id: 170808 accession number: 2013.309 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.309 updated: 2025-02-09 07:07:40.641000 Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602), c. 1602–3; borders added c. 1700s. Attributed to Farukh Chela (Indian), or Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645), or Dhanraj (Indian). Ink with use of colors and gold on paper, mounted on an album page with borders of gold-decorated buff and blue paper (recto); calligraphy by Faqir Ali (verso); page: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 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 2013.309 title: Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1602–3; borders added c. 1700s creation date earliest: 1596 creation date latest: 1604 current location: 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 copyright: --- culture: Mughal India technique: ink with use of colors and gold on paper, mounted on an album page with borders of gold-decorated buff and blue paper (recto); calligraphy by Faqir Ali (verso) department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Mughal type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Farukh Chela (Indian) - artist * Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645) - artist * Dhanraj (Indian) - artist --- measurements: Page: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: recto: Folio 229, painting 97 from the so-called Chester Beatty Akbarnama verso: calligraphy in nast'aliq script by Faqir Ali translation: remark: inscription: Verso: From a ghazal of Badr al-Din Hilali Jaghata’i (Persian, active c. 1500) c. 1550; borders added c. 1700s and mounted upside down Faqir Ali (Persian, active c. 1550–1610) Probably Safavid Calligraphy, Persian verses in nasta‘liq script: He is Venerable! I am the dust on the path of the messenger to my beloved’s hallowed sanctuary; Perchance I may reach the destination in his footsteps. On the burn in my branded heart, do not place any soothing balm, So that the comfort that I draw from my pain and sorrow for my beloved does not abate. translation: remark: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'A Flower From Every Meadow. 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': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 31, 2013-June 30, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2013-12-31T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY date: before 1962 footnotes: citations: (Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures: The Property of Kevorkian Foundation, 1 December 1969, lot 120, sold to Ralph Benkaim) date: December 1, 1969 footnotes: citations: Ralph Benkaim [1914-2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1969-2013 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2013- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Mace, Sonya Rhie, Mohsen Ashtiany, Catherine Glynn, Pedro Moura Carvalho, Marcus Fraser, and Ruby Lal. Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: the Cleveland Museum of Art. London: D Giles Limited, 2016. page number: cat. no. 23, pp. 171-173 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.309/2013.309_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.309/2013.309_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.309/2013.309_full.tif