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accession number: 2013.350
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A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1760–70. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s), Ahmad al-Husaini. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 28.2 x 24.1 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/2 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 2013.350
title: A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
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creation date: c. 1760–70
creation date earliest: 1755
creation date latest: 1775
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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, Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century
technique: Gum tempera 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
* Ahmad al-Husaini - artist
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measurements: Page: 28.2 x 24.1 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (March 4-31, 1968).
* Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).
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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 2, 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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fun fact:
The linga is a stylized phallic symbol denoting the creative capacities of Shiva.
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Hindu women had been prominent members of Mughal harems since the time of Akbar, whose chief queen was a Hindu princess from the kingdom of Amber (later renamed Jaipur) in present-day Rajasthan. Under golden stars and a crescent moon, this royal palace woman holds a flower garland to offer at a shrine to the Hindu god Shiva. The light of butter lamps casts a shadow behind her figure; experimentation with the depiction of shadows, typically absent in earlier Mughal painting, increased among artists during the 1700s.
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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. Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: the Cleveland Museum of Art. London: D Giles Limited, 2016.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 88, p. 274
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IMAGES
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