2009.202.209: Portrait of a Male Head in Profile
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2009.202.209
- Title
- Portrait of a Male Head in Profile
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 17th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India
- Period
- Mughal period
- Culture
- Mughal
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/217619
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.1 x 6 cm (3 3/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1983 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.
Notes:
Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1983.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
- Accession Year
- 2009
- Object Number
- 2009.202.209
- 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 portrait of a man’s head in profile, facing right. He wears a turban and has a faint beard and a thick mustache. His side burn is a long, fine tendril. In the top left corner is a blooming plant. There are traces of blooming plants at the top corner and middle of the right side.
Verification Level
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