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Page from the Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds)
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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Page from the Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds)

c. 1605–10
Abd al-Rahim, the Anbarin-Qalam (Indian, active c. 1590–1630) visual detail
ArtistAbd al-Rahim, the Anbarin-Qalam (Indian, active c. 1590–1630)
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?-November 1985

(Terence McInerney Fine Arts, New York, NY, sold to Ralph and Catherine Glynn Benkaim)

November 1985-2013

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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(Terence McInerney Fine Arts, New York, NY, sold to Ralph and Catherine Glynn Benkaim) 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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Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 31, 2013-June 30, 2014).

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According to Akbar's court historian, the emperor ordered likenesses to be taken of the grandees of his realm. "An immense album was thus formed: those that have passed away have received a new life, and those who are still alive have immortality promised them." Akbar's son and successor, Jahangir (reigned 1605-27), continued the tradition of commissioning works of lifelike portraiture for inclusion in imperial albums. This courtier wears an opulent fur-trimmed, fringed velvet coat over his belted white tunic and striped pants-the typical Mughal dress derived from their roots among the nomadic horse-riding people of Central Asia. The artist has reveled in creating the soft textures of the facial hair, fur and fabrics. He holds a ruby-like gemstone called a spinel, which was prized among the Mughals for its talismanic properties of protection during battle.

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