id:			170887
accession number:	2013.350
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.350
updated:		2023-08-24 01:00:06.158000

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

* <em>Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections</em>. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (March 4-31, 1968).

* <em>Art and Stories from Mughal India</em>. 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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wall description:
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. <em>Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>.  London: D Giles Limited, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 88, p. 274
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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.350/2013.350_full.tif