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Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)

Mushfiq

1564

unspecified

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Mughal Painting Renaissance Renaissance Religious Mughal

Dominant colour

Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto) is a 1564 unspecified by Mushfiq, a Mughal Painting work, depicting Mughal, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Mushfiq
When & what style?: 1564 · Mughal Painting
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

This painting shows a page with two different texts, one written diagonally and the other in central columns. The text in the border tells a story from Joseph's childhood. It's interesting that this page combines a story with a poem that gives advice to the reader. The poem says that smiling is important and makes life sweeter. To learn more about similar artwork, look up the museum where this piece is kept, The Cleveland Museum of Art.

The story of this work

Overview

This page contains two different texts, one written diagonally in the border and the other in the two central columns. The section of poetry in the border describes an episode from Joseph’s childhood in which his older brothers suggest to Jacob, their father, that they take Joseph into the countryside so that the boy can learn the area, although they actually plan to kill him. The poem in the central columns advises the reader to smile often, as a smile is sweeter and more pleasing than sugar.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

Mushfiq

Mushfiq was a sub-imperial Mughal painter who worked in the atelier of Abd-ur-Rahim Khan-i-Khanan (also called Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana), commander-in-chief of the Mughal army in the late 16th/early 17th century.

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