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A marbled picture of Rustam catching Rakhsh
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
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A marbled picture of Rustam catching Rakhsh

c. 1650
Shafi (Indian, active about 1650) visual detail
ArtistShafi (Indian, active about 1650)
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Provenance

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before 1962 - Collection of Hagop Kevorkian, New York

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December 1, 1969 - Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, The Prop...

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before 1962 - Collection of Hagop Kevorkian, New York December 1, 1969 - Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, The Property of the Kevorkian Foundation, (lot 111]

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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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Sourced Overview Evidence

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.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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