id:			170819
accession number:	2013.315.1.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.315.1.a
updated:		2024-04-06 11:32:45.671000

Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), 1603–7. Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s), Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; text area: 17.8 x 9.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 in.); page: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 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 2013.315.1.a

title:				Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)
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creation date:			1603–7
creation date earliest:		1603
creation date latest:		1607
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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:	Western Afghanistan, Herat (text); Mughal India (paintings)
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

* Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s)  - artist

* Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520)  - calligrapher
Persian calligrapher, active ca. 1453-1519, died 1520
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measurements: Text area: 17.8 x 9.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 in.); Page: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	[[Upper left of painting, against a red background, in nasta’liq script]] ' amal - i Mushfiq sana 1015
Text on verso
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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).

	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

	Georges Demotte [1877–1923], Paris, France, and New York, NY
	date: before 1923
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	French private collection
	date: 1940s
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	(Christie's, London, England, Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, October 18, 1994 sale, lot 9)
	date: October 18, 1994
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
	date: 1994–2013
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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. <em>Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> London: D. Giles Limited, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 39, Figures 2.7, 2.8, and 2.11; Mentioned: pp. 84-6, 89-90, 324-26.
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