Not on display

Shaikh Salim Chishti

Painting
ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)
Delhi (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Shaikh Salim Chishti and three companions seated together beneath a tree in a hilly landscape.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleShaikh Salim Chishti (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Paint
Opaque Watercolour
Gold
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Shaikh Salim Chishti and companions, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, probably Delhi, ca. 1800
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Shaikh Salim Chishti and three companions seated together beneath a tree in a hilly landscape.
Dimensions
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 66mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 48mm
  • Height: 55mm
  • Width: 202mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Shaikh Salim Chishti and three companions seated together beneath a tree in a hilly landscape.
Style
Mughal
Subjects depicted
Ruler
Tree
Hills
Chishti
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
290-1871

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O434075/shaikh-salim-chishti-painting-unknown/
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