1937.14: Portrait of a Mughal Nobleman
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1937.14
- Title
- Portrait of a Mughal Nobleman
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 18th-19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India
- Period
- Mughal period
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216926
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.1 x 6.8 cm (5 3/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
- Accession Year
- 1937
- Object Number
- 1937.14
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- In the center of the page is a drawing of a standing nobleman in profile. He wears a turban, a jama (robe), a scarf, and a waist sash (patka) with a punch dagger (katar) tucked into it. Tucked under his left arm is a rectangular packet that is highlighted in gold. The figure’s hands are clasped through the bars of his punch dagger.
Verification Level
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