Attributed to Farrukh Beg (active early 1580s–1619) Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (overall): 30.3 x 20.3 cm (11 15/16 x 8 in)
Type:
Album
Origin:
Bijapur, Karnataka state, Deccan plateau, India
Date:
ca. 1600
Period:
Adil Shahi dynasty, Reign of Ibrahim Adil Shah II
Court:
Bijapur Court
School/Tradition:
Deccani school
Description:
Verso: a calligraphic panel along the right side contains a Persian inscription with the information "written in Farahabad, capital of the realm of the Sultan," Farahabad was the summer residence of Shah Abbas of Iran. The panel along the left side reads "by the order of the descendant of the prophet Mirza Muhammad Shafi." The six lines of calligraphy in the central panel contain Persian poetry, with additiional couplets spaced along the margins.
Inscriptions:
1. (Info. obtained from seller's invoice) Verso signed by Riza 'Ali and written in Farrukhabad, "capital of the realm of the sultan."
Provenance:
Michel Onou (died 1901), Istanbul and Athens [1]
To 1997
Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York City, to 1997
From 1997
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd. in 1997
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Note 3, Vidya Dehejia, July 1997, in the object record.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)
Previous custodian or owner:
Michel Onou (1835-1901)
Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd. (active 1990-2013)
