Mughal Court Mughal School This page formed folio 286 of a manuscript which originally consisted of 361 folios. The illustration is on the recto (according to the Persian system), with three lines of text in naskh script above and below; and 13 lines of text on the reverse. To 1959 The Estate of the Honorable Breckenridge Long, Laurel, Maryland, to 1959 [1] From 1959 Unidentified buyer, purchased at auction, William D. Morley, Inc., Philadelphia, October 7, 1959, lot no. 2303 [2] Edwin Binney, 3rd, Brookline, MA [3] William K. Ehrenfeld (died 2005), San Francisco [4] From 1991 Freer Gallery of Art, purchased at auction, Sotheby's, New York, October 28, 1991, lot no. 2 [5] Notes: [1] According to Curatorial Note 6, Milo C. Beach, November 1991, in the object record. [2] See note 1. [3] See Indian Miniature Painting from the Collections of Edwin Binney, 3rd: I. The Mughal and Deccani Schools (Portland Art Museum, 1973), no. 12a (according to Curatorial Note 6, Milo C. Beach, November 1991, in the object record). [4] See Daniel J. Ehnbom, Indian Miniatures - The Ehrenfeld Collection (Hudson Hills Press, 1985) (according to Curatorial Note 6, Milo C. Beach, November 1991, in object record). [5] See Curatorial Note 6, Milo C. Beach, November 1991, in object record. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Masterworks of Indian Painting (December 13, 1997 to June 13, 1998) South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000) Hon. Breckenridge Long Edwin Binney 3rd (1925-1986) Dr. William K. Ehrenfeld (1935-2005) Sotheby's (New York)
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1565
- Dates
- Mughal dynasty, Reign of Akbar
- Format
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W (painting recto): 9.6 × 10.1 cm (3 3/4 × 4 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- F1991.8
- Rights
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/20da3c7ba3a48ea7d86673cc17019d6d