id: 170849 accession number: 2013.332 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.332 updated: 2022-01-04 17:57:29.103000 The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album, c. 1670. India, Mughal, 17th century. Opaque watercolor with gold on paper, pink and blue borders decorated with gold foliate motifs, text on verso; page: 32 x 24.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 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 2013.332 title: The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1670 creation date earliest: 1665 creation date latest: 1675 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: opaque watercolor with gold on paper, pink and blue borders decorated with gold foliate motifs, text on verso department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Mughal type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Page: 32 x 24.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: verso: Central blank panel and similar borders translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art and Stories from Mughal India opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00 Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 64, p. 82. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: Joseph, the man of Zulaykha’s dreams, is dressed as a Mughal prince. digital description: wall description: In Islamic texts, as in the Hebrew and Christian Old Testament traditions, Zulaykha is the unnamed wife of Potiphar, a wealthy Egyptian. This scene is from a popular Persian poem that recounts the story of Joseph and Zulaykha as a mystical romance, and describes her visionary dreams of a beautiful lover. In this painting we see the luxuriously dressed Zulaykha asleep on a terrace, reclining on ornate pillows as a vision of her love, Joseph, appears before her. He is illuminated by radiant light cast down by angels emerging from the dark night clouds. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.332/2013.332_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.332/2013.332_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.332/2013.332_full.tif