Portrait of a Court Official
Portrait of a Court Official

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Portrait of a Court Official,

second half of the 18th century

Indian
2021-300
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Title
Portrait of a Court Official
Dates

second half of the 18th century

Medium
Watercolor and wash on paper heightened with gold
Dimensions
image: 19 × 10.5 cm (7 1/2 × 4 1/8 in.) mount: 22.2 × 15.6 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Asian Art Fund
Object Number
2021-300
Place Made

Asia, India, Delhi

Culture
Indian
Type
watercolors, drawings
Materials
watercolor, wash, elements
Subject
noblemen, Mughal, figures (representations)

before 2021 Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Arthur B. Michael Fund, 1980.

9/20/2021 Sold at Sotheby’s NY Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Works of Art (lot 403);

2021-present, purchase by Princeton University Art Museum

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