id: 170841 accession number: 2013.329 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.329 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:36.589000 Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1650. India, Mughal, 17th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 35.2 x 22.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 11/16 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 2013.329 title: Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto); Calligraphy (verso) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1650 creation date earliest: 1645 creation date latest: 1655 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: India, Mughal, 17th century technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Mughal type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Page: 35.2 x 22.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: recto: Persian inscription above, in inner border, in nasta‘liq script: Great King Jahangir translation: remark: inscription: verso: Persian verse in nasta‘liq script: The Feast is approaching, and I am dying for/ Your coquetry to make a sacrifice of me./ Do not hold back from killing me:/ For that very wish I have given up my soul. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).', 'opening_date': '2016-07-31T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE --- 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: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 62, p. 214 url: Lal, Ruby. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. page number: Reproduced: color plate after p. 142 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.329/2013.329_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.329/2013.329_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.329/2013.329_full.tif