id: 314500 accession number: 2018.194 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.194 updated: 2023-08-24 01:24:41.528000 Royal Woman Holding a Flower, c. 1670s–80s. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner. Gum tempera and gold on paper; miniature: 19.7 x 10 cm (7 3/4 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.194 title: Royal Woman Holding a Flower title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1670s–80s creation date earliest: 1665 creation date latest: 1695 current location: creditline: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner technique: gum tempera and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Miniature: 19.7 x 10 cm (7 3/4 x 3 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: 77 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation opening date: 2019-11-07T05:00:00 Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2019-April 5, 2020). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–2018 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2018– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The flowering plants on the ground echo the lush vegetation of the Qur'anic paradise. digital description: Following the model of formal imperial Mughal court portraiture, the artist has lavished care on shading the face of a royal woman and the distinctive qualities of her luxurious textiles. Details have been exquisitely rendered, including the fringe of her pink shawl with its lotus vine border and the sprigs of flowers tucked in her hair. wall description: Following the model of formal imperial Mughal court portraiture, the artist has lavished care on shading the face of a royal woman and the distinctive qualities of her luxurious textiles. Details have been exquisitely rendered, including the fringe of her pink shawl with its lotus vine border and the sprigs of flowers tucked in her hair. The flowering plants on the ground where she stands are also Mughal features, echoing the lush vegetation of the Qur'anic paradise. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Mace, Sonia Rhie. “Acquisitions 2018: Indian and Southeast Asian Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 26–28. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 26 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.194/2018.194_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.194/2018.194_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.194/2018.194_full.tif