Mughal Court Mughal School Mounted in superb Jahangiri borders decorated in gold, this folio features a European miniature oil on paper, the subject an episode from the biblical story of Susanna at her bath surprised by the Elders. Album page with European miniature painting in oils on paper, inner border of floral arabesques in gold within gold and colored rules, outer margins of pink-tinted paper finely decorated in gold with landscapes featuring rocks, trees and animals, with pairs of birds finished in colors, slight defects and tears repaired at edge of outer margin, the reverse blank, reinforced with paper from a manuscript of Persian poetry. 1. (Vidya Dehejia, 18 April 1996) This folio carries the label of A. Khan Rahimi on its reverse, a Parisian art dealer of the 1920's. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing) Muraqqa: Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (May 3 to August 3, 2008) Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1595
- Dates
- Mughal dynasty, Reign of Jahangir
- Format
- Oil on paper (image); opaque watercolor and gold on paper (borders)
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 42.3 x 26.4 cm (16 5/8 x 10 3/8 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- F1996.9
- Rights
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/97b6c7d2cef1a49d916ebacd9a9e073b
