id: 170784
accession number: 2013.292.a
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Hunting with Falcons in a Landscape (recto), 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.). 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.a
title: Hunting with Falcons in a Landscape (recto)
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creation date: c. 1558–60; borders added probably 1700s
creation date earliest: 1553
creation date latest: 1565
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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, Mughal, 16th century
technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art - Mughal
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Abd al-Samad (Persian, c. 1510–1600) - artist
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measurements: Page: 35.7 x 24.3 cm (14 1/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
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inscription: Inscription in upper right in nasta‘liq script, probably during the 1700s:
the work of Mir Sayyid Ali, the illustrator
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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).
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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'}
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PROVENANCE
E. E. [Edward Earle] Meugens [1875–1929], Calcutta and England, by descent to J. R. Meugens
date: ?-1929
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J. R. Meugens
date: 1929-1969
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(Sotheby’s, London, Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 1 July 1969, lot 80, sold to Ralph Benkaim)
date: 1 July 1969
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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: 1969-2013
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2013-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), and Arnold Talbot Wilson. Persian art: an illustrated souvenir of the exhibition of Persian art at Burlington house, London, 1931. [London]: Printed for the Executive Committee of the exhibition by Hudson & Kearns Ltd, 1931.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 631
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Wilson, Arnold Talbot. Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Persian Art; Partrons: His Majesty the King, His Majesty Rizā Shāh Pahlavi. 7th January to 28th February, 1931, Royal Academy of Arts, London. London: Office of the Exhibition [Printed by Gee & Co.], 1931.
page number: Mentioned: p. 250, no. 631
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Wilson, Arnold Talbot. Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Persian Art; Partrons: His Majesty the King, His Majesty Rizā Shāh Pahlavi. 7th January to 28th February, 1931, Royal Academy of Arts, London. London: Office of the Exhibition [Printed by Gee & Co.], 1931.
page number: Mentioned: p. 250, no. 631
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Welch, Stuart Cary, and Mark Zebrowski. A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1973.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 57, pp. 97-98
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Brand, Michael, and Glenn D. Lowry. Akbar's India: Art from the Mughal City of Victory. New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1985.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 69, p. 153; Reproduced: p. 105
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Datta, Rathin. The Legacy Continues... A history of Price Waterhouse, Lovelock & Lewes and PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd. in India. Kolkata, India: Nandini Chatterjee of PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd, [no pub. date].
page number: Mentioned: p. 11
url: https://www.pwc.in/assets/pdfs/aboutus/history.pdf
Beach, Milo Cleveland, Eberhard Fischer, B. N. Goswamy, and Jorrit Britschgi. Masters of Indian Painting. Zurich, Switzerland: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 2011.
page number: Reproduced: p. 109, fig. 11
url:
Mace, Sonya Rhie, Mohsen Ashtiany, Catherine Glynn, Pedro Moura Carvalho, Marcus Fraser, and Ruby Lal. Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: the Cleveland Museum of Art. London: D Giles Limited, 2016.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 3, pp. 158, 160
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