id: 170781 accession number: 2013.290 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.290 updated: 2023-03-22 03:04:57.788000 Women playing at cross-dressing, c. 1680–1700; border added 1800s. India, Golconda, Deccan, 17th century. Ink heightened with colors on paper; page: 33.5 x 26.7 cm (13 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.); painting: 23.6 x 16 cm (9 5/16 x 6 5/16 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 2013.290 title: Women playing at cross-dressing title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1680–1700; border added 1800s creation date earliest: 1675 creation date latest: 1705 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, Golconda, Deccan, 17th century technique: ink heightened with colors on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Page: 33.5 x 26.7 cm (13 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Painting: 23.6 x 16 cm (9 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art and Stories from Mughal India opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00 Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 68, p. 295. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: Heavy eyelids give a languorous quality to paintings made in Golconda. digital description: wall description: In this scene harem women act out the visit of a prince. One of them has donned a man’s royal feathered turban, and a lady affectionately offers a cup of wine as attendants stand by with two more bottles, a fan, and a rose. The master artist of an Indian painting workshop would draw the composition and make visual notations as to which colors and patterns should be used. The drawing would then be given to a colorist to paint, with final details rendered by another artist or the initial master. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.290/2013.290_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.290/2013.290_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.290/2013.290_full.tif