Cleveland Museum of Art
Farhad Kills Himself After Hearing the False News of Shirin’s Death
Amar Das BhattiLinkedCulture matchlcp-64e1c2061855
- Date
- c. 1810
- Medium
- gum tempera and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Rajput Kingdom of Jodhpur
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 314504
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
A man’s lifeless body is being observed by a group of women. A kneeling woman with a halo and wearing fine garments is Shirin, the beloved of the dead man, Farhad. Farhad cut a canal of milk through a mountain pass as a proof of his love, but on hearing the false news of her demise, he jumped off the mountain and killed himself. An Islamic town characterized by domes can be seen in the diminishing background.
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- Credit line
- Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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