Prince Aurangzeb Standing in a Landscape

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CultureIndian

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Prince Aurangzeb Standing in a Landscape

Datec. 1800

MediumOpaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper

DimensionsSheet (at open): 12 1/16 × 7 11/16 in. (30.7 × 19.5 cm)
Frame: 19 1/8 × 14 7/16 × 1 5/8 in. (48.6 × 36.7 × 4.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment

Object number2025.865

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Asian Art

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PAINTING

ProvenanceWilliam Fraser, 1784-1835; by descent, the Fraser family; [Simon Ray Limited, London,2025]; purchased by MFAH, 2025.
Exhibition HistoryPublished and Exhibited from November 1-30, 2025 in Simon Ray; Indian and Islamic Works of Art, Catalogue 2025, p172-175
Published References The proposed work is a copy of the follow painting by Bichitr. Sotheby’s, Persian and Indian Manuscripts and Miniatures from the collection formed by the British Rail Pension Fund, 23 April 1996, lot 9; and Sotheby’s, Fine Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 17 October 1983, lot 65. Figure 1. Portrait of prince Aurangzeb holding a sword and sarpech,by Bichitr, c.1640 Sotheby’s, Persian and Indian Manuscripts and Miniatures from the collection formed by the British Rail Pension Fund, 23 April 1996, lot 9 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

In the bottom left quadrant of the portrait is an inscription in black ink in nasta’liq. A small inscription at the hem of his jama identifies the figure as shabih-i Aurangzeb (“likeness of Aurangzeb”).

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Catalogue raisonnéPublished and Exhibited from November 1-30, 2025 in Simon Ray; Indian and Islamic Works of Art, Catalogue 2025, p172-175

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