Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719-1748) holding a falcon (recto)
1764
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719-1748) holding a falcon (recto), 1764. Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper (recto); painting only: 14.4 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.); page: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 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 2013.347.a The archer’s thumb ring is for drawing the bowstring. Perhaps he was left-handed.
- Maker/Artist
- Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper (recto)
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 14.4 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.); Page: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: raqam-i kamtarin Muhammad Reza-i Hindi Translation: Persian inscription at bottom center of painting, in nasta‘liq script: The work of the lowly Muhammad Riza, the Indian 178 [AH 1178]; Inscription: tasvir Muhammad Shah Padshah Ghazi Translation: Persian inscription in top margin, in nasta‘liq script: Picture of Muhammad Shah, the Great Warrior King
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.347.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>Indian Miniature Paintings in West Coast Private Collections</em>. Society for Asian Art, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (May 29-July 19, 1964)., <em>Life at Court: art for India's rulers, 16th-19th centuries.</em> Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (November 20, 1985-February 9, 1986).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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