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Walters Ms. W.714, Single leaf of a Mughal emperor with a document

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Shelf mark

W.714


Manuscript

Single leaf of a Mughal emperor with a document


Text title
Mughal emperor with a document

Abstract

This painting depicts a Mughal emperor, yet to be identified, seated in an inlaid chair of European design, on the bank of a brook in a rocky landscape. He is reading an unrolled document which may have been presented to him by the figure standing to his left. The standing figure bears some physiognomic resemblance to portraits of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 963-1014 AH / 1556-1605 CE). On the ground between the two figures is a crown and garment. A figure on horseback makes the gesture of surprise in the background. The painting was executed in India during the twelfth or thirteenth century AH / eighteenth or nineteenth CE. The polychrome floral borders surrounding the image are not much later than the image itself.


Date

12th-13th century AH / 18th-19th CE


Origin

India


Form

Leaf


Genre

Historical


Language:

No linguistic content; Not applicable


Support material

Paper

Mounted on pasteboard


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

23.5 cm wide by 35.5 cm high


Layout
  1. Image: 10.8 cm wide by 18.8 cm high

Contents:
fols. W.714a - W.714b:
  1. Title: Mughal emperor with a document
  2. Decoration note: Polychrome borders with floral motifs

Decoration:

fol. W.714a:

  1. W.714, fol. W.714a
  2. Title: Mughal emperor with a document
  3. Form: Illustration

fol. W.714b:

  1. W.714, fol. W.714b
  2. Title: Mughal emperor with a document (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.