The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
A marbled picture of Rustam catching Rakhsh
c. 1650
attributed to Shafi
(Indian, active about 1650)
Page: 37.2 x 21 cm (14 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Even the flowers and insects used as filler in this composition were marbled.Description
This scene depicts the young hero Rustam catching a foal, Rakhsh (meaning “light”), who will be his faithful companion through many adventures. A prophet-like shepherd figure with a staff at the upper left predicts that Rustam will be the savior of Iran. At the top of the page a feline has caught its prey, while a hunter steps on its tail. This extraordinary painting has more applications of marbled colorant than any other known example. Even all the flowers and birds have been articulated through marbling in a feat of registration and control by a master of the technique.- before 1962 - Collection of Hagop Kevorkian, New YorkDecember 1, 1969 - Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, The Property of the Kevorkian Foundation, (lot 111]
- Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 63, p. 47.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2013.286