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Mian Mukand Dev

Painting
ca. 1746 (made)
Artist/Maker
Nainsukh (maker)
Place of origin
Jammu (made)

An opaque watercolour painting on paper, depicting Mian Mukund Dev of Jasrota (b. 1720-d.1770) hawking. The standing portrait is positioned against a greyish-green ground under a starry sky complete with crescent moon.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Royalty
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleMian Mukand Dev (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Mian Mukand Dev of Jasrota, hawking, by Nainsukh, opaque watercolour on paper, Jammu, ca. 1746
Physical description
An opaque watercolour painting on paper, depicting Mian Mukund Dev of Jasrota (b. 1720-d.1770) hawking. The standing portrait is positioned against a greyish-green ground under a starry sky complete with crescent moon.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 268mm
  • Page width: 181mm
  • Image height: 203mm
  • Image width: 114mm
19/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Mian Mukund Dev of Jasrota (b. 1720-d.1770) hawking. The standing portrait is positioned against a greyish-green ground under a starry sky complete with crescent moon.
Styles
Pahari
Jammu
Gallery label
MIAN MUKUND DEV OF JASROTA WITH A GOSHAWK By Nainsukh Opaque watercolour and gold on paper Jasrota, Punjab Hills c. 1746 IS.185-1951 From the collection of Sir William Rothenstein Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and the Art Fund Nainsukh (c. 1710-78) belonged to a family of painters who originated from Guler in the Punjab Hills. In this painting Mukund Dev holds and strokes the breast feathers of a goshawk, a powerful raptor commonly depicted in Indian paintings. He wears a glove to protect his hand from the bird’s sharp talons, and a spare one hangs at his back.(01/08/2017)
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history
Previously in the Rothenstein Collection.
Subjects depicted
Ruler
Hunting
Hawk
Mian Mukund Dev
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, WG. Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills: a survey and history of Pahari miniatures. 2 vols. London and New York, 1973. B. N. Goswamy, Nainsukh of Guler. A great Indian painter from a small hill-state. ARtibus Asiae Publishers Supplementum XLI, Museum Rietberg Zurich Switzerland, cat 24, 96-97
  • Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p. 197, cat. no. 27.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.185-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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