id:			153625
accession number:	1987.153
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.153
updated:		2025-06-10 11:10:07.129000

Leaf from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto); Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental Border of Flowers and Birds (verso), c. 1650. Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 37.8 x 27.6 cm (14 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.); painting only: 19.4 x 14.1 cm (7 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alton W. Whitehouse, 1987.153

title:				Leaf from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto); Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental Border of Flowers and Birds (verso)
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creation date:			c. 1650
creation date earliest:		1645
creation date latest:		1655
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alton W. Whitehouse
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culture:	Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58)
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 37.8 x 27.6 cm (14 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.); Painting only: 19.4 x 14.1 cm (7 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4-August 5, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-02-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 18, 2004-May 23, 2005).', 'opening_date': '2004-08-18T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 28-November 2, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2015-04-28T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1987–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara </em>[東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 26, cat. no. 5
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IMAGES

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