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album
;
drawing
Object Type
album
drawing
Museum number
1920,0917,0.281.1
Description
Portrait of a young man reading a book; single-page drawing on a detached album folio. The youth is standing against a white flowering tree holding a book with his left hand outstretched. Birds flit about and perch on the tree. Ink, gold and opaque watercolours on paper.
Producer name
School of/style of:
Aqa Riza Jahangiri
School/style
Mughal Style
Cultures/periods
Mughal dynasty
Production date
1600
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
India (pre-1947)
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
15.30 centimetres
(drawing)
Width:
8.90 centimetres
(drawing)
Bibliographic references
Pinder-Wilson 1976 / Paintings from the Muslim courts of India: an exhibition held in the Prints & Drawings Gallery, British Museum
(cat.101, p.66)
Rogers 1993 / Mughal Miniatures (Eastern Art)
(p. 61, fig 36)
Blochet 1929 / Musulman painting, XIIth-XVIIth century
(fig CXCI)
Binyon 1925 / Asiatic art in the British Museum (sculpture and painting)
(fig LIV)
Rogers 1983a / Islamic Art and Design, 1500-1700
(67)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2005 27 Oct-2006 31 Jan, Haengso Museum, Keimyung University, Daegu, Treasures of the World's Cultures 2005 25 Jul-8 Oct, Busan Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures 2005 11 Apr-10 Jul, Seoul Arts Centre, Treasures of the World's Cultures 1976 13 Apr-11 Jul, BM, 'Paintings from the Muslim Courts of India'
Subjects
book/newspaper
bird
tree/bush
reading/writing
Associated names
Associated with:
Aqa Riza Jahangiri
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Acquisition date
1920
Acquisition notes
Transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books (OMPB).
Department
Middle East
Registration number
1920,0917,0.281.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 15 Feb 2005
Treatment
: 08 May 2007
Treatment
: 15 May 2007
Treatment
: 07 Nov 2003
Treatment
: 26 Jun 2003