Husain Ali Khan Entertaining His Brothers (The Sayyid Brothers)

c. 1712–19

Maker Unknown

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Husain Ali Khan Entertaining His Brothers (The Sayyid Brothers), c. 1712–19. India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; page: 30.8 x 30.5 cm (12 1/8 x 12 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 2013.334 The man shown smoking a hookah is the Mughal imperial ruler.

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Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Medium: opaque, watercolor, gold, paper
Dimensions: Page: 30.8 x 30.5 cm (12 1/8 x 12 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Persian inscription at bottom, in nasta‘liq script: Portraits of Nawab Husayn-Ali Khan and Abdullah Khan and Najm al-Din Ali Khan and Fakhr al-Din Ali Khan
Departments: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession Number: 2013.334
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: Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018, The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 75, p. 250.
Rights Statement: CC0