A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto)
c. 1760
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto), c. 1760. India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper (recto); page: 27.7 x 19.6 cm (10 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.); page: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 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 2013.342.a Pairs of ducks swim under the full moon on the night of the vernal equinox.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor and gold on paper (recto)
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, gold, paper, recto
- Dimensions
- Page: 27.7 x 19.6 cm (10 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.); Page: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.342.a
- 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, <em>Beauty in Asia</em>. Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore (May 3-September 23, 2007)., <em>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 28-November 2, 2015).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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