A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

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 mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

c. 1585; inner border added in Allahabad c. 1602; outer border added probably 1900s

ArtistBasavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)

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Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Page: 32.7 x 21.1 cm (12 7/8 x 8 5/16 in.); Painting: 13.6 x 7.5 cm (5 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: Indian Art - Mughal
Origin: Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: 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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Provenance

Public

mid-1900s–May 1967

(Dikran Kelekian [1868–1951], New York, NY, sold to Ralph Benkaim)

1967–2013

Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection

2013–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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(Dikran Kelekian [1868–1951], New York, NY, sold to Ralph Benkaim) Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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Art and Stories from Mughal India

Indian Painting of the 1500s: Continuities and Transformations

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Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). Indian Painting of the 1500s: Continuities and Transformations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 15, 2025-January 11, 2026). Indian Drawing. Hayward Gallery, London, England; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, England; Bolton Museum of Art Gallery, Bolton, England; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, England (1983). Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 2, 2014-January 5, 2015).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

As the Mughal atelier grew into the 1580s, Indian artists become increasingly adept at incorporating Persian styles with a new dimensionality and naturalism that Akbar promoted, possibly based on his appreciation of European prints and paintings. Here, a sincere holy man wears robes tinged lightly with blue. He stands beneath a tree in the wilderness with a loyal jackal by his side. A devotee touches his head to his feet. The artist’s tiny signature is written on the alms bowl. Connoisseurs of Persian art in the Islamic world praised an artist’s virtuoso ability to work on a microscopic scale.

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