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Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge (recto)
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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Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge (recto)

c. 1765
Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s) visual detail
ArtistHunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s)
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Provenance

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before 1874

Henry Chaplin, MP, 1st Visc. Chaplin [1849–1923], London and Lincolnshire, given to Admiral Hon. Hen...

1874–1877

Admiral Hon. Henry John Rous [1795–1877], London and Cambridgeshire

July 10, 1968

(Sotheby’s, London, Western and Oriental Manuscripts, 10 July 1968, lot 102, sold to Ralph Benkaim)

1968-2013

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

2013-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

Henry Chaplin, MP, 1st Visc. Chaplin [1849–1923], London and Lincolnshire, given to Admiral Hon. Henry John Rous Admiral Hon. Henry John Rous [1795–1877], London and Cambridgeshire (Sotheby’s, London, Western and Oriental Manuscripts, 10 July 1968, lot 102, sold to Ralph 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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Exhibitions

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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

The image of young women at play, in association with water and the fruiting of trees, such as this mango, has been used in Indian art to signal the idea of prosperity and abundance. Rain clouds approach that will nourish the land. The pairs of women on the banks sample perfumes, and in front of them bowls made of leaves appear to hold jasmine flowers for adorning the hair. One woman smokes a hookah and looks on as two companions frolic in the rivulet. The palace’s white marble buildings are barely indicated in the far distance.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 5 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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