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A Mughal Prince, Perhaps Danyal, Holding a Sprig of Flowers
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 Mughal Prince, Perhaps Danyal, Holding a Sprig of Flowers

c. 1580–90

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November 20, 1986

Sotheby’s, London, Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 20 November 1986, lot 19

1986–2013

Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Clev...

2013-–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Sotheby’s, London, Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 20 November 1986, lot 19 Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Martial Art of India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 21, 2022).

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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. <br>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.

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