Head of a Beauty
c. 1750
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Head of a Beauty, c. 1750. India, Mughal school, 18th century. Ink, color, and gold on paper; image: 24.5 x 16.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.); overall: 30.5 x 20.5 cm (12 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1932.117
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- ink, color, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.5 x 16.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.); Overall: 30.5 x 20.5 cm (12 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: recto, upper center, in Persian: So exquisite that to call you beautiful would be a travesty of the word; it is magic personified that has been exhibited in this painting. Bottom center in Persian: Picture of a beauty.
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1932.117
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India, For Modern America from the Ancient Near East, Sacred India, Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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