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Recto: Figures capturing wild elephants Verso: Portraits of nobles and courtiersfront

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Recto: Figures capturing wild elephants Verso: Portraits of nobles and courtiers

  • Description

    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.

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
    Date
    early 17th century
    Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    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)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting,
    visual representation › album
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Frederick Henry Andrews, 1958.
    Accession no.
    EA1958.125

Location

    • First floor | Room 33 | Mughal India

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