id:			170791
accession number:	2013.298
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.298
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:57.855000

A royal ram with a gold chain, c. 1585; border added probably 1700s. India, Mughal. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; 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 2013.298

title:				A royal ram with a gold chain
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creation date:			c. 1585; border added probably 1700s
creation date earliest:		1580
creation date latest:		1590
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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
technique:	opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Urdu inscription at top, in nasta‘liq script:
sheep;

Hindi inscription under left corner of painting, in devanagari script:
Shri 6;

Hindi inscription below painting, in devanagari script:
2, sheep;

Hindi inscription, bottom center, in devanagari script:
674
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245); January 5, 2015 - April 27, 2015.<br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 12, p. 193.

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
Sheep with black and white markings like this are called Jacob sheep.

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wall description:
The ram in this painting is a particularly well-groomed animal that was probably kept in the royal menagerie and attended to by special keepers. The puffs of hair on the ram’s back have been colored with henna, and he wears a decorative chain of bells across his chest. The Mughal rulers collected and exhibited specimens of various animals from their territories out of a scientific interest as well as a desire to display the extent of their influence over the land and its inhabitants.
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