
-
Saint Cecilia
Nini - Enlarge image
Saint Cecilia
- Object:
Painting
- Place of origin:
Mughal Empire (made)
- Date:
first half 17th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Nini (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Lady Wantage.
- Museum number:
IM.139A-1921
- Gallery location:
In Storage
The Mughal emperors 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.This painting of the Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia is a close copy of an engraving by Jerome [Hieronymus] Wierix. The painting is mounted on a decorated page formerly bound in an album compiled for Shah Jahan.