Harvard Art Museums > 1958.233: Virgin and Child with Angels (painting by a Portuguese artist), the central image of a folio from an album of Emperor Jahangir; mounted with an ornamental border by a Mughal artist Albums Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Virgin and Child with Angels (painting by a Portuguese artist), the central image of a folio from an album of Emperor Jahangir; mounted with an ornamental border by a Mughal artist , 1958.233,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Mar 23, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/201468. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1958.233 Title Virgin and Child with Angels (painting by a Portuguese artist), the central image of a folio from an album of Emperor Jahangir; mounted with an ornamental border by a Mughal artist Classification Albums Work Type album folio Date c. 1595-1600 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India Period Mughal period Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/201468 Physical Descriptions Medium Opaque watercolor and gold on paper Dimensions image with border: 42 x 26.5 cm (16 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet Accession Year 1958 Object Number 1958.233 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Milo Cleveland Beach and Stuart Cary Welch, The Grand Mogul: Imperial Painting in India, 1600-1660, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, 1978), Page 51, 53, 56/Figure 9 "Women and Religion", The Colby Library Quarterly, Colby Library Associates (Waterville, Maine, 1989), vol. XXV, no. 3, back cover Ellison Banks Findly, Religious Resources for Secular Power: The Case of Nur Jahan, Colby Library Quarterly, ed. Douglas Archibald, Vol. XXV, No. 3, September 1989, p. 146; back cover: ill. Gauvin Alexander Bailey, The Jesuits and the Grand Mogul: Renaissance Art at the Imperial Court of India, 1580-1630, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C., 1998), page 28/figure 19 40 Years On... Donations by John Goelet: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Miniatures and Calligraphy, Tankas and Mandala, M. T. Train and Scala Books (New York, NY, 2000), page 198, 244 Alan Chong, ed., Christianity in Asia: Sacred Art and Visual Splendour, Asian Civilisations Museum (Singapore, 2016), p. 77, fig. 7 Axel Langer, ed., In the Name of the Image: Figurative Representation in Islamic and Christian Cultures, Hatje Cantz (Berlin, 2022), cat. no. 120 Exhibition History The Enlightened Eye: Gifts from John Goelet, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/12/2000 - 05/07/2000 The Sensuous and the Sublime: Representations of Love in the Arts of the Middle East and Southern Asia, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/07/2001 - 12/30/2001 Luxury for Export: A 17th-Century Indian Textile made for Portugal, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 02/08/2008 - 05/04/2008 A Colloquium in the Visual Arts , Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
