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Painting

ca. 1715 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, portrait of the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, ruler of Delhi (1712-1719). The Emperor is seated on a low golden throne sheltered by a gold canopy with rolled-up blinds of flowered brocade. He faces right, is heavily bearded and wears a turban and outer robe of green and red brocade; chains of pearls and other stones encircle the neck and the turban. He holds a rose in one hand and in the other a black fly-whisk. The background is green; in the sky above are two winged figures bearing offering bowls in their hands.


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Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1715
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, portrait of the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, ruler of Delhi (1712-1719). The Emperor is seated on a low golden throne sheltered by a gold canopy with rolled-up blinds of flowered brocade. He faces right, is heavily bearded and wears a turban and outer robe of green and red brocade; chains of pearls and other stones encircle the neck and the turban. He holds a rose in one hand and in the other a black fly-whisk. The background is green; in the sky above are two winged figures bearing offering bowls in their hands.
Dimensions
  • Height: 462mm
  • Height: 299mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
The Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, ruler of Delhi (1712-1719). The Emperor is seated on a low golden throne sheltered by a gold canopy with rolled-up blinds of flowered brocade. He faces right, is heavily bearded and wears a turban and outer robe of green and red brocade; chains of pearls and other stones encircle the neck and the turban. He holds a rose in one hand and in the other a black fly-whisk. The background is green; in the sky above are two winged figures bearing offering bowls in their hands.
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Credit line
Purchased from Arhur Churchill, Esq., 10 Dover Street, W
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IM.102-1922

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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