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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1950.133
People
Attributed to Manohar, Mughal
Title
Portrait of a Nobleman
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
c. 1610-1620
Places
Creation Place: South Asia
Period
Mughal period
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216572

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
sight: 12.07 x 6.67 cm (4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Grace Nichols Strong, Francis H. Burr, and Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Funds
Accession Year
1950
Object Number
1950.133
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch and Milo Cleveland Beach, Gods, Thrones, and Peacocks Northern Indian Painting from Two Traditions, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1965), page 61, 117/figure 9
  • 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 158/Figure 56

Exhibition History

  • Portraiture in Iran and India, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/09/1983 - 02/01/1984
  • Gods, Thrones, and Peacocks - Revisited: Northern Indian Miniatures from two Traditions, Fifteenth to Nineteenth Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/31/1990 - 06/10/1990
  • The Ottomans and their Contemporaries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/21/1992 - 05/17/1992
  • Where Traditions Meet: Painting in India from the 15th-17th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/05/2003 - 12/07/2003

Verification Level

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