Publication Date
Approximately 1707-12 AD
Publication Place
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Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الصفحة : 25.8 × 31.5 سم ، اللوحة : 20.8 × 31.5 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
MSS 874
Record ID
object;EPM;uk;Mus21;35;ar
Library Location
Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date
Approximately 1707-12 AD
Notes
Timur occupies the center position in this group portrait. From front and left are the emperors Shah Jahan, Akbar and Babur with Abu Sa'id, ruler of Samarkand and Timur's son Miranshah. To the right are the emperors Aurangabad, Janjir and Humayun and two of Timur's other sons, Omar Sheikh and Muhammad Sultan. The characters are identified with phrases written in gold. The location of the painting is a balcony overlooking the garden with cypress trees. People kneel on a richly flowered carpet with valuable objects including two unusual incense burners and an enameled table with two Chinese porcelain flowers. The details in the drawing are so precise that the smoke emanating from the two incense burners can be seen. Although the composition should be dated from the beginning of Aurangabad’s rule, the style of the painting says that its date is the eighteenth century and that it was painted by Bhawani Das. His signature appears on the nearly identical hexagon table in a painting from the Penny Collection.
Sample Text
“Rulers of the Mughal dynasty from Babur to Aurangabad with their ancestor Timur attributed to Bhawani Das” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;35;ar
