id:			170800
accession number:	2013.303
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.303
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:36.319000

Lovers parting, page from a book of fables, c. 1590–95. Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.); painting: 24 x 12 cm (9 7/16 x 4 3/4 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 2013.303

title:				Lovers parting, page from a book of fables
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creation date:			c. 1590–95
creation date earliest:		1585
creation date latest:		1595
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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:	Northern India, Mughal court, 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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measurements: Page: 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Painting: 24 x 12 cm (9 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Banyavati inscription in Devenagari script in left margin describing the subject of the miniature: 'We failed to understand each other when we were together, the understanding in that respect may come to us on being separated".
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	inscription:	Verso: From an album preface

Persian text in nasta‘liq script:
. . . and he also added illustrations and decorations and in truth an album was arranged that ever since the visage of rosy-cheeked beauties has been bedecked by their black sweet-smelling tresses, the like of the calligraphic lines that are written upon it have never been set upon any paper by a pen, and ever since the album of the sky has been illuminated by the luminosity of the moon and the sun, the light of the understanding . . .
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245); December 31, 2013 - June 30, 2014.', 'opening_date': '2013-12-31T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 17, p. 190.', 'opening_date': '2016-07-31T00:00:00'}

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