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Drawing

early 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing in pen and ink on paper, depicting a bearded long-haired ascetic seated under a tree, before whom a devotee kneels with hands raised together. The border has animals and plants in gold with calligraphy in white within cartouches.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn in ink on paper; gold leaf on border
Brief description
Drawing, ascetic beneath tree with later ascription to Nanha in black ink in lower margin, ink on paper with gold-decorated margins and calligraphy in white within cartouches, Mughal, c. 1620-50
Physical description
Drawing in pen and ink on paper, depicting a bearded long-haired ascetic seated under a tree, before whom a devotee kneels with hands raised together. The border has animals and plants in gold with calligraphy in white within cartouches.
Dimensions
  • Height: 265mm
  • Width: 165mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 65mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 67mm
07/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A bearded long-haired ascetic seated under a tree, before whom a devotee kneels with hands raised together.
Style
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
In the image of man : the Indian perception of the universe through 2000 years of painting and sculpture : [exhibition / organized by Catherine Lampert assisted by Rosalie Cass]. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson :in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1982 Number: 0297780719, 0297781243 (pbk.) p. 171, cat. no. 268
Collection
Accession number
IS.229-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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