Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
c. 1650
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1650. India, Mughal, 17th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, borders with floral motifs in colors and gold (recto); black ink on marbled paper, a Persian quatrain in calligraphy (verso); page: 35.2 x 22.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 11/16 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 2013.329 Jahangir holds a ruby or spinel, thought to be a talisman for military victory.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor and gold on paper, borders with floral motifs in colors and gold (recto); black ink on marbled paper, a Persian quatrain in calligraphy (verso)
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, gold, paper, borders, floral, motifs, colors, recto, black, ink, marbled, persian, quatrain, calligraphy, verso
- Dimensions
- Page: 35.2 x 22.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: recto: Persian inscription above, in inner border, in nasta‘liq script: Great King Jahangir Inscription: verso: Persian verse in nasta‘liq script: The Feast is approaching, and I am dying for/ Your coquetry to make a sacrifice of me./ Do not hold back from killing me:/ For that very wish I have given up my soul.
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.329
- 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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