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Johnson 27,9
- Record Id:
- 041-003286859
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00019e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 27,9
- Title:
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Humayun (1530-40, 1555-6) receiving courtiers
- Scope & Content:
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The emperor Humayun (1530-56) receiving courtiers.
Mughal, c.1570-80.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Numbered 41 in Persian inventory note.
Gouache with gold on cotton; on an album leaf with a border made up of five ‘baits’ of’ masnavi’ verse in ‘nasta'liq’; outer blue margin decorated in gold with scenes of Bhils in a landscape; paper extensions.
249 by 143 mm; page 338 by 238 mm.
Reverse: a page from a manuscript of the ‘Qur’an’ written in nine lines of ‘thulth’ calligraphy with a gold background (‘Qur’an, sura’ II, verses 114-18); 16th century.
The emperor is seated before a pavilion in a courtyard, his courtiers gathered round, with musicians in the right foreground, and peacocks and other birds on the roof.
Note: The practice of painting on cotton has early associations in Mughal painting. The well-known painting in the British Museum (1913.2-8.1) showing Humayun and his court, since altered to include subsequent Mughal emperors, is contemporary with Humayun and is in the same medium. But the stance and costume of the courtiers leaning on their staffs in the foreground of this picture show that it must date from Akbar's reign..
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286850
041-003286859 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 27 : Total of 19 leaves separately mounted of which 9 are Persian. The subjects all fall loosely into the category of court and genre…
Johnson 27,9 : Humayun (1530-40, 1555-6) receiving courtiers - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0028]/040-003286850[0009]/041-003286859
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/Akbar style - Start Date:
- 1570
- End Date:
- 1580
- Date Range:
- 1570-1580
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: cloth, cotton; opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.27,9
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 1
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Humayun, Mughal emperor of India, fl 1530-1556
- Subjects:
- durbars and court scenes