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The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber 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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The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album

c. 1670
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Page: 32 x 24.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Style
Indian Art - Mughal
Origin
India, Mughal, 17th century
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
?– November 2006

(Francesca Galloway, London, England, sold to Catherine Glynn Benkaim)

2006–2013

Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Clevelan...

2013–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

(Francesca Galloway, London, England, sold to Catherine Glynn Benkaim) Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public
Art and Stories from Mughal India

Source exhibition text

Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

In Islamic texts, as in the Hebrew and Christian Old Testament traditions, Zulaykha is the unnamed wife of Potiphar, a wealthy Egyptian. This scene is from a popular Persian poem that recounts the story of Joseph and Zulaykha as a mystical romance, and describes her visionary dreams of a beautiful lover. In this painting we see the luxuriously dressed Zulaykha asleep on a terrace, reclining on ornate pillows as a vision of her love, Joseph, appears before her. He is illuminated by radiant light cast down by angels emerging from the dark night clouds.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 3 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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