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Still Life: Bouquet of Flowers Emerging from the Grass
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About this work
Studies of flower arrangements in the European manner became a popular subject in Indian miniature painting during the reign of Mughal emperor Jahangir (reigned 1605–27). Inspired by imported prints, Indian artists rendered them in Mughal fashion. Here, in a painting made at a Rajasthani court, the entire bouquet grows magically out of the ground from a single stem.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineStill Life: Bouquet of Flowers Emerging from the Grass, c. 1750. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi. Gum tempera on paper; page: 32.4 x 23.5 cm (12 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.); miniature: 29.8 x 21.6 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.161
