id:			170869
accession number:	2013.342.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.342.a
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:58.361000

A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto), c. 1760. India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper (recto); page: 27.7 x 19.6 cm (10 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.); page: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 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 2013.342.a

title:				A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto)
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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 and gold on paper (recto)
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 27.7 x 19.6 cm (10 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.); Page: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 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 (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).

* <em>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 28-November 2, 2015).

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PROVENANCE

	(Olsen Foundation, 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: 1966-2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013-
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fun fact:
Pairs of ducks swim under the full moon on the night of the vernal equinox.

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wall description:
Images of pleasure and play abound in Mughal paintings of the latter half of the 1700s. Under a full moon reflected off a river and by the light of candles, a prince celebrates the spring festival of Holi with a group of palace women. Holi festivities include the boisterous tradition of smearing one another with colored powders—shown heaped on dishes—or shooting colored liquid using plunger guns.
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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. 83, p. 262
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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.342.a/2013.342.a_full.tif