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Walters Ms. W.700, Single leaf of a portrait of Shah Jahan

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Shelf mark

W.700


Manuscript

Single leaf of a portrait of Shah Jahan


Text title
Portrait of Shah Jahan

Abstract

This small Mughal drawing is a portrait of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shāh Jahān (d. 1076 AH / 1666 CE). It dates to the mid 11th century AH / 17th CE. The image is surrounded by a border of buff-tinted, gold-sprinkled paper.


Date

Mid 11th century AH / 17th CE


Origin

India


Form

Leaf


Genre

Historical


Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.


Support material

Paper

Mounted on pasteboard


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

12.5 cm wide by 18.0 cm high


Layout
  1. Image: 6.0 cm x 5.0 cm

Contents:
fols. W.700a - W.700b:
  1. Title: Portrait of Shah Jahan
  2. Hand note: Written in black nastaʿlīq script

Decoration:

fol. W.700a:

  1. W.700, fol. W.700a
  2. Title: Portrait of Shah Jahan
  3. Form: Drawing

fol. W.700b:

  1. W.700, fol. W.700b
  2. Title: Portrait of Shah Jahan (back)
  3. Form: Back

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest


Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara


Publisher

The Walters Art Museum


License

Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.