id: 170890 accession number: 2013.351 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.351 updated: Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge, c. 1765. Style of Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s). Opaque watercolor with gold on paper, narrow border of gold foliate meander (recto and verso); page: 33.1 x 24.9 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 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 2013.351 title: Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1765 creation date earliest: 1760 creation date latest: 1770 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: India, Murshidabad or Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century technique: opaque watercolor with gold on paper, narrow border of gold foliate meander (recto and verso) department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Mughal type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s) - artist --- measurements: Page: 33.1 x 24.9 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (07/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 93, p. 272. --- PROVENANCE Henry Chaplin, MP, 1st Visc. Chaplin [1849–1923], London and Lincolnshire, given to Admiral Hon. Henry John Rous date: before 1874 footnotes: citations: Admiral Hon. Henry John Rous [1795–1877], London and Cambridgeshire date: 1874–1877 footnotes: citations: (Sotheby’s, London, Western and Oriental Manuscripts, 10 July 1968, lot 102, sold to Ralph Benkaim) date: July 10, 1968 footnotes: citations: Ralph Benkaim [1914-2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1968-2013 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2013- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Mangoes are in varying stages of ripeness, from green to bright orange-yellow. digital description: wall description: The image of young women at play, in association with water and the fruiting of trees, such as this mango, has been used in Indian art to signal the idea of prosperity and abundance. Rain clouds approach that will nourish the land. The pairs of women on the banks sample perfumes, and in front of them bowls made of leaves appear to hold jasmine flowers for adorning the hair. One woman smokes a hookah and looks on as two companions frolic in the rivulet. The palace’s white marble buildings are barely indicated in the far distance. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.351/2013.351_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.351/2013.351_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.351/2013.351_full.tif