The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
A Mughal Prince, Perhaps Danyal, Holding a Sprig of Flowers
c. 1580–90
(reigned 1556–1605)
Miniature: 14.6 x 8.7 cm (5 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
Prince Danyal (1527–1605), the emperor Akbar’s youngest son, is said to have been his favorite. Danyal served his father as a military officer, leading contingents to the Deccan plateau in southern India, until he succumbed to an untimely death of alcoholism; Akbar himself died later that year.Here, Danyal wears the thumb ring of an archer and grasps a white flower in his hand, recalling his epithet, Nosegay of Fortune’s Spring. In his right hand he holds prayer beads. A sword, knife, and dagger hang from his sash. This early Mughal portrait depicts him as he appeared in his mid-teens.
- November 20, 1986Sotheby’s, London, Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 20 November 1986, lot 191986–2013Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art2013-–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Sotheby's, London. Fine Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures. 20 November 1986. Lot 19Mace, Sonya Rhie, Mohsen Ashtiany, Catherine Glynn, Pedro Moura Carvalho, Marcus Fraser, and Ruby Lal. Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: the Cleveland Museum of Art. London: D Giles Limited, 2016. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 9, p. 180
- Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 21, 2022).
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