id:			170878
accession number:	2013.347.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.347.a
updated:		2024-04-17 11:08:32.917000

Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto), 1764. Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 14.4 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.); page: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 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 2013.347.a

title:				Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto)
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creation date:			1764
creation date earliest:		1764
creation date latest:		1764
current location:		242B Indian Painting
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:	Mughal India, probably Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)  - artist

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measurements: Painting only: 14.4 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.); Page: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	raqam-i kamtarin Muhammad Reza-i Hindi
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	inscription:	tasvir Muhammad Shah Padshah Ghazi
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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).

	title:		Carpets and Canopies in Mughal India​ (Indian art rotation)
	opening date:   2024-03-22T04:00:00
	<i>Carpets and Canopies in Mughal India​ (Indian art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-September 8, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Paintings in West Coast Private Collections</em>. Society for Asian Art, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (May 29-July 19, 1964).', 'opening_date': '1964-05-29T00:00:00'}

* {'description': "<em>Life at Court: art for India's rulers, 16th-19th centuries.</em> Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (November 20, 1985-February 9, 1986).", 'opening_date': '1985-11-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Sir Charles Forbes, 7th Baronet [1773–1849], Bengal, London, and Scotland, by descent to his great-grandson, Colonel Sir John Forbes
	date: before 1811–1849
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	Colonel Sir John Stewart Forbes [1901–1984], Baronet, DSO, DL, Allargue House, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, consigned to Sotheby's London for sale
	date: ?–1962
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	(Sotheby’s, London, Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 10 December 1962, lot 25, sold to Ralph Benkaim)
	date: December 10, 1962
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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: 1962–2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013–
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CITATIONS

	<em>Indian Miniature Paintings from West Coast Private Collections. [Exhibition] May 29-July 19, 1964</em>. San Francisco, CA: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1964.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 6
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	Desai, Vishakha N., B. N. Goswamy, and Ainslie Thomas Embree. <em>Life at Court: Art for India's Rulers, 16th-19th Centuries</em>. Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1985.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 39, cat. no. 35
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IMAGES

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