id:			170084
accession number:	2012.301
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.301
updated:		2022-01-04 17:55:12.404000

Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories), 1598-1600. Shravana (Indian). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.); image: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 2012.301

title:				Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories)
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creation date:			1598-1600
creation date earliest:		1598
creation date latest:		1600
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creditline:			Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
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culture:	India, Delhi, Mughal court, 16th century;made for Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
technique:	opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Shravana (Indian)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.); Image: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

* Main Asian Rotation  (Gallery 245); December 5, 2013.

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Norman Zaworski [1920-2013], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2012
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2012-
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fun fact: 
Pre-modern giftwrap: Round textiles cover presentation platters.

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wall description: 
The Zafar-nama, a biography of Timur praising his accomplishments, was written in Persian and completed about 20 years after his death. The author was a prominent scholar and advisor to a grandson of Timur who succeeded him as ruler of the Timurid Empire. The Mughal emperors treasured their copies of the Zafar-nama and referenced it during their own acts of territorial expansion. Akbar was overjoyed when his father’s copy, which had been lost in battle 60 years before, was returned to him in 1596. Soon after, Akbar commissioned his own illustrated copy, from which this page has come.
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