Shah Jahan
Painting
ca. 1620 (made)
ca. 1620 (made)
| Place of origin |
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Shah Jahan seated under a canopy, holding one of his four sons. The child may be Aurangzeb, born in the autumn of 1618.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Shah Jahan (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Shah Jahan, holding son, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1620 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Shah Jahan seated under a canopy, holding one of his four sons. The child may be Aurangzeb, born in the autumn of 1618. |
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| Content description | Shah Jahan seated under a canopy, holding one of his four sons. |
| Style | |
| Object history | Formerly in the collections of Warren Hastings (Govenor-General of India 1774-1785) and Captain E. G. Spencer-Churchill. Sold to the museum (with other paintings in the Spencer-Churchill collection) in 1965. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Associated object | IS.90:2-1965 (Verso) |
| Bibliographic reference | Pratapaditya Pal, Janice Leoshko, Joseph M. Dye, III, Stephen Markel. Romance of the Taj Mahal, Time Books International, New Delhi, 1989, pl. 21 p. 30
Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds. Arts of India: 1550-1900. text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : V&A Publications, 1990. 240 p., ill. ISBN 1851770224, p.93, no.70.
Ebba Koch, The Complete Taj Mahal and the Riverfront Gardens of Agra, London: Thames & Hudson, 2006, fig. 14 p. 18 (detail). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.90-1965 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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