An African Lyre Player (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
c. 1640–1660
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
An African Lyre Player (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1640–1660. India, Deccan, 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (recto); ink on paper, six lines of Persian poetry (verso); 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 2013.289
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (recto); ink on paper, six lines of Persian poetry (verso)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: verso: Persian verses in nasta‘liq script: It is springtime friends! Time to nurse the carnal wants Wine, a minstrel, a pretty face, a secluded corner in a garden What would I have done given my lack of means If my heart did not have a cure for searing longings: My heart derives from the bounteous Sea of Compassion Its self-abnegating other-worldliness, an ever-radiant night glowing gem.
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.289
- 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
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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