Mughal Court Mughal School Detached album folio; Nadir Shah of Iran; single-page portrait; Persian in black nasta'liq script, inscription on the top reads: likeness of [the] auspicious Highness Nadirshah Padishah the [?]; on the side: was drawn during the auspicious visit of Shah Jahan [?]. Border: The painting is set in gold and black rulings in a blue foliate scroll, surrounded by a red and gold outer frame mounted on a cream-colored paperboard with floral motifs. On the top, "likeness of [the] auspicious Highness Nadirshah Padishah the [?]." On the side: “was drawn during the auspicious visit of Shah Jahan [?]." Arthur M. Sackler Collection Arts of Mughal India (1992) (May 24 to December 6, 1992)
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1900
- Dates
- Mughal Dynasty
- Format
- Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 30.6 x 22.9 cm (12 1/16 x 9 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S1986.439
- 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/9fd55a434bb777c12aefc806b4ba16f5
