Recto: Figures capturing wild elephants
Verso: Portraits of nobles and courtiers
Partly through growing European influence, the art of portraiture flourished under the Mughals as never before in India. Splendidly bound albums were assembled, containing portraits of princes, courtiers and others. Here six unrelated earlier portraits have been artfully joined in a group against a pale green ground with floral decoration.
Details
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Title
Recto: Figures capturing wild elephants
Verso: Portraits of nobles and courtiers -
Associated place
north India (place of creation) -
Date
early 17th century
Mughal Period (1526 - 1858) -
Material and technique
gouache on paper
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
mount 40.4 x 27.9 cm (height x width)
page 27.3 x 17.3 cm (height x width)
painting 26.7 x 16.5 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Frederick Henry Andrews, 1958.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1958.125
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