cover image: Jahangir Giving Books to Shaykhs, from the St. Petersburg Album

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Jahangir Giving Books to Shaykhs, from the St. Petersburg Album

Mughal Court Mughal School To 1739 Mughal Imperial Library, Delhi to 1739 [1] From 1739 to late 19th century Persian Imperial Library, taken from Mughal Imperial Library at the Sack of Delhi in 1739 [2] About late 19th century Czar Nicholas II (?), Russian Imperial Collection [3] To 1931 Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1931 [4] From 1931 Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1931 [5] Notes: [1] Object file, Curatorial remarks, Milo C. Beach, March 4, 1994. [2] See note 1. [3] See note 1. [4] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Nasta’liq: The Genius of Persian Calligraphy (Saturday, September 13, 2014 - Sunday, May 03, 2015) At the Margins (June 4 to November 30, 1997) South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000) The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985) The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982) Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981) Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955) Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting, 1947 (April 23 to September 30, 1947) Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956) Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting (December 20, 1944 to April 23, 1947) Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945) Mughal Imperial Library Persian Imperial Library Czar Nicholas II (1868-1918) Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)
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Authors

Attributed to Lalchand, Imad al-Hasani (died 1615), Muhammad Hadi (Iranian, active mid-18th century), Muhammad Baqir (mid-18th century)

Collection
Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Date published
ca. 1620; borders mid
Dates
Mughal dynasty, Reign of Jahangir
Format
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Pages
H x W: 31.7 x 20.5 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/16 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
F1931.20
Rights
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/bf545732fe4de778dbf0e936519c167c

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