Mughal Court Mughal School Detached album folio: Nawab Amir al-Umara Zabita Khan; single-page portrait; Persian in black nasta'liq script; inscribed to Mihr Chand; inscription on the margin consists of the name of the patron and the artist. Border: The text is set in gold and black rulings in an inner frame of brown floral and leaf scroll, surrounded by a frame of dark blue, floral motifs and an outer frame of brown floral and leaf scroll mounted on a white-colored paperboard. Inner margin, amal-i Mihr Chand pesar-i Ganga Ram. "Work of Mihr Chand, son of Ganga Ram." Outer margin, Nawab Amir al-umara Zabiteh Khan Bahador. "Nawab, prince of princes, Zabiteh Khan Bahador." Arthur M. Sackler Collection Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857 (February 7 to May 6 , 2012) A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)
Authors
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1770
- Dates
- Mughal dynasty
- Format
- Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 27.6 x 18.6 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/16 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S1986.416
- Rights
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/01753b9cc9cbbd51e8a2f87b60821ff2
