Calligraphy (verso)
c. 1650
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Calligraphy (verso), c. 1650. India, Mughal, 17th century. 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.b
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Calligraphy
- Formatted Medium
- black ink on marbled paper, a Persian quatrain in calligraphy (verso)
- Dimensions
- Page: 35.2 x 22.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: verso: a Persian quatrain in nast 'aliq calligraphy in black ink on marbled paper. 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.b
- 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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