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accession number:	2013.288
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.288
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:36.178000

A dancing dervish and three musicians, from a Divan (Collected Poems) of Urfi (Persian, 1555–1591), 1637. India, Muhammadpur, Bijapur, Deccan, 17th century. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 14.8 x 11.5 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/2 in.); painting: 6.2 x 3.5 cm (2 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.). 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 2013.288

title:				A dancing dervish and three musicians, from a Divan (Collected Poems) of Urfi (Persian, 1555–1591)
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creation date:			1637
creation date earliest:		1637
creation date latest:		1637
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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:	India, Muhammadpur, Bijapur, Deccan, 17th century;made for Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah (r. 1627–56)
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 14.8 x 11.5 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Painting: 6.2 x 3.5 cm (2 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	(Branner Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, sold to Ralph Benkaim)
	date: ?–October 1961
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	Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and
Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: October 1961–2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013–
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CITATIONS

	Mace, Sonya Rhie, Mohsen Ashtiany, Catherine Glynn, Pedro Moura Carvalho, Marcus Fraser, and Ruby Lal. <em>Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. London: D Giles Limited, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 56, p. 243
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