A prince visiting a holy man in a rocky landscape

c. 1590

Maker Unknown

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

A prince visiting a holy man in a rocky landscape, c. 1590. India, Mughal court, 16th century. Opaque watercolor on paper; page: 34 x 20.7 cm (13 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.); painting: 18.4 x 10.1 cm (7 1/4 x 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 2013.302

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Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: Opaque watercolor on paper
Medium: opaque, watercolor, paper
Dimensions: Page: 34 x 20.7 cm (13 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.); Painting: 18.4 x 10.1 cm (7 1/4 x 4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Recto: Arabic verses in nasta‘liq script: O Immutable in Your attributes!/ O Gatherer of that which is dispersed!/ You who make plants bloom;/ You who quicken the dead from decayed bones;/ You who send down succor/ From those bowing and kneeling/ To the grieving and sick/ To the hungry and famished/ From the routing and flooding,/ O Creator of the constellations,/ In the seamless heavens/ From the onset of night/ To the brightening of the light of dawn.
Departments: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession Number: 2013.302
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: <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 2, 2014-January 5, 2015).
Rights Statement: CC0