id:			170840
accession number:	2013.328
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.328
updated:		2024-08-08 15:18:13.874000

Shah Jahan holding a spinel and a long Deccan sword, from the Late Shah Jahan Album, c. 1650. India, Mughal, 17th century. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 36.7 x 25.4 cm (14 7/16 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 2013.328

title:				Shah Jahan holding a spinel and a long Deccan sword, from the Late Shah Jahan Album
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creation date:			c. 1650
creation date earliest:		1648
creation date latest:		1658
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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:	India, Mughal, 17th century
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Hashim (Indian, active 1598-c.1650)  - artist
active mid-1600s
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measurements: Page: 36.7 x 25.4 cm (14 7/16 x 10 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 31, 2013-June 30, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2013-12-31T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 28, 2015 - November 2, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2015-04-28T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Sotheby’s, London, Western, Oriental and Hebrew Manuscripts and Miniatures, 10 July 1968 sale, lot 18
	date: 10 July 1968
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	Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1968–2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Beach, Milo Cleveland, Stuart Cary Welch, and Glenn D. Lowry. <em>The Grand Mogul: Imperial Painting in India, 1600-1660</em>. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1978.
	page number: 	no. 77
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	Leach, Linda York. <em>Mughal and Other Indian Paintings from the Chester Beatty Library</em>. London: Scorpion Cavendish, 1995.
	page number: 	p. 427
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	Glynn, Catherine. "Shah Jahan and Pahari painting" in <em>Discerning Eye &amp; Eloquent Line: A Festschrift : Essays to Honor R.E. Lewis on His 75th Birthday</em>. Betsy Geraghty Fryberger, editor. Palo Alto, Calif: Betsy G. Fryberger, 1998.
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	Wright, Elaine Julia, and Susan Stronge. <em>Muraqqaʻ Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin</em>. Alexandria, VA: Art Services International, 2008.
	page number: 	pp.464, app. 3.61
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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. 61, p. 31, 233
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