Saint Luke
Painting
ca. 1600 - ca. 1605 (made)
ca. 1600 - ca. 1605 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The Mughal emperors keenly collected European paintings and engravings, many of which were brought to the court in the late 16th and early 17th century by successive Jesuit missions who travelled to Delhi, Agra and Lahore from Portuguese Goa. The artists employed by the emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605) often copied these exotic works of art. The anonymous artist of this painting has based his work on an engraving of St. Luke by the German engraver and printmaker Sebald Beham (1500-1550), from his series of the Four Evangelists published in 1541 (see V&A 27765:3).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Saint Luke (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Saint Luke, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1600-1605 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, St Luke, a bearded figure in a blue robe and black hat with long-sleeved pink short tunic stands in a landscape facing right. He holds a large closed book under his right arm and a smaller, open book in his left hand. The painting is mounted on a later album page. |
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| Content description | St Luke, a bearded figure in a blue robe and black hat with long-sleeved pink short tunic stands in a landscape facing right. He holds a large closed book under his right arm and a smaller, open book in his left hand. |
| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | verses at top and bottom of painting (Persian; above and below the painting) |
| Credit line | Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha. |
| Object history | From the Gayer-Anderson Collection. |
| Production | From the so-called 'Salim Album' |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Association | |
| Summary | The Mughal emperors keenly collected European paintings and engravings, many of which were brought to the court in the late 16th and early 17th century by successive Jesuit missions who travelled to Delhi, Agra and Lahore from Portuguese Goa. The artists employed by the emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605) often copied these exotic works of art. The anonymous artist of this painting has based his work on an engraving of St. Luke by the German engraver and printmaker Sebald Beham (1500-1550), from his series of the Four Evangelists published in 1541 (see V&A 27765:3). |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.218-1952 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2004 |
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