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A dancing dervish and three musicians, from a Divan (Collected Poems) of Urfi (Persian, 1555–1591)

1637

India, Muhammadpur, Bijapur, Deccan, 17th century

made for Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah

(r. 1627–56)

Gum tempera and gold on paper

Page: 14.8 x 11.5 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Painting: 6.2 x 3.5 cm (2 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

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 2013.288

Location

not on view

Provenance
?–October 1961
(Branner Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, sold to Ralph Benkaim)
October 1961–2013
Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
2013–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Mace, 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. 56, p. 243
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2013.288