id: 170788
accession number: 2013.295
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Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album, c. 1556–60; border c. 1602. Attributed to Mir Sayyid Ali (Persian, active in India, 1555–1580). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with cream borders decorated with gold flowers and geometric motifs; painting: 12 x 7.1 cm (4 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.); overall: 23.3 x 14.9 cm (9 3/16 x 5 7/8 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 2013.295
title: Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
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creation date: c. 1556–60; border c. 1602
creation date earliest: 1555
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: Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with cream borders decorated with gold flowers and geometric motifs
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art - Mughal
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Mir Sayyid Ali (Persian, active in India, 1555–1580) - artist
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measurements: Painting: 12 x 7.1 cm (4 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.); Overall: 23.3 x 14.9 cm (9 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
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inscription: [[verso, upper left corner]] 6212
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inscription: [[verso, upper left corner]] 20.865
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inscription: [[verso, upper center, below crossed out words and circled]] red
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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': 'On loan to the San Diego Museum of Art (2005)', 'opening_date': '2005-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016) Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 2, p. 161.', 'opening_date': '2016-07-31T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Collection of Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York
date: Before 1962
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Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures: The Property of the Kevorkian Foundation, lot 47
date: 6 December 1967
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2013–
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RELATED WORKS
id: 170789
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album, c. 1585; inner border added in Allahabad c. 1602; outer border added probably 1900s. Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 32.7 x 21.1 cm (12 7/8 x 8 5/16 in.); painting: 13.6 x 7.5 cm (5 3/8 x 2 15/16 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 2013.296
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CITATIONS
Mace, Sonya Rhie. Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: The Cleveland Museum of Art. London: D. Giles Limited, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 2, p. 308, figure 4.34, p. 161; mentioned: pp. 161-62 and 309.
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