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Shah Jahan and three sons

Painting
ca. 1635 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Emperor Shah Jahan and three of his sons and courtiers, mounted on elephants, approaching an idgah (open air mosque) for a Muslim festival, possibly at Ajmer.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Royalty
Pageants and Ceremonies
Religion
Islam
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleShah Jahan and three sons (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Shah Jahan and three sons, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, ca. 1635
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Emperor Shah Jahan and three of his sons and courtiers, mounted on elephants, approaching an idgah (open air mosque) for a Muslim festival, possibly at Ajmer.
Content description
Emperor Shah Jahan and three of his sons and courtiers, mounted on elephants, approaching an idgah (open air mosque) for a Muslim festival, possibly at Ajmer.
Subjects depicted
Mosque
Festival
Ruler
Courtiers
Elephants
Soldiers
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.20-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433982/shah-jahan-and-three-sons-painting-unknown/
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