Object Details
- Court
- Mughal Court
- School/Tradition
- Mughal school
- Provenance
- To 1907
- Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1907 [1]
- From 1907 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, in 1907 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original List of Persian and Indian Drawings, pg. 106, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. F1907.761 - F1907.766 were originally purchased from Dikran Kelekian as group of six subjects on one mount. The original mount has an inscription and stamp of a Russian collection on both the obverse and reverse on the lower part of the mount (see Curatorial Remark 5, Debra Diamond, February 3, 2011, in the object record).
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- ca. 1620
- Period
- Mughal dynasty
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Color and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4.9 x 3 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/16 in)
- Type
- Painting
