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Walters Ms. W.711, Single leaf of a portrait of the Emperor Akbar

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Shelf mark

W.711


Manuscript

Single leaf of a portrait of the Emperor Akbar


Text title
Portrait of the Emperor Akbar

Abstract

This painting depicts the third Mughal Emperor Akbar (r. 963 AH / 1556 CE -- 1014 AH / 1605 CE). It was executed in Mughal India in the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. Akbar is shown seated on a throne and holding the crown in his hands. The inscription in Devanagari script on the left side identifies the sitter as Akbar. The image is framed by salmon and blue borders with illuminated floral motifs.


Date

12th century AH / 18th CE


Origin

India


Form

Leaf


Genre

Historical


Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Sanskrit.


Support material

Paper

Mounted on pasteboard


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

29.5 cm wide by 41.5 cm high


Layout
  1. Image: 11.0 cm wide by 17.5 cm high

Contents:
fols. W.711a - W.711b:
  1. Title: Portrait of the Emperor Akbar
  2. Decoration note: Salmon and blue borders with illuminated floral motifs

Decoration:

fol. W.711a:

  1. W.711, fol. W.711a
  2. Title: Portrait of the Emperor Akbar
  3. Form: Painting
  4. Label: This painting depicts the third Mughal Emperor Akbar (r. 963 AH / 1556 CE -- 1014 AH / 1605 CE). It was executed in Mughal India in the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. Akbar is shown seated on a throne and holding the crown in his hands. The inscription in Devanagari script on the left side identifies the sitter as Akbar. The image is framed by salmon and blue borders with illuminated floral motifs.

fol. W.711b:

  1. W.711, fol. W.711b
  2. Title: Portrait of the Emperor Akbar (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.