Miniature Portrait of Dara Shikoh (1615-1659)
Artist
Unknown Indian
CultureIndian
Titles
- Miniature Portrait of Dara Shikoh (1615-1659)
Datec. 1640
PlaceIndia
MediumAlbum leaf; gouache with gold on paper
DimensionsSheet: 4 1/8 × 2 5/8 in. (10.5 × 6.7 cm)
Mount: 7 13/16 × 5 1/16 in. (19.8 × 12.9 cm)
Mount: 7 13/16 × 5 1/16 in. (19.8 × 12.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton
Object number2008.612
Non exposé
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Department
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Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Wiess Gallery Rotation, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2003.
Published References Published in F.R. Martin, The Miniature Paintings and Painters of Persia, India and Turkey, 1912, pl. 202 (as portrait of Sultan Parviz, brother of Shah Jahan). Then in a private collection - either that of M. Goloubeff or of Martin himself.
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