File:Ahmad al-Husaini - A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso) - 2013.350 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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Summary
A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
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| Artist |
Ahmad al-Husaini |
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| Title |
A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso) |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Hindu women had been prominent members of Mughal harems since the time of Akbar, whose chief queen was a Hindu princess from the kingdom of Amber (later renamed Jaipur) in present-day Rajasthan. Under golden stars and a crescent moon, this royal palace woman holds a flower garland to offer at a shrine to the Hindu god Shiva. The light of butter lamps casts a shadow behind her figure; experimentation with the depiction of shadows, typically absent in earlier Mughal painting, increased among artists during the 1700s. |
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| Date | between circa 1760 and circa 1770 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Opaque watercolor with gold on paper, wide borders of pink paper (recto); gold on blue paper, four lines of thuluth calligraphy (verso) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Page: 28.2 x 24.1 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Indian and Southeast Asian Art |
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| Accession number |
2013.35 |
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| Place of creation | India, Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.350  |
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| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.350 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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