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Painting

1607 (made)
Artist/Maker
Inayat (maker)
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting a Himalayan wild goat.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Paint
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Gold
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Himalayan wild goat, by Inayat, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, 1607
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting a Himalayan wild goat.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.4cm
  • Width: 19cm
Content description
A Himalayan wild goat
Style
Mughal Court
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lady Wantage
Object history
Part of the bequest of the Right Honourable Harriet Sarah Baroness Wantage, of Locking House, Wantage Berks, widow of the first and last Baron Wantage, V.C., K.C.B., V.D.

R.P. 1920-8342, 1920-5869, 1921-3081, 1921-177
Subject depicted
Goat
Bibliographic references
  • 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. 105, cat. no. 38
  • Clarke, C. Stanley; Indian Drawings: Thirty Mogul Paintings of the School of Jehangir and Four Panels of Calligraphy ini the Wantage Bequest. London 1922 No. 19, pl. 13
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.138-1921

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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