id:			170813
accession number:	2013.311
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.311
updated:		2023-12-07 07:22:01.787000

A female figure standing in a landscape holding a four-stringed “khuuchir” and a lotus, c. 1590. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 31.6 x 20.7 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/8 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 2013.311

title:				A female figure standing in a landscape holding a four-stringed “khuuchir” and a lotus
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creation date:			c. 1590
creation date earliest:		1585
creation date latest:		1595
current location:		242B Indian Painting
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 and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 31.6 x 20.7 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	[verso, upper left, sticker] 1027
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	inscription:	[verso, right of sticker, in pencil] 24
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	inscription:	[verso, upper center, in pencil, upside down] VI
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Nature Supernatural (Indian Painting rotation)
	opening date:   2023-09-22T04:00:00
	<i>Nature Supernatural (Indian Painting rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2023-March 3, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Sotheby’s, London, England Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 24 April 1996 sale, lot 40)
	date: April 24, 1996
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
	date: –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: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 200, figure 4.60, pp. 312–313, cat. no. 16.
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