. English: ccession Number 1969 Title A wandering Shaivite ascetic with his dog more viewing options Artist India, Delhi-Agra, Mughal Artist Nationality Indian Medium and Support opaque watercolor and gold on paper Object Creation Date late 16th century - early 17th c Object Creation Place Asia (continent) India (nation) Uttar Pradesh (state) Credit Line Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund Style/Group/Movement Mughal painting Inscription Inscription in Persian on the reverse: poem by Sultan Khurram (Prince Shah Jahan) dated 1020 (ca. 1610) Panel of calligraphy o
. English: ccession Number 1969 Title A wandering Shaivite ascetic with his dog more viewing options Artist India, Delhi-Agra, Mughal Artist Nationality Indian Medium and Support opaque watercolor and gold on paper Object Creation Date late 16th century - early 17th c Object Creation Place Asia (continent) India (nation) Uttar Pradesh (state) Credit Line Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund Style/Group/Movement Mughal painting Inscription Inscription in Persian on the reverse: poem by Sultan Khurram (Prince Shah Jahan) dated 1020 (ca. 1610) Panel of calligraphy on the back Quatrain in Shah Jahan's hand signed 'Sultân Khurram' and dated 1020/1611-12 Period Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756 AD) Dimensions cm x cm (8 1/8 in. x 5 3/16 in.) Century 16th-17th century Primary Object Classification and Primary Object Type Painting figure painting Physical Description This work is a double-sided page from a bound album. The painting, depicting a Hindu ascetic walking with his dog in a pastoral landscape, has been placed in a border, decorated with a floral scroll painted in gold on a blue or pale orange ground; a similar border surrounds a calligraphy panel on the reverse side. The border and the calligraphy panel are both somewhat later in date than the painting itself. The painting of the ascetic and his dog is pasted onto an album page. It is surrounded by a series of gold floral borders alternating blue and saffron-colored backgrounds. Wearing a brown poncho-like garment and carrying a fan in his right hand and a bag of his belongings, the lead attached to his white dog, and some tools in his left, he strides through the landscape. He wears sandals and has long brown matted locks of hair and a graying beard. The landscape consists of intersecting rounded forms in shades of green and yellow, surmounted by trees along the top and with a larger blue-foliaged tree to the right near the horizon. At the bottom a diagonal of yellowish
Size: 1789px × 2794px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -, ., /., 16th, 17th, century, delhi-agra, early, india, late, mugh
