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Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)
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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Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)

1603–7
Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s) visual detail
ArtistMushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s)
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Provenance

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before 1923

Georges Demotte [1877–1923], Paris, France, and New York, NY

1940s

French private collection

October 18, 1994

(Christie's, London, England, Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, October 18, 1994 sale, lot 9)

1994–2013

Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection

2013-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

Georges Demotte [1877–1923], Paris, France, and New York, NY French private collection (Christie's, London, England, Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, October 18, 1994 sale, lot 9) Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). Nature Supernatural. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2023-March 3, 2024).

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The golden pot of white narcissus flowers at the bottom center of the painting signals that Zulaykha, leaning on her staff to the left, will imminently have her youth and beauty restored. In this Persian retelling of the Old Testament account from the Bible, Zulaykha lusted after Joseph, even though she was already married to Potiphar. Joseph, with the golden halo, resisted her advances until she became a widow and retained his youth, because of his extreme virtue. Above, Zulaykha as a young woman waits for Joseph in her house where murals of them as a happy couple are painted on the walls.

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