id:			170775
accession number:	2013.287
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.287
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:57.754000

Sultan Abdullah Qutb Shah (1614-74) on Horseback, c. 1635. Southern India, Golconda. Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, mounted with gold-sprinkled borders; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.287

title:				Sultan Abdullah Qutb Shah (1614-74) on Horseback
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creation date:			c. 1635
creation date earliest:		1630
creation date latest:		1640
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creditline:			Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
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culture:	Southern India, Golconda
technique:	Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, mounted with gold-sprinkled borders
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018
	opening date:   2018-04-02T04:00:00
	<i>Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 2-November 18, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 55, p. 242.

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of Hagop Kevorkian (1872–1962), New York, before 1962
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	Sotheby’s London, Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures: The Property of the Kevorkian Foundation, 12 April 1976, lot 137
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	Christie’s, London, Islamic Art and Indian Miniatures, 15 October 1996, lot. 10
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	Spink and Son, London, 2001
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Specks of gold are sprinkled around the edges of this portrait.

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Sultan Abdullah Qutb Shah came to the throne of Golconda at the age of twelve and ruled until 1635 when the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan invaded the Deccan. Although Sultan Abdullah Qutb Shah kept his position, he did so under conditions named by Shah Jahan that included the payment of tribute money, conversion to Sunni Islam, and the presence of a Mughal political agent at the Golconda court. <br><br>In this watercolor portrait, executed with subdued colors that complement the gold accents, the young Sultan wears a diaphanous shawl over his richly embroidered robe. His horse is almost as lavishly dressed in decorative trappings and jewels as his rider.
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