Painting
ca. 1600 (made)
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This Mughal painting that once belonged to a manuscript and was later mounted for inclusion in an album has no descriptive text. This means that neither the subject nor the book to which it once belonged can be precisely identified. It is in the style of Mughal court painting of the late 16th or early 17th century and was almost certainly done for a patron within the court. It characteristically combines stylisation with observations from the contemporary world, including a female construction worker in the construction of the city. The painting was owned in the early 20th century by the collector Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, manuscript page, workmen and women constructing a building, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, ca. 1600 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, workmen and women constructing a building. From an unidentified manuscript, mounted on a later album page with gold-flecked borders. |
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| Content description | Workmen erecting a palace. |
| Style | |
| Gallery label | THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MONUMENT
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Mughal
c. 1590, mounted on an 18th century album page
IS.95-1965
This painting from a lost manuscript has no descriptive text. This means that neither the subject nor the book to which it once belonged can be precisely identified. It was almost certainly painted for a Mughal court patron and characteristically combines stylisation with observations from the contemporary world, including a female construction worker. The painting was previously owned by the collector Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill(01/08/2017) |
| Object history | From the collection of the late Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C. Bought from the Trustees. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This Mughal painting that once belonged to a manuscript and was later mounted for inclusion in an album has no descriptive text. This means that neither the subject nor the book to which it once belonged can be precisely identified. It is in the style of Mughal court painting of the late 16th or early 17th century and was almost certainly done for a patron within the court. It characteristically combines stylisation with observations from the contemporary world, including a female construction worker in the construction of the city. The painting was owned in the early 20th century by the collector Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill. |
| 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. 161, cat. no. 230 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.95-1965 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2003 |
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