id: 170777 accession number: 2013.289 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.289 updated: 2022-01-04 17:57:08.350000 An African Lyre Player (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1640-1660. India, Deccan, 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (recto); ink on paper, six lines of Persian poetry (verso); 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 2013.289 title: An African Lyre Player (recto); Calligraphy (verso) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1640-1660 creation date earliest: 1635 creation date latest: 1665 current location: 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 copyright: --- culture: India, Deccan, 17th century technique: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (recto); ink on paper, six lines of Persian poetry (verso) department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: verso: Persian verses in nasta‘liq script: It is springtime friends! Time to nurse the carnal wants Wine, a minstrel, a pretty face, a secluded corner in a garden What would I have done given my lack of means If my heart did not have a cure for searing longings: My heart derives from the bounteous Sea of Compassion Its self-abnegating other-worldliness, an ever-radiant night glowing gem. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 60, p. 243. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.289/2013.289_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.289/2013.289_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.289/2013.289_full.tif