id:			170777
accession number:	2013.289
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.289
updated:		2025-02-09 07:07:23.961000

An African Lyre Player (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1640–1660. India, Deccan, 17th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; 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)
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creation date:			c. 1640–1660
creation date earliest:		1635
creation date latest:		1665
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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, Deccan, 17th century
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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	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.
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* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 60, p. 243.', 'opening_date': '2016-07-31T00:00:00'}

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