Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

ca. 1590 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, calligraphy panel, ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Calligraphy
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour, ink and gold on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Gold
Paint
Paper
Gold
Ink
Painted
Brief description
Painting, calligraphy panel, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1590
Physical description
Painting, calligraphy panel, ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.9cm
  • Width: 18.5cm
Content description
Calligraphy panel.
Styles
Mughal Court
Mughal
Credit line
Bequeathed by the Hon. Dame Ada Macnaghten
Subjects depicted
Calligraphy
Krishna
Associated object
IS.2-1970 (Verso)
Bibliographic references
  • Das, Asok Kumar, Dawn of Mughal Painting, Bombay, 1982, plate VII, p. 22
  • Skelton, Robert, "Mughal Painting from Harivamsa Manuscript", The Victoria and Albert Museum Yearbook, no. 2, 1970, p. 42
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.2:2-1970

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Record createdSeptember 11, 2013
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1272634/painting-unknown/
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