id: 170783 accession number: 2013.292 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.292 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:36.216000 Hunting with falcons in a landscape; Verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish poems in praise of wine, Sultan Muhammad Nur (Persian, c. 1472–1536) and Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s), c. 1558–60; borders added probably 1700s. Attributed to Abd al-Samad (Persian, c. 1510–1600). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 35.7 x 24.3 cm (14 1/16 x 9 9/16 in.); painting: 21.5 x 13 cm (8 7/16 x 5 1/8 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 2013.292 title: Hunting with falcons in a landscape; Verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish poems in praise of wine, Sultan Muhammad Nur (Persian, c. 1472–1536) and Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1558–60; borders added probably 1700s creation date earliest: 1553 creation date latest: 1565 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, Mughal, 16th century technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Mughal type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Abd al-Samad (Persian, c. 1510–1600) - artist --- measurements: Page: 35.7 x 24.3 cm (14 1/16 x 9 9/16 in.); Painting: 21.5 x 13 cm (8 7/16 x 5 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Recto: Inscription in upper right in nasta‘liq script, probably during the 1700s: the work of Mir Sayyid Ali, the illustrator; translation: remark: inscription: Verso: Persian inscription in central small rectangular panel below, in nasta‘liq script: Copied by Mirza Muhammad translation: remark: inscription: Verso: Chaghatai quatrain in center, in nasta‘liq script: The wine has made an attempt on my life,/ Since it is the wine that can wear down the pain of separation./ O Sufi! Let the mosque be for you, and the tavern for me,/ Since you need to arrive at the Spring of Kowsar, while I am in need of wine! translation: remark: inscription: Verso: Persian signature in lower left triangular panel: The humble Sultan Muhammad Nur translation: remark: inscription: Verso: Chaghatai verses in margins, in nasta‘liq script: Since many obscurities have become clear to you,/ So make it clear that you can put up with my secret pain./ Compassion is the cure for my wounds/ O beloved! O darling! O beauty! translation: remark: --- 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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'The International Exhibition of Persian Art. Burlington House, London, UK (January 7-March 7, 1931).', 'opening_date': '1931-01-07T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'A Flower From Every Meadow. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY; Center for Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco, CA; Albright-Know Gallery of Art, Buffalo, New York, NY (1973).', 'opening_date': '1973-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': "Akbar's India: Art from the Mughal City of Victory. Asia Society, New York, NY (October 10, 1985-January 5, 1986); Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA (January 24-March 16, 1986); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (April 19-June 15, 1986).", 'opening_date': '1986-01-24T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Masters of Indian Painting. Museum Rietberg, Zürich, Switzerland (organizer) (April 30-August 21, 2011); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (September 26, 2011-January 18, 2012).', 'opening_date': '2011-04-30T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE E. E. [Edward Earle] Meugens [1875–1929], Calcutta and England, by descent to J. R. Meugens date: ?–1929 footnotes: *