Painting
ca. 1610 - ca. 1620 (made)
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This painting from the collection of Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) depicts a leading wrestler at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627). Jahangir's inscription to the right of the portrait identifies it as the work of the artist Manohar, and the subject as a court wrestler who had been given the honorific name 'Fil-e safid', or White Elephant.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper, with gold on border |
| Brief description | Painting, Mughal court wrestler, by Manohar, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1610-1620, mounted on later album page |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, with gold on border, depicting a Mughal courtier, a wrestler nicknamed 'the white elephant'. He stands against a plain green ground on paper mounted on a later album page. His face faces three-quarters to the front, facing right; his feet are shown in profile and his shoulders tilt slightly to the right. His stocky figure is clad in a white turban, white muslin jama and deep pink trousers. He wears two sashes. |
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| Content description | A Mughal courtier, a wrestler nicknamed 'the white elephant'. He stands against a plain green ground on paper mounted on a later album page. His face faces three-quarters to the front, facing right; his feet are shown in profile and his shoulders tilt slightly to the right. His stocky figure is clad in a white turban, white muslin jama and deep pink trousers. He wears two sashes. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (handwritten on object)
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund |
| Object history | From the collecton of Sir William Rothenstein. |
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| Summary | This painting from the collection of Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) depicts a leading wrestler at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627). Jahangir's inscription to the right of the portrait identifies it as the work of the artist Manohar, and the subject as a court wrestler who had been given the honorific name 'Fil-e safid', or White Elephant. |
| Associated object | IS.217:2-1951 (Verso) |
| Bibliographic reference | Susan Stronge, Painting for the Mughal Emperor, V&A Publications 2002, pl. 109, p. 141. |
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| Accession number | IS.217-1951 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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