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Unknown Maker, Indian

Portrait of a Lady

Maker

Unknown Maker, Indian

Culture

Indian

Title

Portrait of a Lady

Period

Mughal

Year

1600s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: India

Dimensions

15.6 x 8.9 cm (6 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed number in ink on label adhered to side B, top left:P687A; On reverse:page of nasta'liq script in black on cream-colored ground with intervening isles of gold containing decoration of flowers

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

17.478

Type

Exhibition History

Real and Imagined
Japanese Warrior Prints
Dec 07, 2018 – May 05, 2019
Ottoman Turkish Art
Sep 25, 1987 – Jan 24, 1988
Indian Art for the RISD Collection
Aug 23, 1985 – Mar 09, 1986

Label copy

The Mughal emperors of India were avid compilers of albums in which couplets of Persian poetry, used as a vehicle for the calligraphers virtuosity, were interspersed with miniature paintings, and occasionally even exotic items such as fragments of European prints. These albums were in effect the museums of their time, for they frequently contained the precious works of past masters of Islamic calligraphy and painting.

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Unknown Maker, Indian
Portrait of a Lady, 1600s
Ink and watercolor on paper
15.6 x 8.9 cm (6 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 17.478

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