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Johnson 16,6
- Record Id:
- 041-003286708
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000107
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171470887.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 16,6
- Title:
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European scene with Portuguese figures
- Scope & Content:
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A European scene with Portuguese figures.
Mughal, c.1595.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Persian inventory note (not numbered).
Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with borders of gold arabesques; paper extensions at top and bottom.
264 by 175 mm; page 335 by 216 mm.
Reverse: a Persian quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta'liq’ calligraphy; signed: ‘'abd al-rahim al-haravi’ and dated AH1006/AD1597-98.
Reproduced: Losty (1986), 22.
A European gentleman wearing a Portuguese-style hat is seated in a classical chair reading from a book, held by an attendant before him, the book inscribed with pseudo-European characters. A white cat sits beside the chair. In the foreground two servants, also in European costume, prepare refreshments using elaborate blue and white vessels of European design.
Note: This is one of a small group of European-influenced pictures, perhaps all by the same artist, of which another is illustrated in Martin (1912), II, pl.171; Welch (1959), fig.14; Sotheby, 12 December 1972, lot 21.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286702
041-003286708 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 16 : Total of 8 leaves separately mounted. The subjects are mostly single portraits, male and female, apparently selected for their…
Johnson 16,6 : European scene with Portuguese figures - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0017]/040-003286702[0006]/041-003286708
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100171470887.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/Akbar style - Start Date:
- 1594
- End Date:
- 1596
- Date Range:
- c 1595
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.16,6
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 8
- Publications:
- Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, by J.P. Losty and M. Roy (London, 2012), fig. 40
- Exhibitions:
- Akbar's India, Fogg Art Museum, 24 January 1986 - 10 March 1986
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)