id: 148833 accession number: 1976.74 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.74 updated: 2020-08-27 09:01:00.388000 Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a Hamza-nama (Adventures of Hamza), c. 1560s - 1570s. India, Mughal, 16th century, made for Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on cotton and paper; page: 83.7 x 67 cm (32 15/16 x 26 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George P. Bickford 1976.74 title: Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a Hamza-nama (Adventures of Hamza) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1560s - 1570s creation date earliest: 1555 creation date latest: 1585 current location: creditline: Gift of George P. Bickford copyright: --- culture: India, Mughal, 16th century, made for Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) technique: opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on cotton and paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Page: 83.7 x 67 cm (32 15/16 x 26 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review, 1976 opening date: 1977-02-01T05:00:00 Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977). title: The Year in Review for 1982 opening date: 1983-01-05T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983). title: The Adventures of Hamza opening date: 2002-06-21T00:00:00 The Adventures of Hamza. Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC (organizer) (June 21-September 29, 2002); The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (November 1, 2002-January 26, 2003). 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 * Arthur M.Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (6/21/2002 - 9/9/2002); The Brooklyn Museum of Art (11/1/2002 - 1/26/2003): "The Adventures of Hamza", exh. cat. no. 51, pp.162-[163], R78, p. [266].

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245); December 31, 2013 - June 30, 2014. --- PROVENANCE Tabbagh; George P. Bickford, Cleveland. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The title in the bottom margin is a continuation of the text on the previous page. digital description: wall description: Wielding a curved sword, and with a stabbing dagger tucked into his belt, the hero Alamshah perches on a cliff above a rushing torrent of water. The villain who raised the massive bronze plug on the dam in order to wash away the hero’s camp has just been slain, his body tumbling backward. This page came from a 14-volume book commissioned by Emperor Akbar. Astonishing in size and scale, the paintings reveal Akbar’s preference for dramatic action. The distinctive, recognizable Mughal painting style was fully developed over the 15 years it took to produce the Hamza-nama. Shading, volume, animated gestures, and vibrant color are some of the main characteristics that distinguish Mughal paintings from earlier works made in India and Iran. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 303 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n323 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.74/1976.74_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.74/1976.74_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.74/1976.74_full.tif