A Mughal courtier
c. 1575; border added probably 1700s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
A Mughal courtier, c. 1575; border added probably 1700s. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera and gold on paper, mounted with gold-sprinkled borders; 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 2013.294
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper, mounted with gold-sprinkled borders
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Inscription in top margin, upside-down in nasta‘liq script, probably added c. 1700s: Sarkhod
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.294
- Credit Line
- 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
- Exhibitions
- Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation), <em>A Flower From Every Meadow</em>. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY; Center for Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco, CA; Albright-Know Gallery of Art, Buffalo, New York, NY (1973)., <em>Akbar's India: Art from the Mughal City of Victory</em>. Asia Society, New York, NY (October 10, 1985-January 5, 1986); Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA (January 24-March 16, 1986); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (April 19-June 15, 1986).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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