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Museum number: 1942,0124,0.2
Description: Virgin and Child; single-page drawing after an engraving by the Flemish artist Bernard van Orley (1492-1542). Dedication to Shah Salim Jahangir before his accession to the imperial throne in 1605 and artist's signature at lower left above figure's knee. Void background. Inscribed. Ink, gold and watercolour on paper.
Producer name: Made by: Ghulám-i Sháh Salím; School of/style of: Bernard van Orley
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Cultures/periods
Production date: 1605-1627; 1610 (circa)
Production place: Made in: India
Excavator/field collector
Materials: paper; gold
Technique: drawn; tinted; gilded
Dimensions: Height: 10.10 centimetres (image); Height: 19.40 centimetres (sheet); Width: 6.90 centimetres (image); Width: 16 centimetres (sheet)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Pinder-Wilson 1976 / Paintings from the Muslim courts of India: an exhibition held in the Prints & Drawings Gallery, British Museum (pp.61-62, cat.88); Rogers 1993 / Mughal Miniatures (Eastern Art) (p. 20, fig. 4); Okada 1992 / Indian Miniatures of the Mughal Court (p. 114, fig. 124)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1976 13 Apr-11 Jul, BM, 'Paintings from the Muslim Courts of India'
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: Jesus Christ; Associated with: Ghulám-i Sháh Salím; Associated with: Bernard van Orley
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Funder name
Acquisition date: 1942
Acquisition notes: Collected by Viscount Wellesley in 1794 (after the old draft register, p. 171)
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 1942,0124,0.2

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