id:			170865
accession number:	2013.341
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.341
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:58.337000

A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1760. India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century. Opaque watercolor with gold on paper (recto); ink on paper, six lines of Persian poetry (verso); miniature: 25.4 x 19.7 cm (10 x 7 3/4 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 2013.341

title:				A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
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creation date:			c. 1760
creation date earliest:		1755
creation date latest:		1765
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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, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century
technique:	opaque watercolor with gold on paper (recto); ink on paper, six lines of Persian poetry (verso)
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

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measurements: Miniature: 25.4 x 19.7 cm (10 x 7 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	verso: six lines of Persian poetry in nast 'aliq calligraphy
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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 (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Beauty in Asia</em>. Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore (May 3-September 23, 2007).

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PROVENANCE

	Olsen Collection, Bridgeport, CT, sold to Ralph Benkaim
	date: 1950s-September 1966
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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: September 1966-2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013-
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fun fact:
Rolled-up textiles could be let down to enclose the space of an open pavilion.

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wall description:
Before a terrace pavilion in the women’s quarters of a palace, a royal woman stretches to show off her figure in accordance with age-old Indian poetic imagery. Female musicians provide entertainment, and attendants hold bottles of wine at the ready. Scenes of enjoyment in sumptuous domestic spaces pervaded the artistic repertoire of the imperial court and regional centers of northern India throughout the late 1700s, following the themes set by the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 82, p. 178
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IMAGES

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