id:			170890
accession number:	2013.351
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.351
updated:		2022-01-04 17:57:39.493000

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
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creation date:			c. 1765
creation date earliest:		1760
creation date latest:		1770
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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, 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
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CREATORS

* Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s)  - artist

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measurements: Page: 33.1 x 24.9 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (07/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 93, p. 272.

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PROVENANCE

	Henry Chaplin, MP, 1st Visc. Chaplin [1849–1923], London and Lincolnshire, given to Admiral Hon. Henry John Rous
	date: before 1874
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	Admiral Hon. Henry John Rous [1795–1877], London and Cambridgeshire
	date: 1874–1877
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	(Sotheby’s, London, Western and Oriental Manuscripts, 10 July 1968, lot 102, sold to Ralph Benkaim)
	date: July 10, 1968
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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: 1968-2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013-
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fun fact: 
Mangoes are in varying stages of ripeness, from green to bright orange-yellow.

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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.
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