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A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines  wikidata:Q60482186 reasonator:Q60482186
Artist
Fayzullah
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Title
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
In a scene set on a carpeted terrace in the women's palace quarters, an older woman of the harem drags a young prince with a white blindfold over his eyes before a princess grasping a document. Such a scene evokes a literary allusion of a princess who selects her suitor, but it also resonates with circumstances at the Mughal court. Signed and dated by the artist, this painting was completed at a time when powerful women wielded control over the emperor, and Ahmad Shah Bahadur (reigned 1748–54), son and successor of Muhammad Shah, had been blinded and deposed less than one year before.
Date 1755
date QS:P571,+1755-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Opaque watercolor with gold on paper (recto); opaque watercolor with gold on paper (verso)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession number
2013.343
Place of creation India, Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century
Credit line 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
References https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.343 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.343

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