id:			170839
accession number:	2013.327
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.327
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:36.577000

Portrait of Murad Bakhsh (1624–61), c. 1635; borders c. 1700s. Attributed to Balchand (Indian, active 1595–c. 1650). Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 28.4 x 25.7 cm (11 3/16 x 10 1/8 in.); painting: 4.3 x 3.5 cm (1 11/16 x 1 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 2013.327

title:				Portrait of Murad Bakhsh (1624–61)
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creation date:			c. 1635; borders c. 1700s
creation date earliest:		1630
creation date latest:		1799
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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:	Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58)
technique:	gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Balchand (Indian, active 1595–c. 1650)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 28.4 x 25.7 cm (11 3/16 x 10 1/8 in.); Painting: 4.3 x 3.5 cm (1 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
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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:		Raja Deen Dayal: The King of Indian Photographers
	opening date:   2023-04-23T04:00:00
	<i>Raja Deen Dayal: The King of Indian Photographers</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23, 2023-February 4, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Gifts of the Sultan</em>. Los Angeles Count Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Museum of Islamic Art, Doha (2011–2012).', 'opening_date': '2011-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Capt. E. G. Spencer-Churchill [1876–1964], Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, England
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	(Christie’s, London, The Northwick Park Collection: The Property of the late Captain E. G. Spencer-Churchill, MC, 24 June 1965, lot 9)
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	Robert Moore, Los Angeles, CA, to Ralph Benkaim and Catherine Glynn Benkaim
	date: 1965–September 1986
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	Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA
	date: 1986–2001
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2001–2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Komaroff, Linda, and Sheila Blair. <em>Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts</em>. [Los Angeles]: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	cat. no. 60, p. 226
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	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. no. 57, p. 231
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