id:			170865
accession number:	2013.341
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.341
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:36.743000

A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1760. India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; 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:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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measurements: Miniature: 25.4 x 19.7 cm (10 x 7 3/4 in.)
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	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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Beauty in Asia</em>. Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore (May 3-September 23, 2007).', 'opening_date': '2007-05-03T00:00:00'}

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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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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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