MacDonald, Manchester)
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fun fact: 
Erotic metaphors in visual poetry: bees fly to blossoms as rain clouds approach.

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wall description: 
The grape-laden vine intertwined around the tree is a poetic visual metaphor for the lovers in close embrace beneath it. The attendant with a fan looks away as the lady on the man’s lap receives a kiss and raises a cup of wine. The sumptuous carpet and bolster patterns have been wrought with the detail and care for which Mughal artists are renowned.
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