Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719-1748) holding a falcon (recto)

1764

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719-1748) holding a falcon (recto), 1764. Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper (recto); painting only: 14.4 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.); page: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 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 2013.347.a The archer’s thumb ring is for drawing the bowstring. Perhaps he was left-handed.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper (recto)
Medium: opaque, watercolor, ink, gold, paper, recto
Dimensions: Painting only: 14.4 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.); Page: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: raqam-i kamtarin Muhammad Reza-i Hindi Translation: Persian inscription at bottom center of painting, in nasta‘liq script: The work of the lowly Muhammad Riza, the Indian 178 [AH 1178]; Inscription: tasvir Muhammad Shah Padshah Ghazi Translation: Persian inscription in top margin, in nasta‘liq script: Picture of Muhammad Shah, the Great Warrior King
Departments: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession Number: 2013.347.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: Art and Stories from Mughal India, <em>Indian Miniature Paintings in West Coast Private Collections</em>. Society for Asian Art, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (May 29-July 19, 1964)., <em>Life at Court: art for India's rulers, 16th-19th centuries.</em> Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (November 20, 1985-February 9, 1986).
Rights Statement: CC0