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Painting

ca. 1562 - ca. 1577 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, opaque watercolour on cloth, fragment of an illustration to the epic romance the Hamzanama., depicting male figures in an interior.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Painting
  • Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on cloth
Brief description
Painting, two unidentified fragments from the Hamzanama, opaque watercolour on cloth, Mughal, 1562-1577
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on cloth, fragment of an illustration to the epic romance the Hamzanama., depicting male figures in an interior.
Dimensions05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Fragment of an illustration to the epic romance of the Hamzanama.
Style
Credit line
Given by Sir Leigh Ashton
Object history
Fragment of an illustration to the epic romance of the Hamzanama; acquired by Sir Leigh Ashton in Istanbul
Historical context
The 'Hamzanama' was the first major project undertaken by the new painting studio of the Mughal court. Directed by two Iranian masters brought to India by Humayun, work began under Akbar and was said to have taken fifteen years to complete, drawing from artists from all over northern Hindustan.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Seyller, John. The Adventures of Hamza. Smithsonian Institution. 2002.
Collection
Accession number
IS.170-1949

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Record createdOctober 4, 2002
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