A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess (recto)
1755
Fayzullah
Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765)
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess (recto), 1755. Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper (recto); 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 2013.343.a A gigantic crocodile swallows a horse and rider attempting to cross the river.
- Maker/Artist
- Fayzullah
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor and gold on paper (recto)
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, gold, paper, recto
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed in two places: on capital of central pillar: 'amal - i Fayzullah ("the workof Fayzullah"), and below: bi - qalam i Fayzullah Musavvir walad - i Faqirullah Musavvir dar sanna 1755 ("by the pen of Fayazullah the painter son of Faqirullah the painter in the the year 1755")
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.343.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
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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