Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

ca. 1605 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the arrival of a messenger before a king, who is watching court entertainment provided by an elephant and its keepers.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Royalty
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, arrival of messenger before king, elephant, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1605
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the arrival of a messenger before a king, who is watching court entertainment provided by an elephant and its keepers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 357mm
  • Width: 220mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 240mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 141mm
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object height: 375mm
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object width: 250mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013, not possible to measure whole object, as object attached to mount
Content description
The arrival of a messenger before a king, who is watching court entertainment provided by an elephant and its keepers.
Style
Mughal
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Messenger
King
Court
Elephant
Mahout
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.179-1955

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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