Cleveland Museum of Art
The Taj Mahal
Dr. John MurrayLinkedCulture matchlcp-5b3414c664e5
- Date
- c. 1858–62
- Medium
- albumen print
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Photography
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 450267
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This view of the Taj Mahal, shot from the bank of the Yamuna River, offers a dramatic contrast between the seemingly perfect white marble monument in the background and dark, ruined structures in the foreground. It sets the Taj into a broader geographic and cultural context by including nature (the river) and two cultures, one that has crumbled and another that, because it approaches aesthetic perfection, has been carefully preserved. The Taj Mahal is a monument to lost love, built by Shah Jahan in 1632–53 to house the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund
- Provenance
- ?-2000: Kanwardip Gujral Collection, Hamburg, Germany | May 5, 2000: (Christie's, South Kensington, London, England), lot 00274, sold to Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, England | 2000-2022: (Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, England), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | March 7, 2022-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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