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"Jahangir and his Father, Akbar", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
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"Jahangir and his Father, Akbar", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Painting by Balachand
(active 1595–ca. 1650)

Calligrapher: Mir 'Ali Haravi (d. ca. 1550)
Object Name: Album leaf
Date: verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca.1540–50
Geography: India
Culture: Islamic
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 15 3/8 in. (39 cm) W. 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955
Accession Number: 55.121.10.19
Not on view
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  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: 55.121.10.19 recto:
    In Persian, last line of calligraphy: By its scribe, 'Ali.

    Inscription: 55.121.10.19 verso:
    In Persian, in border below painting (Shah Jahan's hand): Done by Balachand.

    Marking: 55.121.10.19 verso:
    Margin number '36' is inscribed in the gilt margin.

  • Provenance

    Jack S. Rofe, Scotland (in 1929; sale, Sotheby's London,December 12, 1929, to Kevorkian); [ Hagop Kevorkian, New York, from 1929]; [ Kevorkian Foundation, New York, until 1955; gift and sale to MMA]

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Date: recto: ca. 1610–15; verso: ca. 1541
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Accession Number: 55.121.10.29
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Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Accession Number: 55.121.10.7
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Date: recto: ca. 1615; verso: ca. 1530–45
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Accession Number: 55.121.10.23v
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