id: 170888 accession number: 2013.350.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.350.a updated: 2025-05-06 12:06:31.201000 A Night Scene of Shiva Puja (recto), c. 1760–70. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Gum tempera and gold on paper; painting only: 14.5 x 11.1 cm (5 11/16 x 4 3/8 in.); 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.a title: A Night Scene of Shiva Puja (recto) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1760–70 creation date earliest: 1755 creation date latest: 1775 current location: 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 copyright: --- culture: Mughal India, Lucknow technique: Gum tempera and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Mughal type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s) - artist --- measurements: Painting only: 14.5 x 11.1 cm (5 11/16 x 4 3/8 in.); Page: 28.2 x 24.1 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art and Stories from Mughal India opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00 Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). title: Temples and Worship in South Asia opening date: 2024-09-14T04:00:00 Temples and Worship in South Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14, 2024-March 9, 2025). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (March 4-31, 1968).', 'opening_date': '1931-03-04T00:00:00'} --- 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 footnotes: citations: 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 footnotes: citations: (Sotheby’s, London, Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 10 December 1962, lot 2, sold to Ralph Benkaim) date: December 10, 1962 footnotes: citations: Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1962–2013 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2013– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- 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 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.350.a/2013.350.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.350.a/2013.350.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.350.a/2013.350.a_full.tif