id:			170796
accession number:	2013.301
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.301
updated:		2025-05-08 11:22:05.200000

Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, c. 1590–1600. Attributed to Sanwalah (Indian, active c. 1580–1600). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 24.9 x 16.8 cm (9 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.); painting: 18.6 x 16.2 cm (7 5/16 x 6 3/8 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, 2013.301

title:				Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
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creation date:			c. 1590–1600
creation date earliest:		1590
creation date latest:		1599
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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:	
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

* Sanwalah (Indian, active c. 1580–1600)  - artist

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measurements: Page: 24.9 x 16.8 cm (9 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.); Painting: 18.6 x 16.2 cm (7 5/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Calligraphy of Persian sayings from the aphoristic meditations of Khwaja Abd-Allah Ansari (Persian, 1006–1089) in top and bottom borders, in nasta‘liq script:
What is “dervishness”? It is a little lump of fine purified soil with a sprinkling of a few drops of water: neither is the sole of the foot irritated by it, nor does the heel of the foot collect dust from it.

The work of the lowly . . .
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	inscription:	Persian inscription at top right, in nasta‘liq script:
the meeting of Layla and Majnun, lover and beloved
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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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 31, 2013-June 30, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2013-12-31T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Sotheby’s, London, England, Fine Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 12 December 1966 sale, lot 55, sold to Ralph Benkaim)
	date: December 12, 1966
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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: 1966–2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. 18, p. 191
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	Archives of Asian Art 64, no. 2 (2014): 226.
	page number: 	226
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	Munroe, Nazanin Hedayat. <em>Sufi Lovers, Safavid Silks and Early Modern Identity</em>. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 99–101, fig. 3.7
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IMAGES

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