id:			170787
accession number:	2013.294
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.294
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:36.242000

A Mughal courtier, c. 1575; border added probably 1700s. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera and gold on paper, mounted with gold-sprinkled borders; 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 2013.294

title:				A Mughal courtier
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creation date:			c. 1575; border added probably 1700s
creation date earliest:		1570
creation date latest:		1580
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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:	Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper, mounted with gold-sprinkled borders
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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	inscription:	Inscription in top margin, upside-down in nasta‘liq script, probably added c. 1700s:
Sarkhod
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation)
	opening date:   2022-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 21, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>A Flower From Every Meadow</em>. 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': "<em>Akbar's India: Art from the Mughal City of Victory</em>. 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'}

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PROVENANCE

	Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY
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	(Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures: The Property of the Kevorkian Foundation, 6 December 1967, lot 114, sold to Ralph Benkaim)
	date: December 6, 1967
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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: 1967–2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013–
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CITATIONS

	Sotheby's, London. <em>Catalogue of Highly Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures The Property of the Kevorkian Foundation</em>.6 December 1967.
	page number: 	Lot 114
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	Welch, Stuart Cary, and Mark Zebrowski.<em> A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections</em>. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1973.
	page number: 	no. 56
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	Brand, Michael, and Glenn D. Lowry. <em>Akbar's India: Art from the Mughal City of Victory</em>. New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1985.
	page number: 	cat. no. 53
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	Mace, Sonya Rhie, Mohsen Ashtiany, Catherine Glynn, Pedro Moura Carvalho, Marcus Fraser, and Ruby Lal. <em>Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. London: D Giles Limited, 2016.
	page number: 	cat. no. 6, p. 183
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