The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album
c. 1670
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album, c. 1670. India, Mughal, 17th century. Opaque watercolor with gold on paper, pink and blue borders decorated with gold foliate motifs, text on verso; page: 32 x 24.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 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 2013.332 Joseph, the man of Zulaykha’s dreams, is dressed as a Mughal prince.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor with gold on paper, pink and blue borders decorated with gold foliate motifs, text on verso
- Dimensions
- Page: 32 x 24.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: verso: Central blank panel and similar borders
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.332
- 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
- Art and Stories from Mughal India, The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 64, p. 82.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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