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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.294.A-B
People
Attributed to Manohar, Mughal
Title
Two Illustrations from the “Gulistan” of Sa’di (mounted together): Judgement of a Prisoner (above), and A Liar Exposed at Court (below)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Two illustrations from the “Gulistan” of Sa’di (mounted together) above: The Undoing of the Ill-Natured Vazir, attrib. to Manohar; below: A Fraudulent Pilgrim Rejected from Court, attrib. to Mirza Ghulam.
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1610
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India
Period
Mughal period
Culture
Mughal
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/212223

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 19.8 cm (10 7/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. in memory of Eric Schroeder
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.294.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch, "Early Mughal Miniature Paintings From Two Private Collections Shown at the Fogg Art Museum", Ars Orientalis; The Arts of Islam and the East, Freer Gallery of Art / Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C., 1959), Vol. 3, 133 - 146, Plate 11/Figure 18
  • Stuart Cary Welch, The Art of Mughal India: Painting & Precious Objects, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1963), p. 166, no. 25 A & B, pl. 25 A & B
  • Milo Cleveland Beach and Stuart Cary Welch, The Grand Mogul: Imperial Painting in India, 1600-1660, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, 1978), Page 69-70/Figure 19
  • Stuart Cary Welch, "A Matter of Empathy: Comical Indian Pictures", Asian Art & Culture, ed. Karen Sagstetter, Oxford University Press (UK) (New York, NY, Fall/Winter 1994), vol. 7, no. 1, Page 88/Figure 9

Exhibition History

  • The Heavenly Court: Persian Poetry and Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/09/1985 - 03/31/1985
  • An Imperial Vision. The Art of Mughal India, 1526-1658, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/17/1992 - 12/06/1992
  • Arts of Empire: Mughal India, 1526-1705, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/17/1992 - 12/13/1992

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