Still 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.) Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.161 DID YOU KNOW? The central flower is a scarlet-colored poppy, famed for yielding opium. DESCRIPTION Studies of flower vases in the European manner became a popular subject matter in Indian miniature painting since the reign of Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605–27). The artists would copy Dutch prints, such as those by Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1862–1749), and render 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. PROVENANCE ?-2018 Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art 2018- The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH