Drawing
1556-1605 (made)
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This drawing relates closely to a fully coloured painting in a copy of Nezami's Khamsa now in the British Library and done for the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1004 AH/1595-6. It depicts Shirin entertaining Khusraw in a garden pavilion, accompanied by female attendants who play music and pour wine. Two others stand behind the couple holding a sword wrapped in cloth and a sash, both emblems of royalty. The features of Khusraw resemble those of the emperor as seen in contemporary paintings.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Drawn and painted in ink on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, scene in garden pavilion, ink and watercolour on paper, Mughal, possibly Lahore, 1556-1605 |
| Physical description | Drawing, ink on paper, with a few areas of light colour wash in red and some gold, depicts Shirin entertaining Khusraw on the roof of a circular pavilion reached by steps leading from a walled garden. Female attendants play music in the foreground at left and others prepare drinks. Two attendants standing outside the pavilion hold respectively a wrapped sword and a sash, both emblems of royalty. In the background, inside the walls, are two bullocks harnessed to a water wheel and outside the walls is a distant landscape with a city at upper left. The features of Khusraw resemble those of the Mughal emperor Akbar as depicted in contemporary manuscripts. |
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| Content description | Shirin entertaining Khusraw on the roof of a circular pavilion reached by steps leading from a walled garden. Female attendants play music in the foreground at left and others prepare drinks. Two attendants standing outside the pavilion hold respecitively a wrapped sword and a sash, both emblems of royalty. In the background, inside the walls, are two bullocks harnessed to a water wheel and outside the walls is a distant landscape with a city at upper left. The features of Khusraw resemble those of the Mughal emperor Akbar as depicted in contemporary manuscripts. |
| Style | |
| Credit line | P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest through Art Fund |
| Object history | Bequeathed by P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles |
| Historical context | The drawing matches a finished, fully coloured painting in the British Library Mughal manuscript of Nezami's Khamsa dated 1004 AH/1595-6 by Farrukh Chela and Dhanraj. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This drawing relates closely to a fully coloured painting in a copy of Nezami's Khamsa now in the British Library and done for the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1004 AH/1595-6. It depicts Shirin entertaining Khusraw in a garden pavilion, accompanied by female attendants who play music and pour wine. Two others stand behind the couple holding a sword wrapped in cloth and a sash, both emblems of royalty. The features of Khusraw resemble those of the emperor as seen in contemporary paintings. |
| Bibliographic reference | Susan Stronge, Painting for the Mughal Emperor. The art of the book 1560-1650, V&A Publications, 2002, pl. 65, p. 99. |
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| Accession number | IS.61-1949 |
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| Record created | July 26, 2005 |
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