Grotesque Dancers Performing
c. 1600
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Grotesque Dancers Performing, c. 1600. Mughal India. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 16 x 9 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.88 Akbar applied an aromatic paste under his arms, which stained his garment.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 16 x 9 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Unrelated later Persian text on recto
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1971.88
- Credit Line
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Exhibitions
- Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music, Dancing to the Flute: Music and Dance in Indian Art , Indian Gallery 242b Rotation – November 2016, Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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