Author
Indian
Publication Date
1600-1625 (Mughal)
Publication Place
India (Place of Origin) -
Subject
India, Nepal, and Tibet, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
H: 12 x W: 7 15/16 in. (30.5 x 20.2 cm); Image H: 6 9/16 x W: 4 1/16 in. (16.7 x 10.3 cm); Framed: H: 20 1/8 × W: 15 3/16 × D: 1 1/4 in. (51.12 × 38.58 × 3.18 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.903
Library Location
Not on view
Date
1600-1625 (Mughal)
Notes
Muslim emperors and other connoisseurs in India collected images of the Virgin Mary and Jesus inspired by European models. Pictures of Mary and Jesus resonated with Muslims: Islam regards Jesus as a prophet, and an entire chapter of the Qur’an is dedicated to Mary, extolling her as an ideal woman. Indian artists began experimenting with European artistic techniques during the late 16th century, when Europeans, Jesuit missionaries in particular, brought religious prints and paintings to the Mughal court and taught royal artists European techniques, such as shading to create the illusion of three-dimensionality, demonstrated here in the flowing drapery of Mary’s blue cloak.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Pearls of the Parrot of India: The Emperor Akbar's Illustrated "Khamsa," 1597-1598. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sergi Yılı
2005-2006
Bağış/Edinim
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2002
