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India. Benares. Aurangzeb's Mosque, after a photo by Dr. Kurt Boeck
Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890-1910)c. 1890-1910
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, a very pious Muslim, had this enormous mosque built in a blend of Islamic and Hindu architectural styles. It was constructed in the late 17th century on the site of one of the most sacred ancient Hindu temples in the city of Varanasi (formerly Benares).
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- Title: India. Benares. Aurangzeb's Mosque, after a photo by Dr. Kurt Boeck
- Creator: Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890-1910)
- Date Created: c. 1890-1910
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 20.5 x 26.7 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 20.5 x 26.7 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Mounted: 25.4 x 29.8 cm (10 x 11 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: Collection of Gunther Heil, Germany, Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.185
- Medium: Photochrom
- Inscriptions: Imprinted in type on recto: “20.026.P.Z.-BENARES.AURUNGZEB’S MOSQUE, Written in pencil on verso of mount: “5 (circled and scribbled out)/1 (circled) GUR AUPP”
- Fun Fact: The Taj Mahal was created as a tomb for Aurangzeb’s mother.
- Department: Photography
- Culture: India, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
- Collection: PH - Misc. 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2019.185
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