Mughal Court Mughal School Detached album folio; The Virgin Mary at prayer, from the Impey album; text on the top cartouche in Persian, black nasta'liq script; one of a group of three folios. Border: The painting is set in gold and black rulings in a border with gold floral motifs, mounted on gold-sprinkled paperboard. Top of the page, "Image of the holy Mary." Arthur M. Sackler Collection A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)
- 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 mounted on paperboard
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 47 x 23.7 cm (18 1/2 x 9 5/16 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S1986.453
- 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/92211d9d60fc1c4393b8f030a10c45e2
