Harvard Art Museums > 1999.291: Tibetan Yak with Vignettes of Animals Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Tibetan Yak with Vignettes of Animals (Attributed to Abu’l Hasan) , 1999.291,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/217079. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1999.291 People Attributed to Abu’l Hasan, Indian Title Tibetan Yak with Vignettes of Animals Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date c. 1610 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India Period Mughal period Culture Mughal Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/217079 Physical Descriptions Medium Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Mughal Style Dimensions 8.2 x 16 cm (3 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. Accession Year 1999 Object Number 1999.291 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description A large Tibetan yak stands in profile and faces to the left. Based on the small horns that curve upright, the yak is female. It wears a bright red muzzle. The back right leg is unfinished. The painting is pasted onto a larger sheet of paper. In the corners of this larger sheet of paper are small vignettes that feature different animals among flowers and against a gold background are pasted onto the painting. Clockwise from the top left is: a ram; two long-haired goats; a nilgai, an antelope indigenous to the Indian subcontinent, and a ram; and a type of goat or ram with long upright horns. Mughal Style. Publication History Stuart Cary Welch, "Mughal and Deccani Miniature Paintings From a Private Collection", Ars Orientalis; The Arts of Islam and the East, Freer Gallery of Art / Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C., 1963), Vol. 5, 221 - 233, fig. 15, pl. 9 Stuart Cary Welch and Mark Zebrowski, A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections, exh. cat., New York Graphic SocietyNew York Graphic Society (New York, NY, 1973), Page 102/Figure 61 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 171-172/Figure 69 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
