Culture: Indian, Mughal, IslamicMaterials/Techniques: gold, ink, opaque watercolor, paper, opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paperNote: Attribution: Mansur, painter (active ca. 1589–1626)Note: Provenance: Jack S. Rofe, Scotland (in 1929; sale, Sotheby's London,December 12, 1929, to Kevorkian); [ Hagop Kevorkian, New York, 1929–55; gift and sale to MMA]. Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955.Note: Inscription: Signature: 55.121.10.14 recto: ; In Persian, in lower left of central panel: The slave Mir 'Ali. ; Inscription: 55.121.10.14 verso: ; Persian Inscription, in lower part of second border (in Jahangir's hand): "Work of Ustad Mansur" ; Marking: 55.121.10.14 verso: ; Margin number '43' is inscribed in the gilt margin.
Culture: Indian, Mughal, IslamicMaterials/Techniques: gold, ink, opaque watercolor, paper, opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paperNote: Attribution: Mansur, painter (active ca. 1589–1626)Note: Provenance: Jack S. Rofe, Scotland (in 1929; sale, Sotheby's London,December 12, 1929, to Kevorkian); [ Hagop Kevorkian, New York, 1929–55; gift and sale to MMA]. Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955.Note: Inscription: Signature: 55.121.10.14 recto: ; In Persian, in lower left of central panel: The slave Mir 'Ali. ; Inscription: 55.121.10.14 verso: ; Persian Inscription, in lower part of second border (in Jahangir's hand): "Work of Ustad Mansur" ; Marking: 55.121.10.14 verso: ; Margin number '43' is inscribed in the gilt margin.
This miniature is one of a series dating from a late sixteenth-century Mughal manuscript entitled Akhbar-i Barmakiyan, a work believed to have been written in the 10th/11th centuries A.D. and translated from Arabic into Persian by the fourteenth-century translator Ziya ud-Din Barani. The work concerns the history of the Barmakid dynasty, and chronicles "the generosity and clerical efficacy" of a family that rose to considerable power during the early years of the Abbasid Caliphate. (from Sotheby's catalog entry, 28 April 2004, Lot 55)16 illustrated leaves from this manuscript were sold by Sotheby's in London, 1st July 1969, lots 83-98 (including this miniature). Two others were in the Warren Hastings Album (subsequently Phillipps MS.14170) sold 26th November, 1968 lots 376 and 377. Two illustrated leaves were sold by Sotheby's in New York 15-16 April 1985, lot 445, and 21-22 March 1990, lot 8, the latter formerly in the collection of Ed. Binney, 3rd. Leaves from this manuscript are found in the collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan as published in Welch and Welch, 1982 and Canby 1998. (from Sotheby's catalog entry, 28 April 2004, Lot 55)According to the text the prisoner turns his face to heaven and confesses to God that he has been a sinner. Presumably this is Yahya Barmaki who is in prison after he has fallen out of favour with the caliph. (from Sotheby's catalog entry, 1 July 1969, Lot 93)Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, ink, paperNote: Provenance: A number of illustrated leaves from this manuscript are thought to have been brought to Britain by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792).
The Mughal figure is wearing brown, black and gold garments, and converses with a Hindu figure clothed in a green jameh, orange turban, and a white scarf. Published in Welch, Stuart C. “Early Mughal Miniature Paintings from Two Private Collections Shown at the Fogg Art Museum.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 3, 1959, pp. 133–146.Culture: Islamic, MughalMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, paper
The Mughal figure is wearing brown, black and gold garments, and converses with a Hindu figure clothed in a green jameh, orange turban, and a white scarf. Published in Welch, Stuart C. “Early Mughal Miniature Paintings from Two Private Collections Shown at the Fogg Art Museum.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 3, 1959, pp. 133–146.Culture: Islamic, MughalMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, paper
The Mughal figure is wearing brown, black and gold garments, and converses with a Hindu figure clothed in a green jameh, orange turban, and a white scarf. Published in Welch, Stuart C. “Early Mughal Miniature Paintings from Two Private Collections Shown at the Fogg Art Museum.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 3, 1959, pp. 133–146.Culture: Islamic, MughalMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, paper
The Mughal figure is wearing brown, black and gold garments, and converses with a Hindu figure clothed in a green jameh, orange turban, and a white scarf. Published in Welch, Stuart C. “Early Mughal Miniature Paintings from Two Private Collections Shown at the Fogg Art Museum.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 3, 1959, pp. 133–146.Culture: Islamic, MughalMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, paper