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Portrait of a seated dignitary holding a manuscript
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Portrait of a seated dignitary holding a manuscript
North In…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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Description
Portrait of a seated dignitary holding a manuscript
North India, Second half of the 18th century
Opaque gold and silver pigments on paper,
mounted on an album page.
Page: 29.4 × 22.5 cm (11.6 × 8.9 in.);
Painting: 17.7 × 11.3 cm (7 × 4.4 in.).
Provenance
Collection of the late Dr. Robert Douat (1926-2004), collector of Indian paintings.
This portrait is part of the tradition of late 18th-century Mughal court portraiture, heir to the great models established under Akbar and Shah Jahan, and adapted by the provincial workshops of Lucknow, Murshidabad and Delhi from the mid-18th century onwards. The subject - a learned dignitary or man of the court, depicted pro!l
The attributes (striped turban, gold-embroidered floral jama, precious belt) and objects in the foreground (sword with ornate scabbard, spittoon and pandan on bidri tray) indicate both the rank of the model and his or her cultural refinement.
Portrait of a seated dignitary holding a manuscript, North India, late Mughal school, second half of the 18th century.
Opaque pigments on paper, mounted as an album page with wide salmon-pink margins flecked with gold and framed by a deep blue band of gold floral scrollwork. The bearded sitter, shown in profile on a balustraded terrace, wears a white jama delicately strewn with gold floral motifs and a striped turban set with jewels; an ornate sword in its scabbard, a spittoon and a pandan on a bidri tray are arranged at his feet. The composition belongs to the codified tradition of Mughal court portraiture as developed in the workshops of Lucknow, Murshidabad and Delhi in the later 18th century.
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