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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1630 creation date earliest: 1625 creation date latest: 1655 current location: creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1998-02-21T00:00:00 Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. 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 Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). --- 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
Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 4 - August 5, 2003.
Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 20 - August 18, 2004. --- PROVENANCE (John D. MacDonald, Manchester) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Erotic metaphors in visual poetry: bees fly to blossoms as rain clouds approach. digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.91/1971.91_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.91/1971.91_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.91/1971.91_full.tif