Lovers Parting, Page from a Book of Fables

c. 1590–95

Maker Unknown

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Lovers Parting, Page from a Book of Fables, c. 1590–95. Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century. Opaque watercolor with gold on paper, mounted on an album leaf with inner borders of gold-sprinkled blue paper and outer plain cream borders (recto); page: 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 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 2013.303.a

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Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: opaque watercolor with gold on paper, mounted on an album leaf with inner borders of gold-sprinkled blue paper and outer plain cream borders (recto)
Medium: opaque, watercolor, gold, paper, mounted, album, leaf, inner, borders, gold-sprinkled, blue, outer, plain, cream, recto
Dimensions: Page: 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Banyavati inscription in Devenagari script in left margin describing the subject of the miniature: 'We failed to understand each other when we were together, the understanding in that respect may come to us on being separated".
Departments: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession Number: 2013.303.a
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: Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245); December 31, 2013 - June 30, 2014.
Rights Statement: CC0